Koji Yakusho
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1956
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
107 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
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Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
2026
NR
Children Untold
2026
NR
The Brightest Sun
2026
7.0
Scarlet
2025
6.0
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
6.0
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
9.5
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
7.4
Hakkenden
2024
7.4
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
7.8
Perfect Days
2023
7.4
Vivant
2023
7.8
THE DAYS
2023
6.3
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
6.7
Família
2023
7.4
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
NR
Gratitude
2022
NR
Matrilineal Family
2021
7.6
Belle
2021
6.7
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
7.5
Under the Open Sky
2021
5.0
Pension Metsä
2021
5.9
Wings Over Everest
2019
8.0
Whistleblower
2019
7.8
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
7.2
Mirai
2018
7.2
The Blood of Wolves
2018
6.7
Oh Lucy!
2018
7.6
Rikuoh
2017
6.6
The Third Murder
2017
7.0
Sekigahara
2017
NR
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
7.0
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
6.7
The Emperor in August
2015
7.9
The Boy and the Beast
2015
7.1
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
8.0
Back of Father
2014
6.4
The World of Kanako
2014
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I Am Searching For Myself
2014
7.0
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
6.4
The Terminal Trust
2012
6.6
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
6.1
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
6.3
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
7.2
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
NR
Early Autumn
2011
6.6
The Last Ronin
2010
7.3
13 Assassins
2010
6.4
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
7.0
Toad's Oil
2009
3.7
Ekiro
2009
6.5
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
7.4
Tokyo Sonata
2008
6.9
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
5.0
Walking My Life
2007
NR
The Sin
2007
10.0
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
5.8
Silk
2007
NR
Argentine Hag
2007
6.5
Retribution
2007
7.4
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
7.2
Babel
2006
6.2
Suite Dreams
2006
7.6
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
6.3
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
6.5
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
7.2
University of Laughs
2004
NR
People Without a Fort
2004
5.0
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
7.1
Séance
2004
8.0
Tokyo: Level One
2004
10.0
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
6.9
Doppelgänger
2003
7.3
The Choice of Hercules
2002
NR
The Life of Bangaku
2002
6.6
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
6.7
Pulse
2001
7.8
Eureka
2001
NR
The Password is Courage
2000
5.4
Dora-heita
2000
NR
Making Of Charisma
1999
6.9
Charisma
1999
6.2
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
NR
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
6.3
License to Live
1999
8.0
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
5.6
Bonds
1998
NR
Yukon
1998
7.6
Cure
1997
6.7
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
NR
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
6.9
The Eel
1997
6.0
Lost Paradise
1997
8.0
Shabu
1996
7.8
Sleeping Man
1996
7.5
Shall We Dance?
1996
6.3
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
NR
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
NR
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994NR
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994
7.0
Hana no Ran
1994
NR
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
6.7
Dark Society in the East
1993
8.0
Crimson Lotus
1993
NR
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
NR
サハリンの薔薇
1991
10.0
Takeda Shingen
19918.0
Takeda Shingen
1991
9.5
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
5.2
Aurora Borealis
1990
NR
Megumi no Sekai
1990
1.0
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988NR
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
9.0
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
10.0
Lethal Three
1987
NR
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
NR
Chotchan
1987
NR
Inochi
1986
7.8
Tampopo
19858.0
宮本武蔵
1984
NR
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
NR
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
NR
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
NR
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
10.0
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
7.0
The Legend of Sayo
1982
NR
The Law of Hell
1982
10.0
Eternal Monument
1982
6.2
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
8.0
Willful Murder
1981
6.0
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
NR
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
NR
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
6.9
Twelve Months
1980
6.3
Hunter in the Dark
1979
9.0
Golden Horse Awards
1962
NR
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
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