Koji Yakusho
Acting1956Isahaya, Japan
Biography
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
Acting History
Future
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
as Narrator
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
TVas Gen Takasegawa• 1 eps
2024
Hakkenden
as Bakin Takizawa
2023
Família
as Seiji Kamiya
Perfect Days
as Hirayama
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
as Miyazawa Masajiro
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
A következő napok
TVas Masao Yoshida• 8 eps
Vivant
TVas Nogōn Beki• 10 eps
Golden Horse Awards
TVas Self• 1 eps
Perfect Days
Executive Producer
2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
2021
2019
2018
2017
The Third Murder
as Takashi Misumi
Sekigahara
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
TVas Masayuki Matsushita• 2 eps
Rikuoh
TVas Koichi Miyazawa• 10 eps
2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actor
2015
The Emperor in August
as General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast
as Kumatetsu (voice)
2014
The World of Kanako
as Akikazu Fujishima
A Samurai Chronicle
as Toda
Back of Father
TVas Aoki Sosuke• 1 eps
2013
The Kiyosu Conference
as Katsuie Shibata
2012
2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
as Isoroku Yamamoto
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
as Kageyu
2010
13 Assassins
as Shinzaemon Shimada
The Last Ronin
as Magozaemon Senoo
2009
Ekiro
as Det. Yobuno
Gelatin Silver, Love
as Client
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil
as Takuro Yazawa
Toad's Oil
Director
2008
Paco and the Magical Book
as Onuki
Tokyo Sonata
as Robber
2007
Retribution
as Noboru Yoshioka
Silk
as Hara Jubei
Argentine Hag
as Satoru Wakui
Walking My Life
as Yukihiro Fujiyama
I Just Didn't Do It
as Masayoshi Arakawa
2006
Suite Dreams
as Heikichi Shindo
Babel
as Yasujiro Wataya
2005
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Shunsuke Namiki
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
as Masami Shin'ichi
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Nobu
2004
Tokyo: Level One
as Governor of Tokyo
People Without a Fort
as Nagasaka Fumio
University of Laughs
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
The Hunter and the Hunted
as Detective Jin
Fireflies: River of Light
as Mr. Takiguchi
2003
Doppelganger
as Michio Hayasaki
2002
The Choice of Hercules
as Atsuyuki Sassa
The Life of Bangaku
TVas Ajigawa Bantake• 10 eps
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
Bounce Ko Gals
as Oshima
Cure
as Kenichi Takabe
The Eel
as Takuro Yamashita
Lost Paradise
as Shoichiro Kuki
1996
1995
Kamikaze Taxi
as Kazumasa Kantake
1993
1992
1991
Takeda Shingen
as Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
TVas Takeda Shingen• 2 eps
1990
Aurora Borealis
as Genzo
1987
1986
Inochi
TVas Naohiko Hamamura• 50 eps
1985
Tampopo
as White Suit Man
1984
宮本武蔵
TVas Miyamoto Musashi• 1 eps
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
TVas 宮本武蔵• 45 eps
1983
1980
Twelve Months
as Young soldier (voice)
1979
Hunter in the Dark
as Kuwano