Koji Yakusho
- Acting
- January 1, 1956 · Isahaya, 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
Filmography
- Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? · Gen Takasegawa
- Children Untold · Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
- The Brightest Sun
- Scarlet · Claudius (Voice)
- Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
- Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende · Self
- Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
- Hakkenden · Bakin Takizawa
- Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window · Sōsaku Kobayashi (Voice)
- Perfect Days · Hirayama, Executive producer
- Vivant · Nogōn Beki
- THE DAYS · Masao Yoshida
- Father of the Milky Way Railroad · Miyazawa Masajiro
- Família · Seiji Kamiya
- The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai · Kawai Tsugunosuke
- Gratitude
- Matrilineal Family · Kazo Yajima
- Belle · Suzu's Father (Voice)
- The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
- Under the Open Sky · Mikami Masao
- Pension Metsä · Tsuneki
- Wings Over Everest · Jiang Yuesheng
- Whistleblower
- Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story · 嘉納治五郎
- Mirai · Grandfather (Voice)
- The Blood of Wolves · Shogo Ogami
- Oh Lucy! · Takeshi Komori / Tom
- Rikuoh · Koichi Miyazawa
- The Third Murder · Takashi Misumi
- Sekigahara · Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Ties: A Miraculous Colt · Masayuki Matsushita
- Mifune: The Last Samurai · Self
- The Emperor in August · General Korechika Anami
- The Boy and the Beast · Kumatetsu (Voice)
- A Samurai Chronicle · Toda
- Back of Father · Aoki Sosuke
- The World of Kanako · Akikazu Fujishima
- I Am Searching For Myself
- The Kiyosu Conference · Katsuie Shibata
- The Terminal Trust · Shinzo Egi
- Chronicle of My Mother · Kosaku
- The Woodsman and the Rain · Katsuhiko
- Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet · Isoroku Yamamoto
- Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai · Kageyu
- Early Autumn
- The Last Ronin · Magozaemon Senoo
- 13 Assassins · Shinzaemon Shimada
- The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity · Morisaku Furuta
- Toad's Oil · Takuro Yazawa, Director
- Ekiro · Det. Yobuno
- Gelatin Silver, Love · Client
- Tokyo Sonata · Robber
- Paco and the Magical Book · Onuki
- Walking My Life · Yukihiro Fujiyama
- The Sin
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes · Self
- Silk · Hara Jubei
- Argentine Hag · Satoru Wakui
- Retribution · Noboru Yoshioka
- I Just Didn't Do It · Masayoshi Arakawa
- Babel · Yasujiro Wataya
- Suite Dreams · Heikichi Shindo
- Memoirs of a Geisha · Nobu
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean · Masami Shin'ichi
- The Lakeside Murder Case · Shunsuke Namiki
- University of Laughs · Mutsuo Sakisaka
- People Without a Fort · Nagasaka Fumio
- Fireflies: River of Light · Mr. Takiguchi
- Séance · Katsuhiko Sato
- Tokyo: Level One · Governor of Tokyo
- The Hunter and the Hunted · Detective Jin
- Doppelgänger · Michio Hayasaki
- The Choice of Hercules · Atsuyuki Sassa
- The Life of Bangaku · Ajigawa Bantake
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge · Yosuke Sasano
- Pulse · Ship Captain
- Eureka · Makoto Sawai
- The Password is Courage
- Dora-heita · Koheita Mochizuki
- Making Of Charisma · Self