Koji Yakusho
Born Jan 1, 1956 · Isahaya, Japan
Kōji Hashimoto (橋本 広司, Hashimoto Kōji, born 1 January 1956), known professionally as Kōji Yakusho (役所 広司, Yakusho Kōji), is a Japanese actor. He is known internationally for his starring roles in Shall We Dance? (1996), 13 Assassins (2010), The Third Murder (2017), The Blood of Wolves (2018), Under the Open Sky (2020) and The Days (2023). For his performance in Perfect Days (2023), he was awarded the Best Actor award in the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
Known for
The Brightest Sun
2026
Scarlet
2025
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Hakkenden
2024
Vivant
2023
Perfect Days
2023
THE DAYS
2023
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
Família
2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Belle
2021
Pension Metsä
2021
Under the Open Sky
2021
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
Whistleblower
2019
Wings Over Everest
2019
Mirai
2018
The Blood of Wolves
2018
Oh Lucy!
2018
Rikuoh
2017
The Third Murder
2017
Sekigahara
2017
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
The Boy and the Beast
2015
The Emperor in August
2015
Back of Father
2014
The World of Kanako
2014
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
The Terminal Trust
2012
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
Early Autumn
2011
13 Assassins
2010
The Last Ronin
2010
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Ekiro
2009
Toad's Oil
2009
Tokyo Sonata
2008
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
Silk
2007
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
Retribution
2007
Walking My Life
2007
Argentine Hag
2007
The Sin
2007
Babel
2006
Suite Dreams
2006
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
University of Laughs
2004
Séance
2004
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
Tokyo: Level One
2004
Doppelgänger
2003
The Life of Bangaku
2002
Pulse
2001
Eureka
2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
Charisma
1999
License to Live
1999
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Bonds
1998
Cure
1997
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
Lost Paradise
1997
The Eel
1997
Shall We Dance?
1996
Sleeping Man
1996
Shabu
1996
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Hana no Ran
1994
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Crimson Lotus
1993
Dark Society in the East
1993
Takeda Shingen
1991
Aurora Borealis
1990
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Inochi
1986
Tampopo
1985
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
Eternal Monument
1982
The Legend of Sayo
1982
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
Willful Murder
1981
Twelve Months
1980
Hunter in the Dark
1979