Koji Yakusho
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
Acting

2006
asYasujiro Wataya

1987
as
1997
asTakuro Yamashita

1996
asShohei Sugiyama

1985
asWhite Suit Man

1996
asKamimura

2003
asMichio Hayasaki

1997
asOshima

2001
asShip Captain

2000
asSato

2009
asClient

1997
asKenichi Takabe

2000
asMakoto Sawai

2005
asMasami Shin'ichi

2004
asMutsuo Sakisaka

2001
asYosuke Sasano

1979
asKuwano

2007
asNoboru Yoshioka

2008
asOnuki

1997
asShoichiro Kuki

2010
asMagozaemon Senoo

2011
asKageyu

2010
asShinzaemon Shimada

2012
asKatsuhiko

2006
asHeikichi Shindo

2011
asIsoroku Yamamoto

2009
asMorisaku Furuta

1988
as
2012
asShinzo Egi

1990
asGenzo

1982
as
2023
asHirayama

1998
asTakayuki Iwabuchi

2014
asAkikazu Fujishima

2013
asKatsuie Shibata

2023
asSōsaku Kobayashi (voice)

2022
as
1995
as
2009
asTakuro Yazawa

2004
asShunsuke Namiki

2007
asHara Jubei

2023
asSeiji Kamiya

1980
asYoung soldier

1998
as
1982
as
2000
asKoheita Mochizuki

1995
asKazumasa Kantake

1999
asGoro Yabuike

2007
asMasayoshi Arakawa

1999
asFujimori

2012
asKosaku

2015
asGeneral Korechika Anami

2008
asRobber

2002
asAtsuyuki Sassa

2019
as
2015
asKumatetsu (voice)

2023
asMiyazawa Masajiro

2014
as
1983
as
2009
asDet. Yobuno
asNarrator

2024
asBakin Takizawa

1993
as
1999
asHiroshi Kitano

2018
asTakeshi Komori / Tom

2017
asMisumi

1993
asRyosuke Kano

2004
asMr. Takiguchi

2017
asTokugawa Ieyasu

2016
asSelf - Actor

2014
asToda

1982
as
2007
asSatoru Wakui

2004
asDetective Jin

2018
asShogo Ogami

2007
as
2018
asGrandfather (voice)

1982
asOotaka

1998
asTakaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga

2019
asJiang Yuesheng

2007
asYukihiro Fujiyama

1996
as
1981
asJournalist

2021
asMikami Masao

2005
asNobu

1994
as
2004
asGovernor of Tokyo

2021
asSuzu's Father (voice)

2022
asKawai Tsugunosuke

2021
as
1990
as
as
2025
as
1999
as
2004
asNagasaka Fumio

2007
asSelf

1991
as武田晴信

2025
as
as
as
as
as
as
asMiyamoto Musashi
as
asTakeda Shingen
asAjigawa Bantake
as
as
asKoichi Miyazawa
asSelf
as
as
as
as宮本武蔵
as神谷容
as
asMasayuki Matsushita
asMasao Yoshida
as嘉納治五郎
asNogōn Beki
as
asAoki Sosuke
asTsuneki
asOda Nobunaga
Production

2023
asCrew
Directing

2009
as