Koji Yakusho
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.
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Movies (43)
Scarlet
as Claudius (voice)
2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
as Self
2025
The Brightest Sun
2025
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Hakkenden
as Bakin Takizawa
2024
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
2023
Perfect Days
as Hirayama
2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
as Miyazawa Masajiro
2023
Família
as Seiji Kamiya
2023
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
2022
Gratitude
2022
Belle
as Suzu's Father (voice)
2021
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Under the Open Sky
as Mikami Masao
2021
Wings Over Everest
as Jiang Yuesheng
2019
Whistleblower
2019
Black Baby
as Det. Kenichi Takabe (archive footage)
2018
Mirai
as Grandfather (voice)
2018
The Blood of Wolves
as Shogo Ogami
2018
Oh Lucy!
as Takeshi Komori / Tom
2018
The Third Murder
as Takashi Misumi
2017
Sekigahara
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actor
2016
The Emperor in August
as General Korechika Anami
2015
The Boy and the Beast
as Kumatetsu (voice)
2015
A Samurai Chronicle
as Toda
2014
The World of Kanako
as Akikazu Fujishima
2014
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
The Kiyosu Conference
as Katsuie Shibata
2013
The Terminal Trust
as Shinzo Egi
2012
Chronicle of My Mother
as Kosaku
2012
The Woodsman and the Rain
as Katsuhiko
2012
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
as Isoroku Yamamoto
2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
as Kageyu
2011
Early Autumn
2011
The Last Ronin
as Magozaemon Senoo
2010
13 Assassins
as Shinzaemon Shimada
2010
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Morisaku Furuta
2009
Toad's Oil
as Takuro Yazawa
2009
Ekiro
as Det. Yobuno
2009
Gelatin Silver, Love
as Client
2009
Tokyo Sonata
as Robber
2008
