Yakusho Koji
ActingBorn January 1, 1956 (age 70)
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.
Filmography
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?2026 · Gen Takasegawa
Children Untold2026 · Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
The Brightest Sun2026
Scarlet2025 · Claudius (voice)
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende2025 · Self
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope2025
Hakkenden2024 · Bakin Takizawa
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window2023 · Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Perfect Days2023 · Hirayama
Vivant2023 · Nogōn Beki
THE DAYS2023 · Masao Yoshida
Father of the Milky Way Railroad2023 · Miyazawa Masajiro
Família2023 · Seiji Kamiya
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai2022 · Kawai Tsugunosuke
Gratitude2022
Matrilineal Family2021 · Kazo Yajima
Belle2021 · Suzu's Father (voice)
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood2021
Under the Open Sky2021 · Mikami Masao
Pension Metsä2021 · Tsuneki
Wings Over Everest2019 · Jiang Yuesheng
Whistleblower2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story2019 · 嘉納治五郎
Mirai2018 · Grandfather (voice)
The Blood of Wolves2018 · Shogo Ogami
Oh Lucy!2018 · Takeshi Komori / Tom
Rikuoh2017 · Koichi Miyazawa
The Third Murder2017 · Takashi Misumi
Sekigahara2017 · Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ties: A Miraculous Colt2017 · Masayuki Matsushita
Mifune: The Last Samurai2016 · Self - Actor
The Emperor in August2015 · General Korechika Anami
谎言游戏2015 · Kumatetsu (voice)
A Samurai Chronicle2014 · Toda
Back of Father2014 · Aoki Sosuke
The World of Kanako2014 · Akikazu Fujishima
I Am Searching For Myself2014
The Kiyosu Conference2013 · Katsuie Shibata
The Terminal Trust2012 · Shinzo Egi
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai2011
Early Autumn2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet2011
13 Assassins2010
Toad's Oil2009
Ekiro2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity2009
Paco and the Magical Book2008
Walking My Life2007
Argentine Hag2007
I Just Didn't Do It2007
Silk2007
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean2005
The Lakeside Murder Case2005
Séance2004
University of Laughs2004
People Without a Fort2004
Fireflies: River of Light2004
The Choice of Hercules2002
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge2001
Eureka2001
Dora-heita2000
Charisma1999
Keijitachi no Natsu1999
Jubaku: Spellbound1999
Making Of Charisma1999
License to Live1999
Tadon and Chikuwa1998
Bonds1998
Cure1997
Lost Paradise1997
Middle-aged Bachelors1997
Bounce Ko Gals1997
Shabu1996
Shall We Dance?1996
Kamikaze Taxi1995
History of Jirocho Shimizu1995
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"1994
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare1994
Dark Society in the East1993
Crimson Lotus1993
Takeda Shingen1991
サハリンの薔薇1991
Aurora Borealis1990
Megumi no Sekai1990
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho1988
The Great Department Store Robbery1987
Tampopo1985
宮本武蔵
宮本武蔵1984
The Fir Trees Remain1983