Acting

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.

Credits

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Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
as Gen Takasegawa
2026
Children Untold
as Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
2026
The Brightest Sun
2026
Scarlet
as Claudius (voice)
2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
as Self
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
Perfect Days
Executive Producer
2023
Vivant
as Nogōn Beki
2023
THE DAYS
as Masao Yoshida
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
Matrilineal Family
as Kazo Yajima
2021
Belle
as Suzu's Father (voice)
2021
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Under the Open Sky
as Mikami Masao
2021
Pension Metsä
as Tsuneki
2021
Wings Over Everest
as Jiang Yuesheng
2019
Whistleblower
2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
as 嘉納治五郎
2019
Mirai
as Grandfather (voice)
2018
The Blood of Wolves
as Shogo Ogami
2018
Oh Lucy!
as Takeshi Komori / Tom
2018
Rikuoh
as Koichi Miyazawa
2017
The Third Murder
as Takashi Misumi
2017
Sekigahara
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
2017
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
as Masayuki Matsushita
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
Back of Father
as Aoki Sosuke
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
Toad's Oil
Director
2009
Ekiro
as Det. Yobuno
2009
Gelatin Silver, Love
as Client
2009
Tokyo Sonata
as Robber
2008
Paco and the Magical Book
as Onuki
2008
Walking My Life
as Yukihiro Fujiyama
2007
The Sin
2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
2007
Silk
as Hara Jubei
2007
Argentine Hag
as Satoru Wakui
2007
Retribution
as Noboru Yoshioka
2007
I Just Didn't Do It
as Masayoshi Arakawa
2007
Babel
as Yasujiro Wataya
2006
Suite Dreams
as Heikichi Shindo
2006
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Nobu
2005
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
as Masami Shin'ichi
2005
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Shunsuke Namiki
2005
University of Laughs
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
2004
People Without a Fort
as Nagasaka Fumio
2004
Fireflies: River of Light
as Mr. Takiguchi
2004
Séance
as Sato
2004
Tokyo: Level One
as Governor of Tokyo
2004
The Hunter and the Hunted
as Detective Jin
2004
Doppelgänger
as Michio Hayasaki
2003
The Choice of Hercules
as Atsuyuki Sassa
2002
The Life of Bangaku
as Ajigawa Bantake
2002
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Yosuke Sasano
2001
Pulse
as Ship Captain
2001
Eureka
as Makoto Sawai
2001
The Password is Courage
2000