Koji Yakusho

ActorProducerDirector Jan 1 (age 70) Isahaya, Japan 1962–2026 (64 year career)

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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

Film

Memoirs of a Geisha

Nobu

Film

Babel

Yasujiro Wataya

Film

Perfect Days

Hirayama

Film

The Boy and the Beast

Kumatetsu (voice)

Film

13 Assassins

Shinzaemon Shimada

Film

Belle

Suzu's Father (voice)

Film

Cure

Kenichi Takabe

Film

Mirai

Grandfather (voice)

Filmography

Acting (131)

Movies (103)

The Brightest Sun

2026 Upcoming

Aug 28

Scarlet

2025

as Claudius (voice)

7.0

Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende

2025

as Self

8.0

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

2025

9.5

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

Hakkenden

as Bakin Takizawa

Perfect Days

as Hirayama

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

2023

as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)

7.4

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

as Miyazawa Masajiro

Família

as Seiji Kamiya

Gratitude

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

2022

as Kawai Tsugunosuke

7.4

Belle

2021

as Suzu's Father (voice)

7.6

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

Under the Open Sky

as Mikami Masao

Whistleblower

Wings Over Everest

as Jiang Yuesheng

Mirai

as Grandfather (voice)

The Blood of Wolves

as Shogo Ogami

Oh Lucy!

as Takeshi Komori / Tom

Sekigahara

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Third Murder

as Takashi Misumi

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016

as Self - Actor

7.2

The Boy and the Beast

2015

as Kumatetsu (voice)

7.9

The Emperor in August

2015

as General Korechika Anami

The World of Kanako

as Akikazu Fujishima

A Samurai Chronicle

as Toda

I Am Searching For Myself

2014

The Kiyosu Conference

2013

as Katsuie Shibata

7.0

Chronicle of My Mother

as Kosaku

The Terminal Trust

as Shinzo Egi

The Woodsman and the Rain

2012

as Katsuhiko

6.0

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

2011

as Kageyu

7.2

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

as Isoroku Yamamoto

Early Autumn

13 Assassins

as Shinzaemon Shimada

7.3

The Last Ronin

2010

as Magozaemon Senoo

6.7

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

as Morisaku Furuta

Ekiro

as Det. Yobuno

Gelatin Silver, Love

as Client

Toad's Oil

as Takuro Yazawa

Paco and the Magical Book

as Onuki

Tokyo Sonata

as Robber

I Just Didn't Do It

as Masayoshi Arakawa

Silk

as Hara Jubei

Walking My Life

as Yukihiro Fujiyama

Retribution

as Noboru Yoshioka

The Sin

Argentine Hag

as Satoru Wakui

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

as Self

Babel

as Yasujiro Wataya

Suite Dreams

as Heikichi Shindo

Memoirs of a Geisha

as Nobu

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

2005

as Masami Shin'ichi

6.1

The Lakeside Murder Case

2005

as Shunsuke Namiki

6.4

People Without a Fort

2004

as Nagasaka Fumio

University of Laughs

2004

as Mutsuo Sakisaka

7.0

Tokyo: Level One

2004

as Governor of Tokyo

The Hunter and the Hunted

2004

as Detective Jin

Fireflies: River of Light

as Mr. Takiguchi

Doppelganger

as Michio Hayasaki

The Choice of Hercules

as Atsuyuki Sassa

Pulse

as Ship Captain

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

as Yosuke Sasano

Eureka

as Makoto Sawai

Dora-heita

as Koheita Mochizuki

Séance

as Sato

Keijitachi no Natsu

Charisma

as Goro Yabuike

License to Live

as Fujimori

Jubaku: Spellbound

as Hiroshi Kitano

Bonds

as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga

4.4

Tadon and Chikuwa

1998

Yukon

1998

as Takayuki Iwabuchi

Cure

as Kenichi Takabe

The Eel

as Takuro Yamashita

Lost Paradise

as Shoichiro Kuki

Bounce Ko Gals

as Oshima

Shall We Dance?

as Shohei Sugiyama

Shabu

Sleeping Man

as Kamimura

History of Jirocho Shimizu

1995

Kamikaze Taxi

1995

as Kazumasa Kantake

6.2

Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare

1994

39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"

1994

Crimson Lotus

1993

7.0

Dark Society in the East

as Ryosuke Kano

Suzume Iro Doki

Takeda Shingen

Megumi no Sekai

Aurora Borealis

as Genzo

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho

1988

1.0

The Great Department Store Robbery

Tampopo

as White Suit Man

The Fir Trees Remain

The Law of Hell

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

Eternal Monument

as Ootaka

The Legend of Sayo

Willful Murder

as Journalist

Twelve Months

as Young soldier (voice)

6.8

Hunter in the Dark

1979

as Kuwano

6.2

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis

as Narrator

Television (28)

THE DAYS

as Masao Yoshida

Vivant

as Nogōn Beki

Pension Metsä

as Tsuneki

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

as 嘉納治五郎

Rikuoh

as Koichi Miyazawa

Ties: A Miraculous Colt

2017

as Masayuki Matsushita

Back of Father

2014

as Aoki Sosuke

8.0

The Life of Bangaku

2002

as Ajigawa Bantake

The Password is Courage

2000

Middle-aged Bachelors

1997

Hana no Ran

1994

Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi

Takeda Shingen

as Takeda Shingen

サハリンの薔薇

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

1990

9.5

「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−

1988

Chotchan

1987

as 神谷容

Lethal Three

New Yotsuya Kaidan

Inochi

as Naohiko Hamamura

水曜ドラマ宮本武蔵

1984

as 宮本武蔵

宮本武蔵

1984

as Miyamoto Musashi

Tokugawa Ieyasu

1983

as Oda Nobunaga

10.0

Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin

1983

The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?

Kinagashi Bugyō

Golden Horse Awards

as Self

Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?

as Gen Takasegawa

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Perfect Days

Executive Producer

Toad's Oil

Director