Koji Yakusho
ActingKōji 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
Filmography — Acting
Scarlet
Claudius (voice)
Perfect Days
Hirayama
Cure
Kenichi Takabe
13 Assassins
Shinzaemon Shimada
Tampopo
White Suit Man
Belle
Suzu's Father (voice)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Nobu
The Boy and the Beast
Kumatetsu (voice)
Babel
Yasujiro Wataya
Pulse
Ship Captain
The World of Kanako
Akikazu Fujishima
Mirai
Grandfather (voice)
The Third Murder
Takashi Misumi
I Just Didn't Do It
Masayoshi Arakawa
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Kageyu
Sekigahara
Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Eel
Takuro Yamashita
Under the Open Sky
Mikami Masao
Silk
Hara Jubei
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Eureka
Makoto Sawai
The Kiyosu Conference
Katsuie Shibata
Tokyo Sonata
Robber
The Lakeside Murder Case
Shunsuke Namiki
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Yosuke Sasano
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Masami Shin'ichi
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
The Blood of Wolves
Shogo Ogami
Oh Lucy!
Takeshi Komori / Tom
Retribution
Noboru Yoshioka
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Lost Paradise
Shoichiro Kuki
Séance
Sato
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Kawai Tsugunosuke
The Choice of Hercules
Atsuyuki Sassa
Charisma
Goro Yabuike
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Morisaku Furuta
Hakkenden
Bakin Takizawa
Willful Murder
Journalist
Twelve Months
Young soldier (voice)
License to Live
Fujimori
Doppelgänger
Michio Hayasaki
Paco and the Magical Book
Onuki
Walking My Life
Yukihiro Fujiyama
Dora-heita
Koheita Mochizuki
Suite Dreams
Heikichi Shindo
Chronicle of My Mother
Kosaku
Hunter in the Dark
Kuwano
The Last Ronin
Magozaemon Senoo
The Woodsman and the Rain
Katsuhiko
The Emperor in August
General Korechika Anami
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Isoroku Yamamoto
Whistleblower
Ekiro
Det. Yobuno
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
University of Laughs
Mutsuo Sakisaka
Jubaku: Spellbound
Hiroshi Kitano
Família
Seiji Kamiya
Wings Over Everest
Jiang Yuesheng
Sleeping Man
Kamimura
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Miyazawa Masajiro
Keijitachi no Natsu
Crimson Lotus
The Brightest Sun
Eternal Monument
Ootaka
Shall We Dance?
Shohei Sugiyama
A Samurai Chronicle
Toda
Shabu
Megumi no Sekai
Tadon and Chikuwa
Toad's Oil
Takuro Yazawa
Bonds
Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
The Legend of Sayo
Tokyo: Level One
Governor of Tokyo
Bounce Ko Gals
Oshima
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
The Fir Trees Remain
The Hunter and the Hunted
Detective Jin
Suzume Iro Doki
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actor
Aurora Borealis
Genzo
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
The Great Department Store Robbery
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
People Without a Fort
Nagasaka Fumio
The Law of Hell
Argentine Hag
Satoru Wakui
The Sin
The Terminal Trust
Shinzo Egi
Gelatin Silver, Love
Client
Fireflies: River of Light
Mr. Takiguchi
Kamikaze Taxi
Kazumasa Kantake
Gratitude
History of Jirocho Shimizu
Early Autumn
Dark Society in the East
Ryosuke Kano
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Narrator
I Am Searching For Myself
Yukon
Takayuki Iwabuchi
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Self