Koji Yakusho
Acting
136
Acting Credits
1
Directed
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
Filmography
The Brightest Sun
2026
Children Untold
2026
as Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
2026
as Gen Takasegawa
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Scarlet
2025
as Claudius (voice)
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
as Self
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Hakkenden
2024
as Bakin Takizawa
Perfect Days
2023
as Hirayama
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Família
2023
as Seiji Kamiya
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
as Miyazawa Masajiro
THE DAYS
2023
as Masao Yoshida
Vivant
2023
as Nogōn Beki
Gratitude
2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
Under the Open Sky
2021
as Mikami Masao
Belle
2021
as Suzu's Father (voice)
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Pension Metsä
2021
as Tsuneki
Matrilineal Family
2021
as Kazo Yajima
Whistleblower
2019
Wings Over Everest
2019
as Jiang Yuesheng
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
as 嘉納治五郎
Oh Lucy!
2018
as Takeshi Komori / Tom
The Blood of Wolves
2018
as Shogo Ogami
Mirai
2018
as Grandfather (voice)
The Third Murder
2017
as Takashi Misumi
Sekigahara
2017
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Rikuoh
2017
as Koichi Miyazawa
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
as Masayuki Matsushita
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
as Self - Actor
The Emperor in August
2015
as General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast
2015
as Kumatetsu (voice)
The World of Kanako
2014
as Akikazu Fujishima
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
as Toda
Back of Father
2014
as Aoki Sosuke
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
as Katsuie Shibata
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
as Katsuhiko
The Terminal Trust
2012
as Shinzo Egi
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
as Kosaku
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
as Kageyu
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
as Isoroku Yamamoto
Early Autumn
2011
The Last Ronin
2010
as Magozaemon Senoo
13 Assassins
2010
as Shinzaemon Shimada
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
as Client
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
as Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil
2009
as Takuro Yazawa
Ekiro
2009
as Det. Yobuno
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
as Onuki
Tokyo Sonata
2008
as Robber
Retribution
2007
as Noboru Yoshioka
Silk
2007
as Hara Jubei
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
as Masayoshi Arakawa
Argentine Hag
2007
as Satoru Wakui
The Sin
2007
Walking My Life
2007
as Yukihiro Fujiyama
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
as Self
Babel
2006
as Yasujiro Wataya
Suite Dreams
2006
as Heikichi Shindo
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
as Masami Shin'ichi
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
as Shunsuke Namiki
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
as Nobu
Séance
2004
as Sato
University of Laughs
2004
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
as Mr. Takiguchi
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
as Detective Jin
Tokyo: Level One
2004
as Governor of Tokyo
People Without a Fort
2004
as Nagasaka Fumio
Doppelgänger
2003
as Michio Hayasaki
The Choice of Hercules
2002
as Atsuyuki Sassa
The Life of Bangaku
2002
as Ajigawa Bantake
Pulse
2001
as Ship Captain
Eureka
2001
as Makoto Sawai
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
as Yosuke Sasano
Dora-heita
2000
as Koheita Mochizuki
The Password is Courage
2000
License to Live
1999
as Fujimori
Charisma
1999
as Goro Yabuike
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
as Hiroshi Kitano
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
Making Of Charisma
1999
as Self
Yukon
1998
as Takayuki Iwabuchi
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Bonds
1998
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
The Eel
1997
as Takuro Yamashita
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
as Oshima
Cure
1997
as Kenichi Takabe
Lost Paradise
1997
as Shoichiro Kuki
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
Shall We Dance?
1996
as Shohei Sugiyama
Sleeping Man
1996
as Kamimura
Shabu
1996
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
as Kazumasa Kantake
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994
Hana no Ran
1994
Crimson Lotus
1993
Dark Society in the East
1993
as Ryosuke Kano
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
Takeda Shingen
1991
as Takeda Shingen
サハリンの薔薇
1991
Takeda Shingen
1991
as Takeda Shingen
Aurora Borealis
1990
as Genzo
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
as Naoto Sekiya
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Lethal Three
1987
Chotchan
1987
as 神谷容
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
Inochi
1986
as Naohiko Hamamura
Tampopo
1985
as White Suit Man
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
宮本武蔵
1984
as Miyamoto Musashi
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
as 宮本武蔵
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
as Oda Nobunaga
The Law of Hell
1982
as Genzô
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
as Kondo
The Legend of Sayo
1982
as Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
Eternal Monument
1982
as Ootaka
Willful Murder
1981
as Journalist
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
空よ海よ息子たちよ
1981
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Twelve Months
1980
as Young soldier (voice)
Hunter in the Dark
1979
as Kuwano
Golden Horse Awards
1962
as Self