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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

127

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-01-01 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Isahaya, Japan

Also Known As

橋本広司

Koji Hashimoto

Kôji Yakusho

Kouji Yakusho

Кодзі Якусьо

קוז'י יאקושו

کوجی یاکوشو

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

Babel

2006

Babel

as

Yasujiro Wataya

The Eel

1997

The Eel

as

Takuro Yamashita

Shall We Dance?

1996

Shall We Dance?

as

Shohei Sugiyama

Tampopo

1985

Tampopo

as

White Suit Man

Sleeping Man

1996

Sleeping Man

as

Kamimura

Doppelganger

2003

Doppelganger

as

Michio Hayasaki

Bounce Ko Gals

1997

Bounce Ko Gals

as

Oshima

Pulse

2001

Pulse

as

Ship Captain

Séance

2000

Séance

as

Sato

Cure

1997

Cure

as

Kenichi Takabe

Eureka

2000

Eureka

as

Makoto Sawai

University of Laughs

2004

University of Laughs

as

Mutsuo Sakisaka

Hunter in the Dark

1979

Hunter in the Dark

as

Kuwano

Retribution

2007

Retribution

as

Noboru Yoshioka

Lost Paradise

1997

Lost Paradise

as

Shoichiro Kuki

The Last Ronin

2010

The Last Ronin

as

Magozaemon Senoo

13 Assassins

2010

13 Assassins

as

Shinzaemon Shimada

Suite Dreams

2006

Suite Dreams

as

Heikichi Shindo

The Terminal Trust

2012

The Terminal Trust

as

Shinzo Egi

Aurora Borealis

1990

Aurora Borealis

as

Genzo

Perfect Days

2023

Perfect Days

as

Hirayama

Yukon

1998

Yukon

as

Takayuki Iwabuchi

The World of Kanako

2014

The World of Kanako

as

Akikazu Fujishima

The Kiyosu Conference

2013

The Kiyosu Conference

as

Katsuie Shibata

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

2023

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

as

Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)

Gratitude

2022

Gratitude

as

Toad's Oil

2009

Toad's Oil

as

Takuro Yazawa

The Lakeside Murder Case

2004

The Lakeside Murder Case

as

Shunsuke Namiki

Silk

2007

Silk

as

Hara Jubei

Família

2023

Família

as

Seiji Kamiya

Twelve Months

1980

Twelve Months

as

Young soldier

Dora-heita

2000

Dora-heita

as

Koheita Mochizuki

Kamikaze Taxi

1995

Kamikaze Taxi

as

Kazumasa Kantake

Charisma

1999

Charisma

as

Goro Yabuike

I Just Didn't Do It

2007

I Just Didn't Do It

as

Masayoshi Arakawa

License to Live

1999

License to Live

as

Fujimori

The Emperor in August

2015

The Emperor in August

as

General Korechika Anami

Tokyo Sonata

2008

Tokyo Sonata

as

Robber

The Choice of Hercules

2002

The Choice of Hercules

as

Atsuyuki Sassa

The Boy and the Beast

2015

The Boy and the Beast

as

Kumatetsu (voice)

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

2023

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

as

Miyazawa Masajiro

Ekiro

2009

Ekiro

as

Det. Yobuno

Hakkenden

2024

Hakkenden

as

Bakin Takizawa

Jubaku: Spellbound

1999

Jubaku: Spellbound

as

Hiroshi Kitano

Oh Lucy!

2018

Oh Lucy!

as

Takeshi Komori / Tom

The Third Murder

2017

The Third Murder

as

Misumi

Dark Society in the East

1993

Dark Society in the East

as

Ryosuke Kano

Fireflies: River of Light

2004

Fireflies: River of Light

as

Mr. Takiguchi

Sekigahara

2017

Sekigahara

as

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016

Mifune: The Last Samurai

as

Self - Actor

Argentine Hag

2007

Argentine Hag

as

Satoru Wakui

The Hunter and the Hunted

2004

The Hunter and the Hunted

as

Detective Jin

The Blood of Wolves

2018

The Blood of Wolves

as

Shogo Ogami

The Sin

2007

The Sin

as

Mirai

2018

Mirai

as

Grandfather (voice)

Eternal Monument

1982

Eternal Monument

as

Ootaka

Bonds

1998

Bonds

as

Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga

Wings Over Everest

2019

Wings Over Everest

as

Jiang Yuesheng

Walking My Life

2007

Walking My Life

as

Yukihiro Fujiyama

Shabu

1996

Shabu

as

Willful Murder

1981

Willful Murder

as

Journalist

Under the Open Sky

2021

Under the Open Sky

as

Mikami Masao

Tokyo: Level One

2004

Tokyo: Level One

as

Governor of Tokyo

Belle

2021

Belle

as

Suzu's Father (voice)

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

2022

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

as

Kawai Tsugunosuke

People Without a Fort

2004

People Without a Fort

as

Nagasaka Fumio

Takeda Shingen

1991

Takeda Shingen

as

武田晴信

宮本武蔵

宮本武蔵

as

Miyamoto Musashi

Takeda Shingen

Takeda Shingen

as

Takeda Shingen

The Life of Bangaku

The Life of Bangaku

as

Ajigawa Bantake

Rikuoh

Rikuoh

as

Koichi Miyazawa

Chotchan

Chotchan

as

神谷容

Ties: A Miraculous Colt

Ties: A Miraculous Colt

as

Masayuki Matsushita

THE DAYS

THE DAYS

as

Masao Yoshida

Vivant

Vivant

as

Nogōn Beki

Back of Father

Back of Father

as

Aoki Sosuke

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

as

Oda Nobunaga

Production

Crew

Directing