
Koji Yakusho
Known for Acting · 132 credits
- Born
- 1956-01-01 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Isahaya, Japan
- Also known as
- 橋本広司 · Koji Hashimoto · Kôji Yakusho · Kouji Yakusho · Кодзі Якусьо · קוז'י יאקושו
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
TV Shows (28)

Golden Horse Awards
1962
as Self

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
as 嘉納治五郎

Back of Father
2014
as Aoki Sosuke

Chotchan
1987
as 神谷容

THE DAYS
2023
as Masao Yoshida

Vivant
2023
as Nogōn Beki

Rikuoh
2017
as Koichi Miyazawa

Inochi
1986
as Naohiko Hamamura

Hana no Ran
1994

Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
as Oda Nobunaga

Lethal Three
1987

The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981

水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
as 宮本武蔵

The Life of Bangaku
2002
as Ajigawa Bantake

Kinagashi Bugyō
1981

Pension Metsä
2021
as Tsuneki

The Password is Courage
2000

Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983

Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993

Takeda Shingen
1991
as Takeda Shingen

Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
as Masayuki Matsushita

Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
宮本武蔵
1984
as Miyamoto Musashi
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988

サハリンの薔薇
1991

New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
as Gen Takasegawa
Movies (104)

Scarlet
2025
as Claudius (voice)

Perfect Days
2023
as Hirayama

Babel
2006
as Yasujiro Wataya

Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
as Nobu

Belle
2021
as Suzu's Father (voice)

Cure
1997
as Kenichi Takabe

Tampopo
1985
as White Suit Man

Pulse
2001
as Ship Captain

The Boy and the Beast
2015
as Kumatetsu (voice)

Eureka
2001
as Makoto Sawai

13 Assassins
2010
as Shinzaemon Shimada

Mirai
2018
as Grandfather (voice)

The World of Kanako
2014
as Akikazu Fujishima

Lost Paradise
1997
as Shoichiro Kuki

Tokyo Sonata
2008
as Robber

The Blood of Wolves
2018
as Shogo Ogami

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
as Kageyu

Shall We Dance?
1996
as Shohei Sugiyama

The Eel
1997
as Takuro Yamashita

Silk
2007
as Hara Jubei

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982

Sekigahara
2017
as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)

Willful Murder
1981
as Journalist

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021

Argentine Hag
2007
as Satoru Wakui

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
as Yosuke Sasano

I Just Didn't Do It
2007
as Masayoshi Arakawa

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
as Isoroku Yamamoto

Chronicle of My Mother
2012
as Kosaku

The Brightest Sun
2026

Retribution
2007
as Noboru Yoshioka

Whistleblower
2019

The Third Murder
2017
as Takashi Misumi

Oh Lucy!
2018
as Takeshi Komori / Tom

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
as Kawai Tsugunosuke

The Emperor in August
2015
as General Korechika Anami

Under the Open Sky
2021
as Mikami Masao

Suite Dreams
2006
as Heikichi Shindo

Shabu
1996

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
as Masami Shin'ichi

Walking My Life
2007
as Yukihiro Fujiyama

Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
as Self - Actor

The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
as Shunsuke Namiki

Paco and the Magical Book
2008
as Onuki

The Last Ronin
2010
as Magozaemon Senoo

Hakkenden
2024
as Bakin Takizawa

The Kiyosu Conference
2013
as Katsuie Shibata

The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
as Katsuhiko

Bounce Ko Gals
1997
as Oshima

License to Live
1999
as Fujimori

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
as Morisaku Furuta

Charisma
1999
as Goro Yabuike

Hunter in the Dark
1979
as Kuwano

Bonds
1998
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga

The Choice of Hercules
2002
as Atsuyuki Sassa

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
as Self

A Samurai Chronicle
2014
as Toda

I Am Searching For Myself
2014

Dora-heita
2000
as Koheita Mochizuki

Séance
2004
as Sato

University of Laughs
2004
as Mutsuo Sakisaka

Takeda Shingen
1991
as Takeda Shingen

Doppelgänger
2003
as Michio Hayasaki

The Great Department Store Robbery
1987

Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
as Miyazawa Masajiro

Sleeping Man
1996
as Kamimura

Ekiro
2009
as Det. Yobuno

Eternal Monument
1982
as Ootaka

Família
2023
as Seiji Kamiya

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988

Aurora Borealis
1990
as Genzo

Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
as Hiroshi Kitano

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025

Dark Society in the East
1993
as Ryosuke Kano

Twelve Months
1980
as Young soldier (voice)

Wings Over Everest
2019
as Jiang Yuesheng

Tadon and Chikuwa
1998

The Terminal Trust
2012
as Shinzo Egi

Fireflies: River of Light
2004
as Mr. Takiguchi

Keijitachi no Natsu
1999

Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
as Client

History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995

The Legend of Sayo
1982

Kamikaze Taxi
1995
as Kazumasa Kantake

Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025

Yukon
1998
as Takayuki Iwabuchi

Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994

Tokyo: Level One
2004
as Governor of Tokyo

Suzume Iro Doki
1992

People Without a Fort
2004
as Nagasaka Fumio

Megumi no Sekai
1990

The Law of Hell
1982

The Fir Trees Remain
1983

Toad's Oil
2009
as Takuro Yazawa

The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
as Detective Jin

The Sin
2007

Early Autumn
2011

Crimson Lotus
1993

The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984

Gratitude
2022

Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
as Self
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
as Narrator
About 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. With 132 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Koji Yakusho has appeared in 104 films and 28 TV shows.
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Most Popular Koji Yakusho Movies
- Scarlet (2025) — as Claudius (voice)
- Perfect Days (2023) — as Hirayama
- Babel (2006) — as Yasujiro Wataya
- Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) — as Nobu
- Belle (2021) — as Suzu's Father (voice)
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