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 136
Vivant
2023
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Perfect Days
2023
Chotchan
1987
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
Scarlet
2025
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
Cure
1997
Babel
2006
Inochi
1986
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
Lethal Three
1987
Back of Father
2014
THE DAYS
2023
Pulse
2001
Hana no Ran
1994
Belle
2021
The Boy and the Beast
2015
13 Assassins
2010
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
Tampopo
1985
Rikuoh
2017
Mirai
2018
The World of Kanako
2014
The Password is Courage
2000
Tokyo Sonata
2008
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
Silk
2007
Eureka
2001
Lost Paradise
1997
Sekigahara
2017
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
The Third Murder
2017
The Eel
1997
Matrilineal Family
2021
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
The Blood of Wolves
2018
Shall We Dance?
1996
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
Oh Lucy!
2018
The Life of Bangaku
2002
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
The Brightest Sun
2026
Takeda Shingen
1991
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
Pension Metsä
2021
Charisma
1999
Suite Dreams
2006
Whistleblower
2019
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
Retribution
2007
University of Laughs
2004
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Under the Open Sky
2021
The Emperor in August
2015
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
The Last Ronin
2010
Doppelgänger
2003
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Sleeping Man
1996
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Twelve Months
1980
Séance
2004
License to Live
1999
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Hakkenden
2024
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
Children Untold
2026
Crimson Lotus
1993
Walking My Life
2007
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
Wings Over Everest
2019
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
The Choice of Hercules
2002
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
宮本武蔵
1984
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
Dora-heita
2000
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
Família
2023
Takeda Shingen
1991
The Terminal Trust
2012
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Eternal Monument
1982
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
Dark Society in the East
1993
サハリンの薔薇
1991
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Bonds
1998
Argentine Hag
2007
Gratitude
2022
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
The Law of Hell
1982
Ekiro
2009
Willful Murder
1981
Yukon
1998
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Aurora Borealis
1990
Shabu
1996
Early Autumn
2011
Toad's Oil
2009
Tokyo: Level One
2004
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
People Without a Fort
2004
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994
The Sin
2007
Making Of Charisma
1999