Acting
Koji Yakusho
JA, DE, ZH, EN cinema · 108 credits
Born
1 January 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Isahaya, Japan
Also known as 橋本広司 · Koji Hashimoto · Kôji Yakusho · Kouji Yakusho · Кодзі Якусьо · קוז'י יאקושו
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
Children Untold
as Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
Scarlet
as Claudius (voice)
Hakkenden
as Bakin Takizawa
Perfect Days
as Hirayama, Executive Producer
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Família
as Seiji Kamiya
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
as Miyazawa Masajiro
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
Under the Open Sky
as Mikami Masao
Belle
as Suzu's Father (voice)
Wings Over Everest
as Jiang Yuesheng
Oh Lucy!
as Takeshi Komori / Tom
The Blood of Wolves
as Shogo Ogami
Mirai
as Grandfather (voice)
The Third Murder
as Takashi Misumi
Sekigahara
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actor
The Emperor in August
as General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast
as Kumatetsu (voice)
The World of Kanako
as Akikazu Fujishima
The Kiyosu Conference
as Katsuie Shibata
The Woodsman and the Rain
as Katsuhiko
The Terminal Trust
as Shinzo Egi
Chronicle of My Mother
as Kosaku
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
as Isoroku Yamamoto
The Last Ronin
as Magozaemon Senoo
13 Assassins
as Shinzaemon Shimada
Gelatin Silver, Love
as Client
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil
as Takuro Yazawa, Director
Ekiro
as Det. Yobuno
Tokyo Sonata
as Robber
Retribution
as Noboru Yoshioka
Silk
as Hara Jubei
I Just Didn't Do It
as Masayoshi Arakawa
Argentine Hag
as Satoru Wakui
Walking My Life
as Yukihiro Fujiyama
Babel
as Yasujiro Wataya
Suite Dreams
as Heikichi Shindo
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
as Masami Shin'ichi
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Shunsuke Namiki
Séance
as Katsuhiko Sato
University of Laughs
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
Fireflies: River of Light
as Mr. Takiguchi
The Hunter and the Hunted
as Detective Jin
Tokyo: Level One
as Governor of Tokyo
People Without a Fort
as Nagasaka Fumio
Doppelgänger
as Michio Hayasaki
The Choice of Hercules
as Atsuyuki Sassa
Pulse
as Ship Captain
Eureka
as Makoto Sawai
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Yosuke Sasano
Dora-heita
as Koheita Mochizuki
License to Live
as Fujimori
Charisma
as Goro Yabuike
Jubaku: Spellbound
as Hiroshi Kitano
Yukon
as Takayuki Iwabuchi
Bonds
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
The Eel
as Takuro Yamashita
Bounce Ko Gals
as Oshima
Cure
as Kenichi Takabe
Lost Paradise
as Shoichiro Kuki
Shall We Dance?
as Shohei Sugiyama
Sleeping Man
as Kamimura
Shabu
Actor
Kamikaze Taxi
as Kazumasa Kantake
Dark Society in the East
as Ryosuke Kano
Takeda Shingen
as Takeda Shingen
Under Aurora
as Genzo
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
as Naoto Sekiya
Tampopo
as White Suit Man
The Legend of Sayo
as Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
Eternal Monument
as Ootaka
Willful Murder
as Journalist
Twelve Months
as Young soldier (voice)
Hunter in the Dark
as Kuwano