Koji Yakusho
Born: 1956-01-01
Place of Birth: Isahaya, Japan
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
Perfect Days
2023★ 7.8
Cure
1997★ 7.5
Babel
2006★ 7.2
Belle
2021★ 7.7
The Boy and the Beast
2015★ 7.9
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005★ 7.7
Suite Dreams
2006★ 6.1
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011★ 7.2
13 Assassins
2010★ 7.3
Pulse
2001★ 6.7
Scarlet
2025★ 7.7
Tampopo
1985★ 7.8
Shall We Dance?
1996★ 7.4
Mirai
2018★ 7.1
Bounce Ko Gals
1997★ 6.6
Silk
2007★ 5.7
The World of Kanako
2014★ 6.5
Lost Paradise
1997★ 5.8
The Blood of Wolves
2018★ 7.2
The Emperor in August
2015★ 6.4
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982★ 6.0
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025★ 8.0
Eureka
2001★ 7.7
Tokyo Sonata
2008★ 7.4
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001★ 6.5
The Eel
1997★ 6.9
The Third Murder
2017★ 6.6
A Samurai Chronicle
2014★ 7.4
Hunter in the Dark
1979★ 6.3
Under the Open Sky
2021★ 7.7
The Kiyosu Conference
2013★ 6.9
I Just Didn't Do It
2007★ 7.4
Charisma
1999★ 6.6
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022★ 7.1
The Last Ronin
2010★ 6.6
Chronicle of My Mother
2012★ 6.6
License to Live
1999★ 6.1
The Choice of Hercules
2002★ 8.0
The Terminal Trust
2012★ 6.3
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994★ 0.0
Oh Lucy!
2018★ 6.7
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005★ 6.4
Sekigahara
2017★ 7.0
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023★ 7.4
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999★ 6.0
Retribution
2007★ 6.5
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012★ 6.0
The Brightest Sun
2025★ 0.0
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011★ 6.4
Dora-heita
2000★ 5.1
Suzume Iro Doki
1992★ 0.0
Séance
2000★ 7.0
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999★ 0.0
Doppelganger
2003★ 7.0
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023★ 6.0
Família
2023★ 6.2
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021★ 6.7
Willful Murder
1981★ 7.3
Wings Over Everest
2019★ 6.5
Shabu
1996★ 0.0
Aurora Borealis
1990★ 4.9
Crimson Lotus
1993★ 7.0
Twelve Months
1980★ 6.8
Sleeping Man
1996★ 7.6
Ekiro
2009★ 3.7
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009★ 6.2
Bonds
1998★ 4.4
Whistleblower
2019★ 8.1
The Fir Trees Remain
1983★ 0.0
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995★ 0.0
Walking My Life
2007★ 5.0
Eternal Monument
1982★ 10.0
Paco and the Magical Book
2008★ 7.0
University of Laughs
2004★ 7.0
The Legend of Sayo
1982★ 6.3
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998★ 0.0
Megumi no Sekai
1990★ 0.0
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005★ 6.0
Hakkenden
2024★ 7.4
Takeda Shingen
1991★ 0.0
Toad's Oil
2009★ 7.0
Tokyo: Level One
2004★ 0.0
Gratitude
2022★ 0.0
The Law of Hell
1982★ 0.0
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987★ 0.0
Argentine Hag
2007★ 0.0
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009★ 6.5
People Without a Fort
2004★ 0.0
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025★ 9.6
The Sin
2007★ 0.0
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016★ 7.2
I Am Searching For Myself
2014★ 0.0
Kamikaze Taxi
1995★ 6.2
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004★ 0.0
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988★ 1.0
Dark Society in the East
1993★ 6.4
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025★ 0.0
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007★ 10.0
Early Autumn
2011★ 0.0
Yukon
1998★ 0.0
Fireflies: River of Light
2004★ 4.5
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
N/A★ 0.0