Koji Yakusho
Acting
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
Acting133
movieScarlet
2025
Claudius (voice)
movieHakkenden
2024
Bakin Takizawa
movieTotto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
moviePerfect Days
2023
Hirayama
tvVivant
2023
Nogōn Beki
tvTHE DAYS
2023
Masao Yoshida
movieFather of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
Miyazawa Masajiro
movieFamília
2023
Seiji Kamiya
movieThe Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Kawai Tsugunosuke
movieBelle
2021
Suzu's Father (voice)
movieUnder the Open Sky
2021
Mikami Masao
tvPension Metsä
2021
Tsuneki
movieWings Over Everest
2019
Jiang Yuesheng
movieMirai
2018
Grandfather (voice)
movieThe Blood of Wolves
2018
Shogo Ogami
movieOh Lucy!
2018
Takeshi Komori / Tom
tvRikuoh
2017
Koichi Miyazawa
movieThe Third Murder
2017
Takashi Misumi
movieSekigahara
2017
Tokugawa Ieyasu
tvTies: A Miraculous Colt
2017
Masayuki Matsushita
movieMifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Self - Actor
movieThe Emperor in August
2015
General Korechika Anami
movieThe Boy and the Beast
2015
Kumatetsu (voice)
tvBack of Father
2014
Aoki Sosuke
movieThe World of Kanako
2014
Akikazu Fujishima
movieThe Kiyosu Conference
2013
Katsuie Shibata
movieThe Terminal Trust
2012
Shinzo Egi
movieThe Woodsman and the Rain
2012
Katsuhiko
movieThe Last Ronin
2010
Magozaemon Senoo
movie13 Assassins
2010
Shinzaemon Shimada
movieThe Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Morisaku Furuta
movieToad's Oil
2009
Takuro Yazawa
movieEkiro
2009
Det. Yobuno
movieTokyo Sonata
2008
Robber
movieWalking My Life
2007
Yukihiro Fujiyama
movieSilk
2007
Hara Jubei
movieArgentine Hag
2007
Satoru Wakui
movieRetribution
2007
Noboru Yoshioka
movieI Just Didn't Do It
2007
Masayoshi Arakawa
movieBabel
2006
Yasujiro Wataya
movieSuite Dreams
2006
Heikichi Shindo
movieLorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
Masami Shin'ichi
movieThe Lakeside Murder Case
2005
Shunsuke Namiki
movieUniversity of Laughs
2004
Mutsuo Sakisaka
moviePeople Without a Fort
2004
Nagasaka Fumio
movieFireflies: River of Light
2004
Mr. Takiguchi
movieSéance
2004
Sato
movieTokyo: Level One
2004
Governor of Tokyo
movieThe Hunter and the Hunted
2004
Detective Jin
movieDoppelgänger
2003
Michio Hayasaki
movieThe Choice of Hercules
2002
Atsuyuki Sassa
tvThe Life of Bangaku
2002
Ajigawa Bantake
movieWarm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
Yosuke Sasano
moviePulse
2001
Ship Captain
movieEureka
2001
Makoto Sawai
movieDora-heita
2000
Koheita Mochizuki
movieCharisma
1999
Goro Yabuike
movieJubaku: Spellbound
1999
Hiroshi Kitano
movieLicense to Live
1999
Fujimori
movieBonds
1998
Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
movieYukon
1998
Takayuki Iwabuchi
movieCure
1997
Kenichi Takabe
movieBounce Ko Gals
1997
Oshima
movieThe Eel
1997
Takuro Yamashita
movieLost Paradise
1997
Shoichiro Kuki
movieSleeping Man
1996
Kamimura
movieShall We Dance?
1996
Shohei Sugiyama
movieKamikaze Taxi
1995
Kazumasa Kantake
movieDark Society in the East
1993
Ryosuke Kano
movieTakeda Shingen
1991
Takeda Shingen
tvTakeda Shingen
1991
Takeda Shingen
tvInochi
1986
Naohiko Hamamura
movieTampopo
1985
White Suit Man
宮本武蔵
1984
Miyamoto Musashi
tv水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
宮本武蔵
tvTokugawa Ieyasu
1983
Oda Nobunaga
movieWillful Murder
1981
Journalist
movieTwelve Months
1980
Young soldier (voice)
Directing1
movieToad's Oil
2009
Director
Production1
moviePerfect Days
2023
Executive Producer