Koji Yakusho
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.
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Movies (109)
VIVANT
2026
Children Untold
2026 · Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
The Brightest Sun
2026
Scarlet
2025 · Claudius (voice)
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025 · Self
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Hakkenden
2024 · Bakin Takizawa
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023 · Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Perfect Days
2023 · Hirayama, Executive Producer
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023 · Miyazawa Masajiro
Família
2023 · Seiji Kamiya
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022 · Kawai Tsugunosuke
Gratitude
2022
Belle
2021 · Suzu's Father (voice)
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Under the Open Sky
2021 · Mikami Masao
Wings Over Everest
2019 · Jiang Yuesheng
Whistleblower
2019
Mirai
2018 · Grandfather (voice)
The Blood of Wolves
2018 · Shogo Ogami
Oh Lucy!
2018 · Takeshi Komori / Tom
The Third Murder
2017 · Takashi Misumi
Sekigahara
2017 · Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 · Self - Actor
The Emperor in August
2015 · General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast
2015 · Kumatetsu (voice)
A Samurai Chronicle
2014 · Toda
The World of Kanako
2014 · Akikazu Fujishima
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
The Kiyosu Conference
2013 · Katsuie Shibata
The Terminal Trust
2012 · Shinzo Egi
Chronicle of My Mother
2012 · Kosaku
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012 · Katsuhiko
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011 · Isoroku Yamamoto
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011 · Kageyu
Early Autumn
2011
The Last Ronin
2010 · Magozaemon Senoo
13 Assassins
2010 · Shinzaemon Shimada
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009 · Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil
2009 · Takuro Yazawa, Director
Ekiro
2009 · Det. Yobuno
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009 · Client
Tokyo Sonata
2008 · Robber
Paco and the Magical Book
2008 · Onuki
Walking My Life
2007 · Yukihiro Fujiyama
The Sin
2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007 · Self
Silk
2007 · Hara Jubei
Argentine Hag
2007 · Satoru Wakui
Retribution
2007 · Noboru Yoshioka
I Just Didn't Do It
2007 · Masayoshi Arakawa
Babel
2006 · Yasujiro Wataya
Suite Dreams
2006 · Heikichi Shindo
Memorias de una geisha
2005 · Nobu
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005 · Masami Shin'ichi
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005 · Shunsuke Namiki
University of Laughs
2004 · Mutsuo Sakisaka
People Without a Fort
2004 · Nagasaka Fumio
Fireflies: River of Light
2004 · Mr. Takiguchi
Séance
2004 · Katsuhiko Sato
Tokyo: Level One
2004 · Governor of Tokyo
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004 · Detective Jin
Doppelgänger
2003 · Michio Hayasaki
The Choice of Hercules
2002 · Atsuyuki Sassa
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001 · Yosuke Sasano
Pulse
2001 · Ship Captain
Eureka
2001 · Makoto Sawai
Dora-heita
2000 · Koheita Mochizuki
Making Of Charisma
1999 · Self
Charisma
1999 · Goro Yabuike
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999 · Hiroshi Kitano
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
License to Live
1999 · Fujimori
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Bonds
1998 · Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
Yukon
1998 · Takayuki Iwabuchi
Cure
1997 · Kenichi Takabe
Bounce Ko Gals
1997 · Oshima
The Eel
1997 · Takuro Yamashita
Lost Paradise
1997 · Shoichiro Kuki
Shabu
1996
Sleeping Man
1996 · Kamimura
Shall We Dance?
1996 · Shohei Sugiyama
Kamikaze Taxi
1995 · Kazumasa Kantake
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994
Dark Society in the East
1993 · Ryosuke Kano
Crimson Lotus
1993
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
Takeda Shingen
1991 · Takeda Shingen
Under Aurora
1990 · Genzo
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988 · Naoto Sekiya
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Tampopo
1985 · White Suit Man
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
The Legend of Sayo
1982 · Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
The Law of Hell
1982 · Genzô
Eternal Monument
1982 · Ootaka
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982 · Kondo
Willful Murder
1981 · Journalist
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
空よ海よ息子たちよ
1981
Twelve Months
1980 · Young soldier (voice)
Hunter in the Dark
1979 · Kuwano
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
· Narrator
TV shows (29)
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
2026 · Gen Takasegawa / Yorozu Mantaro
Vivant
2023 · Nogōn Beki
Los días
2023 · Masao Yoshida
Matrilineal Family
2021 · Kazo Yajima
Pension Metsä
2021 · Tsuneki
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019 · 嘉納治五郎
Rikuoh
2017 · Koichi Miyazawa
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017 · Masayuki Matsushita
Back of Father
2014 · Aoki Sosuke
The Life of Bangaku
2002 · Ajigawa Bantake
The Password is Courage
2000
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
Hana no Ran
1994
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
サハリンの薔薇
1991
Takeda Shingen
1991 · Takeda Shingen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
Lethal Three
1987
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
Chotchan
1987 · 神谷容
Inochi
1986 · Naohiko Hamamura
宮本武蔵
1984 · Miyamoto Musashi
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984 · 宮本武蔵
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983 · Oda Nobunaga
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Golden Horse Awards
1962 · Self