Koji Yakusho
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.
Acted in
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Hakkenden
2024
as Bakin Takizawa
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Perfect Days
2023
as Hirayama
Vivant
2023
as Nogōn Beki
THE DAYS
2023
as Masao Yoshida
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
as Miyazawa Masajiro
Família
2023
as Seiji Kamiya
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
Gratitude
2022
Belle
2021
as Suzu's Father (voice)
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Under the Open Sky
2021
as Mikami Masao
Pension Metsä
2021
as Tsuneki
Wings Over Everest
2019
as Jiang Yuesheng
Whistleblower
2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
as 嘉納治五郎
Mirai
2018
as Grandfather (voice)
The Blood of Wolves
2018
as Shogo Ogami
Rikuoh
2017
as Koichi Miyazawa
The Third Murder
2017
as Misumi
Sekigahara
2017
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
as Masayuki Matsushita
Oh Lucy!
2017
as Komori / Tom
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
as Self - Actor
The Emperor in August
2015
as General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast
2015
as Kumatetsu (voice)
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
as Toda
Back of Father
2014
as Aoki Sosuke
The World of Kanako
2014
as Akikazu Fujishima
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
as Katsuie Shibata
The Terminal Trust
2012
as Shinzo Egi
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
as Kosaku
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
as Katsuhiko
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
as Isoroku Yamamoto
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
as Kageyu
The Last Ronin
2010
as Magozaemon Senoo
13 Assassins
2010
as Shinzaemon Shimada
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
as Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil
2009
as Takuro Yazawa
Ekiro
2009
as Det. Yobuno
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
as Client
Tokyo Sonata
2008
as Robber
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
as Onuki
Walking My Life
2007
as Yukihiro Fujiyama
The Sin
2007
Silk
2007
as Hara Jubei
Argentine Hag
2007
as Satoru Wakui
Retribution
2007
as Noboru Yoshioka
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
as Masayoshi Arakawa
Babel
2006
as Yasujiro Wataya
Suite Dreams
2006
as Heikichi Shindo
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
as Nobu
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
as Masami Shin'ichi
University of Laughs
2004
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
as Mr. Takiguchi
Tokyo: Level One
2004
as Governor of Tokyo
The Lakeside Murder Case
2004
as Shunsuke Namiki
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
as Detective Jin
Doppelganger
2003
as Michio Hayasaki
The Choice of Hercules
2002
as Atsuyuki Sassa
The Life of Bangaku
2002
as Ajigawa Bantake
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
as Yosuke Sasano
Pulse
2001
as Ship Captain
Séance
2000
as Sato
The Password is Courage
2000
Eureka
2000
as Makoto Sawai
Dora-heita
2000
as Koheita Mochizuki
Charisma
1999
as Goro Yabuike
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
as Hiroshi Kitano
License to Live
1999
as Fujimori
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Bonds
1998
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
Yukon
1998
as Takayuki Iwabuchi
Cure
1997
as Kenichi Takabe
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
as Oshima
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
The Eel
1997
as Takuro Yamashita
Lost Paradise
1997
as Shoichiro Kuki
Shabu
1996
Sleeping Man
1996
as Kamimura
Shall We Dance?
1996
as Shohei Sugiyama
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
as Kazumasa Kantake
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
Hana no Ran
1994
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Dark Society in the East
1993
as Ryosuke Kano
Crimson Lotus
1993
サハリンの薔薇
1991
Takeda Shingen
1991
as Takeda Shingen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Aurora Borealis
1990
as Genzo
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Lethal Three
1987
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
Chotchan
1987
as 神谷容
Tampopo
1985
as 穿白衣服的男人
宮本武蔵
1984
as Miyamoto Musashi
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
as 宮本武蔵
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
as Oda Nobunaga
The Legend of Sayo
1982
The Law of Hell
1982
Eternal Monument
1982
as Ootaka
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
Willful Murder
1981
as Journalist
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Twelve Months
1980
as Young soldier
Hunter in the Dark
1979
as Kuwano
Golden Horse Awards
1962
as Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
as Narrator
