Koji Yakusho

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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

Yasujiro Wataya

Memoirs of a Geisha

Nobu

Perfect Days

Hirayama

The Boy and the Beast

Kumatetsu (voice)

13 Assassins

Shinzaemon Shimada

Belle

Suzu's Father (voice)

Mirai

Grandfather (voice)

Cure

Kenichi Takabe

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	The Brightest Sun MOVIE	Self
2025	Scarlet MOVIE	Claudius (voice)
2025	Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special MOVIE	Self
2025	Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende MOVIE	Self
2025	Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope MOVIE	Self
2024	Hakkenden MOVIE	Bakin Takizawa
2023	Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window MOVIE	Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
2023	Perfect Days MOVIE	Hirayama
2023	Vivant TV	Nogōn Beki
2023	THE DAYS TV	Masao Yoshida
2023	Father of the Milky Way Railroad MOVIE	Miyazawa Masajiro
2023	Família MOVIE	Seiji Kamiya
2022	The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai MOVIE	Kawai Tsugunosuke
2022	Gratitude MOVIE	Self
2021	Belle MOVIE	Suzu's Father (voice)
2021	The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood MOVIE	Self
2021	Under the Open Sky MOVIE	Mikami Masao
2021	Pension Metsä TV	Tsuneki
2019	Wings Over Everest MOVIE	Jiang Yuesheng
2019	Whistleblower MOVIE	Self
2019	Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story TV	嘉納治五郎
2018	Mirai MOVIE	Grandfather (voice)
2018	The Blood of Wolves MOVIE	Shogo Ogami
2018	Oh Lucy! MOVIE	Takeshi Komori / Tom
2017	Rikuoh TV	Koichi Miyazawa
2017	The Third Murder MOVIE	Takashi Misumi
2017	Sekigahara MOVIE	Tokugawa Ieyasu
2017	Ties: A Miraculous Colt TV	Masayuki Matsushita
2016	Mifune: The Last Samurai MOVIE	Self - Actor
2015	The Emperor in August MOVIE	General Korechika Anami
2015	The Boy and the Beast MOVIE	Kumatetsu (voice)
2014	A Samurai Chronicle MOVIE	Toda
2014	Back of Father TV	Aoki Sosuke
2014	The World of Kanako MOVIE	Akikazu Fujishima
2014	I Am Searching For Myself MOVIE	Self
2013	The Kiyosu Conference MOVIE	Katsuie Shibata
2012	The Terminal Trust MOVIE	Shinzo Egi
2012	Chronicle of My Mother MOVIE	Kosaku
2012	The Woodsman and the Rain MOVIE	Katsuhiko
2011	Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet MOVIE	Isoroku Yamamoto
2011	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai MOVIE	Kageyu
2011	Early Autumn MOVIE	Self
2010	The Last Ronin MOVIE	Magozaemon Senoo
2010	13 Assassins MOVIE	Shinzaemon Shimada
2009	The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity MOVIE	Morisaku Furuta
2009	Toad's Oil MOVIE	Takuro Yazawa
2009	Ekiro MOVIE	Det. Yobuno
2009	Gelatin Silver, Love MOVIE	Client
2008	Tokyo Sonata MOVIE	Robber
2008	Paco and the Magical Book MOVIE	Onuki
2007	Walking My Life MOVIE	Yukihiro Fujiyama
2007	The Sin MOVIE	Self
2007	Common Ground: Under Construction Notes MOVIE	Self
2007	Silk MOVIE	Hara Jubei
2007	Argentine Hag MOVIE	Satoru Wakui
2007	Retribution MOVIE	Noboru Yoshioka
2007	I Just Didn't Do It MOVIE	Masayoshi Arakawa
2006	Babel MOVIE	Yasujiro Wataya
2006	Suite Dreams MOVIE	Heikichi Shindo
2005	Memoirs of a Geisha MOVIE	Nobu
2005	Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean MOVIE	Masami Shin'ichi
2005	The Lakeside Murder Case MOVIE	Shunsuke Namiki
2004	University of Laughs MOVIE	Mutsuo Sakisaka
2004	People Without a Fort MOVIE	Nagasaka Fumio
2004	Fireflies: River of Light MOVIE	Mr. Takiguchi
2004	Tokyo: Level One MOVIE	Governor of Tokyo
2004	The Hunter and the Hunted MOVIE	Detective Jin
2003	Doppelganger MOVIE	Michio Hayasaki
2002	The Choice of Hercules MOVIE	Atsuyuki Sassa
2002	The Life of Bangaku TV	Ajigawa Bantake
2001	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge MOVIE	Yosuke Sasano
2001	Pulse MOVIE	Ship Captain
2001	Eureka MOVIE	Makoto Sawai
2000	Séance MOVIE	Sato
2000	The Password is Courage TV	Self
2000	Dora-heita MOVIE	Koheita Mochizuki
1999	Charisma MOVIE	Goro Yabuike
1999	Jubaku: Spellbound MOVIE	Hiroshi Kitano
1999	Keijitachi no Natsu MOVIE	Self
1999	License to Live MOVIE	Fujimori
1998	Tadon and Chikuwa MOVIE	Self
1998	Bonds MOVIE	Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
1998	Yukon MOVIE	Takayuki Iwabuchi
1997	Cure MOVIE	Kenichi Takabe
1997	Bounce Ko Gals MOVIE	Oshima
1997	Middle-aged Bachelors TV	Self
1997	The Eel MOVIE	Takuro Yamashita
1997	Lost Paradise MOVIE	Shoichiro Kuki
1996	Shabu MOVIE	Self
1996	Sleeping Man MOVIE	Kamimura
1996	Shall We Dance? MOVIE	Shohei Sugiyama
1995	Kamikaze Taxi MOVIE	Kazumasa Kantake
1995	History of Jirocho Shimizu MOVIE	Self
1994	Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare MOVIE	Self
1994	39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame" MOVIE	Self
1994	Hana no Ran TV	Self
1993	Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi TV	Self
1993	Dark Society in the East MOVIE	Ryosuke Kano
1993	Crimson Lotus MOVIE	Self
1992	Suzume Iro Doki MOVIE	Self
1991	サハリンの薔薇 TV	Self
1991	Takeda Shingen MOVIE	Takeda Shingen
1991	Takeda Shingen TV	Takeda Shingen
1990	Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen TV	Self
1990	Aurora Borealis MOVIE	Genzo
1990	Megumi no Sekai MOVIE	Self
1988	Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho MOVIE	Self
1988	「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より− TV	Self
1987	The Great Department Store Robbery MOVIE	Self
1987	Lethal Three TV	Self
1987	New Yotsuya Kaidan TV	Self
1987	Chotchan TV	神谷容
1986	Inochi TV	Naohiko Hamamura
1985	Tampopo MOVIE	White Suit Man
1984	宮本武蔵 TV	Miyamoto Musashi
1984	水曜ドラマ宮本武蔵 TV	宮本武蔵
1983	The Fir Trees Remain MOVIE	Self
1983	Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin TV	Self
1983	Tokugawa Ieyasu TV	Oda Nobunaga
1982	The Legend of Sayo MOVIE	Self
1982	The Law of Hell MOVIE	Self
1982	Eternal Monument MOVIE	Ootaka
1982	Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather MOVIE	Self
1981	Willful Murder MOVIE	Journalist
1981	Kinagashi Bugyō TV	Self
1981	The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? TV	Self
1980	Twelve Months MOVIE	Young soldier (voice)
1979	Hunter in the Dark MOVIE	Kuwano
1962	Golden Horse Awards TV	Self
	Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis MOVIE	Narrator
	Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? TV	Gen Takasegawa

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