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Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Born: 1956-01-01 • 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
Scarlet poster
Scarlet
2025 • Claudius (voice)
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special poster
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende poster
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025 • Self
The Brightest Sun poster
The Brightest Sun
2025
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope poster
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Hakkenden poster
Hakkenden
2024 • Bakin Takizawa
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window poster
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023 • Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Perfect Days poster
Perfect Days
2023 • Hirayama
Father of the Milky Way Railroad poster
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023 • Miyazawa Masajiro
Família poster
Família
2023 • Seiji Kamiya
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai poster
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022 • Kawai Tsugunosuke
Gratitude poster
Gratitude
2022
Belle poster
Belle
2021 • Suzu's Father (voice)
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood poster
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Under the Open Sky poster
Under the Open Sky
2021 • Mikami Masao
Wings Over Everest poster
Wings Over Everest
2019 • Jiang Yuesheng
Whistleblower poster
Whistleblower
2019
Mirai poster
Mirai
2018 • Grandfather (voice)
The Blood of Wolves poster
The Blood of Wolves
2018 • Shogo Ogami
Oh Lucy! poster
Oh Lucy!
2018 • Takeshi Komori / Tom
The Third Murder poster
The Third Murder
2017 • Takashi Misumi
Sekigahara poster
Sekigahara
2017 • Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mifune: The Last Samurai poster
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 • Self - Actor
The Emperor in August poster
The Emperor in August
2015 • General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast poster
The Boy and the Beast
2015 • Kumatetsu (voice)
A Samurai Chronicle poster
A Samurai Chronicle
2014 • Toda
The World of Kanako poster
The World of Kanako
2014 • Akikazu Fujishima
I Am Searching For Myself poster
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
The Kiyosu Conference poster
The Kiyosu Conference
2013 • Katsuie Shibata
The Terminal Trust poster
The Terminal Trust
2012 • Shinzo Egi
Chronicle of My Mother poster
Chronicle of My Mother
2012 • Kosaku
The Woodsman and the Rain poster
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012 • Katsuhiko
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet poster
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011 • Isoroku Yamamoto
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai poster
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011 • Kageyu
Early Autumn poster
Early Autumn
2011
The Last Ronin poster
The Last Ronin
2010 • Magozaemon Senoo
13 Assassins poster
13 Assassins
2010 • Shinzaemon Shimada
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity poster
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009 • Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil poster
Toad's Oil
2009 • Takuro Yazawa
Ekiro poster
Ekiro
2009 • Det. Yobuno
Gelatin Silver, Love poster
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009 • Client
Tokyo Sonata poster
Tokyo Sonata
2008 • Robber
Paco and the Magical Book poster
Paco and the Magical Book
2008 • Onuki
Walking My Life poster
Walking My Life
2007 • Yukihiro Fujiyama
The Sin poster
The Sin
2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes poster
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007 • Self
Silk poster
Silk
2007 • Hara Jubei
Argentine Hag poster
Argentine Hag
2007 • Satoru Wakui
Retribution poster
Retribution
2007 • Noboru Yoshioka
I Just Didn't Do It poster
I Just Didn't Do It
2007 • Masayoshi Arakawa
Babel poster
Babel
2006 • Yasujiro Wataya
Suite Dreams poster
Suite Dreams
2006 • Heikichi Shindo
Memoirs of a Geisha poster
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 • Nobu
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean poster
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005 • Masami Shin'ichi
The Lakeside Murder Case poster
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005 • Shunsuke Namiki
University of Laughs poster
University of Laughs
2004 • Mutsuo Sakisaka
People Without a Fort poster
People Without a Fort
2004 • Nagasaka Fumio
Fireflies: River of Light poster
Fireflies: River of Light
2004 • Mr. Takiguchi
Tokyo: Level One poster
Tokyo: Level One
2004 • Governor of Tokyo
The Hunter and the Hunted poster
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004 • Detective Jin
Doppelganger poster
Doppelganger
2003 • Michio Hayasaki
The Choice of Hercules poster
The Choice of Hercules
2002 • Atsuyuki Sassa
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge poster
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001 • Yosuke Sasano
Pulse poster
Pulse
2001 • Ship Captain
Eureka poster
Eureka
2001 • Makoto Sawai
Séance poster
Séance
2000 • Sato
Dora-heita poster
Dora-heita
2000 • Koheita Mochizuki
Charisma poster
Charisma
1999 • Goro Yabuike
Jubaku: Spellbound poster
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999 • Hiroshi Kitano
Keijitachi no Natsu poster
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
License to Live poster
License to Live
1999 • Fujimori
Tadon and Chikuwa poster
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Bonds poster
Bonds
1998 • Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
Yukon poster
Yukon
1998 • Takayuki Iwabuchi
Cure poster
Cure
1997 • Kenichi Takabe
Bounce Ko Gals poster
Bounce Ko Gals
1997 • Oshima
The Eel poster
The Eel
1997 • Takuro Yamashita
Lost Paradise poster
Lost Paradise
1997 • Shoichiro Kuki
Shabu poster
Shabu
1996
Sleeping Man poster
Sleeping Man
1996 • Kamimura
Shall We Dance? poster
Shall We Dance?
1996 • Shohei Sugiyama
Kamikaze Taxi poster
Kamikaze Taxi
1995 • Kazumasa Kantake
History of Jirocho Shimizu poster
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare poster
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
No Image
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994
Dark Society in the East poster
Dark Society in the East
1993 • Ryosuke Kano
Crimson Lotus poster
Crimson Lotus
1993
Suzume Iro Doki poster
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
Takeda Shingen poster
Takeda Shingen
1991 • Takeda Shingen
Aurora Borealis poster
Aurora Borealis
1990 • Genzo
Megumi no Sekai poster
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho poster
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery poster
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Tampopo poster
Tampopo
1985 • White Suit Man
The Fir Trees Remain poster
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
The Legend of Sayo poster
The Legend of Sayo
1982
The Law of Hell poster
The Law of Hell
1982
Eternal Monument poster
Eternal Monument
1982 • Ootaka
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather poster
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
Willful Murder poster
Willful Murder
1981 • Journalist