Koji Yakusho
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Babel
2006
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
The Eel
1997
Shall We Dance?
1996
Tampopo
1985
Sleeping Man
1996
Doppelganger
2003
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
Pulse
2001
Séance
2000
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
Cure
1997
Eureka
2001
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
University of Laughs
2004
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Retribution
2007
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
Lost Paradise
1997
The Last Ronin
2010
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
13 Assassins
2010
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
Suite Dreams
2006
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
The Terminal Trust
2012
Aurora Borealis
1990
The Law of Hell
1982
Perfect Days
2023
Yukon
1998
The World of Kanako
2014
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
Gratitude
2022
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Toad's Oil
2009
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
Silk
2007
Família
2023
Twelve Months
1980
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
Dora-heita
2000
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
License to Live
1999
Charisma
1999
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
The Emperor in August
2015
Tokyo Sonata
2008
The Choice of Hercules
2002
Whistleblower
2019
The Boy and the Beast
2015
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Ekiro
2009
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
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Hakkenden
2024
Crimson Lotus
1993
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
Oh Lucy!
2018
The Third Murder
2017
Dark Society in the East
1993
The Legend of Sayo
1982
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Sekigahara
2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
Argentine Hag
2007
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
The Blood of Wolves
2018
The Sin
2007
Mirai
2018
Eternal Monument
1982
Bonds
1998
Wings Over Everest
2019
Walking My Life
2007
Shabu
1996
Willful Murder
1981
Under the Open Sky
2021
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
Tokyo: Level One
2004
Belle
2021
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
People Without a Fort
2004
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
Takeda Shingen
1991
The Brightest Sun
2026
Early Autumn
2011
Scarlet
2025
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
サハリンの薔薇
1991
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
The Password is Courage
2000
宮本武蔵
1984
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Takeda Shingen
1991
The Life of Bangaku
2002
Hana no Ran
1994
Lethal Three
1987
Rikuoh
2017
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
Chotchan
1987
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
THE DAYS
2023
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
Vivant
2023
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
Back of Father
2014
Pension Metsä
2021
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
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Inochi
1986