
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