Koji Yakusho
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1956
- Birthplace
- 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
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis TBA
as Narrator
VIVANT 2026
as ノゴーン・ベキ
Children Untold 2026
as Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
The Brightest Sun 2026
Actor
Scarlet 2025
as Claudius (voice)
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special 2025
Actor
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende 2025
as Self
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope 2025
Actor
Hakkenden 2024
as Bakin Takizawa
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window 2023
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Perfect Days 2023
as Hirayama, Executive Producer
Father of the Milky Way Railroad 2023
as Miyazawa Masajiro
Família 2023
as Seiji Kamiya
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai 2022
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
Gratitude 2022
Actor
Belle 2021
as Suzu's Father (voice)
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood 2021
Actor
Under the Open Sky 2021
as Mikami Masao
Wings Over Everest 2019
as Jiang Yuesheng
Whistleblower 2019
Actor
Mirai 2018
as Grandfather (voice)
The Blood of Wolves 2018
as Shogo Ogami
Oh Lucy! 2018
as Takeshi Komori / Tom
The Third Murder 2017
as Takashi Misumi
Sekigahara 2017
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mifune: The Last Samurai 2016
as Self - Actor
The Emperor in August 2015
as General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast 2015
as Kumatetsu (voice)
A Samurai Chronicle 2014
as Toda
The World of Kanako 2014
as Akikazu Fujishima
I Am Searching For Myself 2014
Actor
The Kiyosu Conference 2013
as Katsuie Shibata
The Terminal Trust 2012
as Shinzo Egi
Chronicle of My Mother 2012
as Kosaku
The Woodsman and the Rain 2012
as Katsuhiko
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet 2011
as Isoroku Yamamoto
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 2011
as Kageyu
Early Autumn 2011
Actor
The Last Ronin 2010
as Magozaemon Senoo
13 Assassins 2010
as Shinzaemon Shimada
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity 2009
as Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil 2009
as Takuro Yazawa, Director
Ekiro 2009
as Det. Yobuno
Gelatin Silver, Love 2009
as Client
Tokyo Sonata 2008
as Robber
Paco and the Magical Book 2008
as Onuki
Walking My Life 2007
as Yukihiro Fujiyama
The Sin 2007
Actor
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes 2007
as Self
Silk 2007
as Hara Jubei
Argentine Hag 2007
as Satoru Wakui
Retribution 2007
as Noboru Yoshioka
I Just Didn't Do It 2007
as Masayoshi Arakawa
Babel 2006
as Yasujiro Wataya
Suite Dreams 2006
as Heikichi Shindo
Memoirs of a Geisha 2005
as Nobu
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean 2005
as Masami Shin'ichi
The Lakeside Murder Case 2005
as Shunsuke Namiki
University of Laughs 2004
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
People Without a Fort 2004
as Nagasaka Fumio
Fireflies: River of Light 2004
as Mr. Takiguchi
Séance 2004
as Katsuhiko Sato
Tokyo: Level One 2004
as Governor of Tokyo
The Hunter and the Hunted 2004
as Detective Jin
Doppelgänger 2003
as Michio Hayasaki
The Choice of Hercules 2002
as Atsuyuki Sassa
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge 2001
as Yosuke Sasano
Pulse 2001
as Ship Captain
Eureka 2001
as Makoto Sawai
Dora-heita 2000
as Koheita Mochizuki
Making Of Charisma 1999
as Self
Charisma 1999
as Goro Yabuike
Jubaku: Spellbound 1999
as Hiroshi Kitano
Keijitachi no Natsu 1999
Actor
License to Live 1999
as Fujimori
Tadon and Chikuwa 1998
Actor
Bonds 1998
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
Yukon 1998
as Takayuki Iwabuchi
Cure 1997
as Kenichi Takabe
Bounce Ko Gals 1997
as Oshima
The Eel 1997
as Takuro Yamashita
Lost Paradise 1997
as Shoichiro Kuki
Shabu 1996
Actor
Sleeping Man 1996
as Kamimura
Shall We Dance? 1996
as Shohei Sugiyama
Kamikaze Taxi 1995
as Kazumasa Kantake
History of Jirocho Shimizu 1995
Actor
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare 1994
Actor
- 39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame" 1994
Actor
Dark Society in the East 1993
as Ryosuke Kano
Crimson Lotus 1993
Actor
Suzume Iro Doki 1992
Actor
Takeda Shingen 1991
as Takeda Shingen
Under Aurora 1990
as Genzo
Megumi no Sekai 1990
Actor
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho 1988
as Naoto Sekiya
The Great Department Store Robbery 1987
Actor
Tampopo 1985
as White Suit Man
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk 1984
Actor
The Fir Trees Remain 1983
Actor
The Legend of Sayo 1982
as Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
The Law of Hell 1982
as Genzô
Eternal Monument 1982
as Ootaka
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather 1982
as Kondo
Willful Murder 1981
as Journalist
Magistrate of the Floating World 1981
Actor
空よ海よ息子たちよ 1981
Actor
Twelve Months 1980
as Young soldier (voice)
Hunter in the Dark 1979
as Kuwano
Credits from TMDB.