Koji Yakusho
Acting
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.
As actor 137
Perfect Days
2023
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Vivant
2023
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
THE DAYS
2023
Chotchan
1987
Babel
2006
Belle
2021
Cure
1997
Inochi
1986
13 Assassins
2010
Back of Father
2014
Scarlet
2025
Lethal Three
1987
Pulse
2001
Mirai
2018
The Boy and the Beast
2015
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
Hana no Ran
1994
Rikuoh
2017
Tampopo
1985
The Third Murder
2017
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
The Eel
1997
The World of Kanako
2014
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
Lost Paradise
1997
The Life of Bangaku
2002
Shall We Dance?
1996
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
Silk
2007
Tokyo Sonata
2008
The Password is Courage
2000
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
Oh Lucy!
2018
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Pension Metsä
2021
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Suite Dreams
2006
Matrilineal Family
2021
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
The Blood of Wolves
2018
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
Eureka
2001
Twelve Months
1980
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
Sekigahara
2017
The Brightest Sun
2026
Takeda Shingen
1991
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
2026
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
Retribution
2007
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
Under the Open Sky
2021
Sleeping Man
1996
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
空よ海よ息子たちよ
1981
Séance
2004
License to Live
1999
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
Hakkenden
2024
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
The Emperor in August
2015
Whistleblower
2019
Charisma
1999
Dark Society in the East
1993
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
Doppelgänger
2003
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
Children Untold
2026
Wings Over Everest
2019
The Terminal Trust
2012
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
The Choice of Hercules
2002
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Dora-heita
2000
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
Aurora Borealis
1990
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
Willful Murder
1981
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
Walking My Life
2007
The Last Ronin
2010
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
宮本武蔵
1984
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
Ekiro
2009
Família
2023
Yukon
1998
The Legend of Sayo
1982
サハリンの薔薇
1991
University of Laughs
2004
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
Takeda Shingen
1991
The Law of Hell
1982
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
Tokyo: Level One
2004
Toad's Oil
2009
Argentine Hag
2007
Shabu
1996
Eternal Monument
1982
Crimson Lotus
1993
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
People Without a Fort
2004
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
Bonds
1998
Early Autumn
2011
Making Of Charisma
1999
The Sin
2007
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Gratitude
2022
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994