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.
132 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 132
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Scarlet
2025
Back of Father
2014
Perfect Days
2023
THE DAYS
2023
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
Vivant
2023
Babel
2006
Chotchan
1987
Rikuoh
2017
Cure
1997
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
The Boy and the Beast
2015
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Belle
2021
Inochi
1986
The World of Kanako
2014
Hana no Ran
1994
The Life of Bangaku
2002
Pulse
2001
Mirai
2018
13 Assassins
2010
Pension Metsä
2021
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
Tampopo
1985
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
Lost Paradise
1997
Eureka
2001
Takeda Shingen
1991
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Lethal Three
1987
The Eel
1997
Sekigahara
2017
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
The Third Murder
2017
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
Silk
2007
The Password is Courage
2000
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
Tokyo Sonata
2008
Doppelgänger
2003
The Blood of Wolves
2018
Walking My Life
2007
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Under the Open Sky
2021
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
Shall We Dance?
1996
Charisma
1999
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Retribution
2007
The Brightest Sun
2026
The Emperor in August
2015
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Twelve Months
1980
License to Live
1999
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
Suite Dreams
2006
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
Séance
2001
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
Hakkenden
2024
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Oh Lucy!
2018
Willful Murder
1981
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
Dora-heita
2000
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
Família
2023
Eternal Monument
1982
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
The Last Ronin
2010
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
Bonds
1998
Whistleblower
2019
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
Takeda Shingen
1991
University of Laughs
2004
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
The Choice of Hercules
2002
Argentine Hag
2007
宮本武蔵
1984
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
Ekiro
2009
Shabu
1996
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
Sleeping Man
1996
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Wings Over Everest
2019
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Dark Society in the East
1993
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
The Terminal Trust
2012
Aurora Borealis
1990
Toad's Oil
2009
Early Autumn
2011
The Law of Hell
1982
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
People Without a Fort
2004
Crimson Lotus
1993
サハリンの薔薇
1991
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
The Sin
2007
Yukon
1998
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
—
Tokyo: Level One
2004
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
—
Gratitude
2022
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984