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 (100)
Perfect Days
Hirayama
Babel
Yasujiro Wataya
Scarlet
Claudius (voice)
Cure
Kenichi Takabe
Belle
Suzu's Father (voice)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Nobu
The Boy and the Beast
Kumatetsu (voice)
Pulse
Ship Captain
13 Assassins
Shinzaemon Shimada
Mirai
Grandfather (voice)
The World of Kanako
Akikazu Fujishima
Silk
Hara Jubei
Tampopo
White Suit Man
The Blood of Wolves
Shogo Ogami
The Third Murder
Takashi Misumi
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Lost Paradise
Shoichiro Kuki
The Eel
Takuro Yamashita
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Yosuke Sasano
Tokyo Sonata
Robber
Oh Lucy!
Takeshi Komori / Tom
Under the Open Sky
Mikami Masao
Sekigahara
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Shall We Dance?
Shohei Sugiyama
The Brightest Sun
2026
Suite Dreams
Heikichi Shindo
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Isoroku Yamamoto
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Kageyu
The Woodsman and the Rain
Katsuhiko
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Charisma
Goro Yabuike
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Kondo
I Just Didn't Do It
Masayoshi Arakawa
License to Live
Fujimori
Bounce Ko Gals
Oshima
The Emperor in August
General Korechika Anami
Retribution
Noboru Yoshioka
Eureka
Makoto Sawai
Wings Over Everest
Jiang Yuesheng
Fireflies: River of Light
Mr. Takiguchi
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Masami Shin'ichi
Séance
Sato
Twelve Months
Young soldier (voice)
The Last Ronin
Magozaemon Senoo
Bonds
Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
The Choice of Hercules
Atsuyuki Sassa
Kamikaze Taxi
Kazumasa Kantake
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
The Kiyosu Conference
Katsuie Shibata
Sleeping Man
Kamimura
Hakkenden
Bakin Takizawa
Família
Seiji Kamiya
Doppelgänger
Michio Hayasaki
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Morisaku Furuta
Chronicle of My Mother
Kosaku
Walking My Life
Yukihiro Fujiyama
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Miyazawa Masajiro
The Law of Hell
Genzô
Gelatin Silver, Love
Client
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Kawai Tsugunosuke
A Samurai Chronicle
Toda
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Willful Murder
Journalist
Eternal Monument
Ootaka
Dark Society in the East
Ryosuke Kano
University of Laughs
Mutsuo Sakisaka
Jubaku: Spellbound
Hiroshi Kitano
Hunter in the Dark
Kuwano
The Lakeside Murder Case
Shunsuke Namiki
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Naoto Sekiya
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
Dora-heita
Koheita Mochizuki
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Whistleblower
2019
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
The Hunter and the Hunted
Detective Jin
Ekiro
Det. Yobuno
Paco and the Magical Book
Onuki
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
The Legend of Sayo
Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Aurora Borealis
Genzo
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Crimson Lotus
1993
The Terminal Trust
Shinzo Egi
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Toad's Oil
Takuro Yazawa
People Without a Fort
Nagasaka Fumio
Argentine Hag
Satoru Wakui
Shabu
1996
Tokyo: Level One
Governor of Tokyo
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
Yukon
Takayuki Iwabuchi
The Sin
2007
Early Autumn
2011
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Gratitude
2022
TV Shows (25)
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
5 eps
Vivant
Nogōn Beki · 10 eps
THE DAYS
Masao Yoshida · 8 eps
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
嘉納治五郎 · 47 eps
Inochi
Naohiko Hamamura · 50 eps
Back of Father
Aoki Sosuke · 1 eps
Chotchan
神谷容 · 156 eps
Rikuoh
Koichi Miyazawa · 10 eps
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
8 eps
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Oda Nobunaga · 50 eps
Hana no Ran
37 eps
The Life of Bangaku
Ajigawa Bantake · 10 eps
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen · 2 eps
Lethal Three
101 eps
Pension Metsä
Tsuneki · 7 eps
The Password is Courage
11 eps
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
宮本武蔵 · 45 eps
Matrilineal Family
Kazo Yajima · 2 eps
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
Masayuki Matsushita · 2 eps
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
2 eps
Kinagashi Bugyō
1 eps
Middle-aged Bachelors
13 eps
サハリンの薔薇
1 eps
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1 eps
New Yotsuya Kaidan
2 eps
