Koji Yakusho
Acting
Born: January 1, 1956 (age 70) · Isahaya, Japan
Highest Rated
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
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
Perfect Days
2023
The Boy and the Beast
2015
13 Assassins
2010
Belle
2021
Mirai
2018
Cure
1997
Pulse
2001
Tampopo
1985
The Third Murder
2017
Tokyo Sonata
2008
Photos (9)
Movies (102)
Perfect Days
Hirayama
Belle
Suzu's Father (voice)
Babel
Yasujiro Wataya
13 Assassins
Shinzaemon Shimada
The Boy and the Beast
Kumatetsu (voice)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Nobu
Scarlet
Claudius (voice)
Tampopo
White Suit Man
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Kageyu
Cure
Kenichi Takabe
The Eel
Takuro Yamashita
Pulse
Ship Captain
Twelve Months
Young soldier (voice)
The Third Murder
Takashi Misumi
Lost Paradise
Shoichiro Kuki
Tokyo Sonata
Robber
Mirai
Grandfather (voice)
Suite Dreams
Heikichi Shindo
Doppelgänger
Michio Hayasaki
Retribution
Noboru Yoshioka
Oh Lucy!
Takeshi Komori / Tom
The World of Kanako
Akikazu Fujishima
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Masami Shin'ichi
The Kiyosu Conference
Katsuie Shibata
Chronicle of My Mother
Kosaku
Under the Open Sky
Mikami Masao
I Just Didn't Do It
Masayoshi Arakawa
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Yosuke Sasano
Charisma
Goro Yabuike
Shall We Dance?
Shohei Sugiyama
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Morisaku Furuta
The Emperor in August
General Korechika Anami
Séance
Katsuhiko Sato
The Woodsman and the Rain
Katsuhiko
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Sleeping Man
Kamimura
Silk
Hara Jubei
The Choice of Hercules
Atsuyuki Sassa
The Terminal Trust
Shinzo Egi
Bounce Ko Gals
Oshima
The Brightest Sun
2026
Sekigahara
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Jubaku: Spellbound
Hiroshi Kitano
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Isoroku Yamamoto
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Kondo
Kamikaze Taxi
Kazumasa Kantake
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Eureka
Makoto Sawai
Willful Murder
Journalist
The Blood of Wolves
Shogo Ogami
Children Untold
Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
The Lakeside Murder Case
Shunsuke Namiki
Whistleblower
2019
Dora-heita
Koheita Mochizuki
License to Live
Fujimori
Paco and the Magical Book
Onuki
Hakkenden
Bakin Takizawa
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Gelatin Silver, Love
Client
Walking My Life
Yukihiro Fujiyama
A Samurai Chronicle
Toda
The Last Ronin
Magozaemon Senoo
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Miyazawa Masajiro
The Legend of Sayo
Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
Hunter in the Dark
Kuwano
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
Wings Over Everest
Jiang Yuesheng
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Kawai Tsugunosuke
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
Família
Seiji Kamiya
Under Aurora
Genzo
Eternal Monument
Ootaka
Shabu
1996
Toad's Oil
Takuro Yazawa
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Naoto Sekiya
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Yukon
Takayuki Iwabuchi
Dark Society in the East
Ryosuke Kano
Fireflies: River of Light
Mr. Takiguchi
Argentine Hag
Satoru Wakui
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Ekiro
Det. Yobuno
Bonds
Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
People Without a Fort
Nagasaka Fumio
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
Early Autumn
2011
Crimson Lotus
1993
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
Tokyo: Level One
Governor of Tokyo
The Law of Hell
Genzô
University of Laughs
Mutsuo Sakisaka
The Hunter and the Hunted
Detective Jin
空よ海よ息子たちよ
1981
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
Gratitude
2022
The Sin
2007
TV Shows (25)
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
5 eps
Vivant
Nogōn Beki · 10 eps
Chotchan
神谷容 · 156 eps
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
嘉納治五郎 · 47 eps
THE DAYS
Masao Yoshida · 8 eps
Back of Father
Aoki Sosuke · 1 eps
Inochi
Naohiko Hamamura · 50 eps
Hana no Ran
37 eps
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Oda Nobunaga · 50 eps
Lethal Three
101 eps
Rikuoh
Koichi Miyazawa · 10 eps
Pension Metsä
Tsuneki · 7 eps
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
宮本武蔵 · 45 eps
The Life of Bangaku
Ajigawa Bantake · 10 eps
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
8 eps
The Password is Courage
11 eps
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
2 eps
Matrilineal Family
Kazo Yajima · 2 eps
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen · 2 eps
Kinagashi Bugyō
1 eps
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1 eps
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
Masayuki Matsushita · 2 eps
Middle-aged Bachelors
13 eps
サハリンの薔薇
1 eps
New Yotsuya Kaidan
2 eps
