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Koji Yakusho

Personal info

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1 / Jan / 1956 (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

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

10.0
Eternal Monument

Eternal Monument

7 / Jun / 1982
10.0
Lethal Three

Lethal Three

5 / Oct / 1987
10.0
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

1 / Jan / 1983
9.5
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

5 / Oct / 1990
8.0
The Choice of Hercules

The Choice of Hercules

7 / May / 2002
8.0
Whistleblower

Whistleblower

6 / Feb / 2019
8.0
Back of Father

Back of Father

1 / Jul / 2014
8.0
The Boy and the Beast

The Boy and the Beast

7 / Jul / 2015
7.8
Tampopo

Tampopo

7 / Nov / 1985
7.8
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

6 / Dec / 2023

Credits

Acting

2024
Hakkenden
as Bakin Takizawa
2023
Perfect Days
as Hirayama
2023
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
2023
Família
as Seiji Kamiya
2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
as Miyazawa Masajiro
2023
THE DAYS
(8 episodes) as Masao Yoshida
2023
Vivant
(10 episodes) as Nogōn Beki
2022
Gratitude
2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
2021
Under the Open Sky
as Mikami Masao
2021
Belle
as Suzu's Father (voice)
2021
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Pension Metsä
(7 episodes) as Tsuneki
2019
Whistleblower
2019
Wings Over Everest
as Jiang Yuesheng
2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
(47 episodes) as 嘉納治五郎
2018
The Blood of Wolves
as Shogo Ogami
2018
Mirai
as Grandfather (voice)
2017
Oh Lucy!
as Komori / Tom
2017
The Third Murder
as Misumi
2017
Sekigahara
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
2017
Rikuoh
(10 episodes) as Koichi Miyazawa
2017
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
(2 episodes) as Masayuki Matsushita
2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actor
2015
The Emperor in August
as General Korechika Anami
2015
The Boy and the Beast
as Kumatetsu (voice)
2014
The World of Kanako
as Akikazu Fujishima
2014
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
A Samurai Chronicle
as Toda
2014
Back of Father
(1 episode) as Aoki Sosuke
2013
The Kiyosu Conference
as Katsuie Shibata
2012
The Woodsman and the Rain
as Katsuhiko
2012
The Terminal Trust
as Shinzo Egi
2012
Chronicle of My Mother
as Kosaku
2010
The Last Ronin
as Magozaemon Senoo
2010
13 Assassins
as Shinzaemon Shimada
2009
Gelatin Silver, Love
as Client
2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Morisaku Furuta
2009
Toad's Oil
as Takuro Yazawa
2009
Ekiro
as Det. Yobuno
2008
Paco and the Magical Book
as Onuki
2008
Tokyo Sonata
as Robber
2007
Retribution
as Noboru Yoshioka
2007
Silk
as Hara Jubei
2007
I Just Didn't Do It
as Masayoshi Arakawa
2007
Argentine Hag
as Satoru Wakui
2007
The Sin
2007
Walking My Life
as Yukihiro Fujiyama
2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
2006
Babel
as Yasujiro Wataya
2006
Suite Dreams
as Heikichi Shindo
2005
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
as Masami Shin'ichi
2005
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Nobu
2004
University of Laughs
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
2004
The Lakeside Murder Case
as Shunsuke Namiki
2004
Fireflies: River of Light
as Mr. Takiguchi
2004
The Hunter and the Hunted
as Detective Jin
2004
Tokyo: Level One
as Governor of Tokyo
2004
People Without a Fort
as Nagasaka Fumio
2003
Doppelganger
as Michio Hayasaki
2002
The Choice of Hercules
as Atsuyuki Sassa
2002
The Life of Bangaku
(10 episodes) as Ajigawa Bantake
2001
Pulse
as Ship Captain
2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Yosuke Sasano
2000
Séance
as Sato
2000
Eureka
as Makoto Sawai
2000
Dora-heita
as Koheita Mochizuki
2000
The Password is Courage
(11 episodes)
1999
Charisma
as Goro Yabuike
1999
License to Live
as Fujimori
1999
Jubaku: Spellbound
as Hiroshi Kitano
1999
Keijitachi no Natsu
1998
Yukon
as Takayuki Iwabuchi
1998
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Bonds
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
1997
The Eel
as Takuro Yamashita
1997
Bounce Ko Gals
as Oshima
1997
Cure
as Kenichi Takabe
1997
Lost Paradise
as Shoichiro Kuki
1997
Middle-aged Bachelors
(13 episodes)
1996
Shall We Dance?
as Shohei Sugiyama
1996
Sleeping Man
as Kamimura
1996
Shabu
1995
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Kamikaze Taxi
as Kazumasa Kantake
1994
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
Hana no Ran
(37 episodes)
1993
Crimson Lotus
1993
Dark Society in the East
as Ryosuke Kano
1993
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
(2 episodes)
1991
Takeda Shingen
as 武田晴信
1991
サハリンの薔薇
(1 episode)
1991
Takeda Shingen
(2 episodes) as Takeda Shingen
1987
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Lethal Three
(101 episodes)
1987
Chotchan
(156 episodes) as 神谷容
1987
New Yotsuya Kaidan
(2 episodes)
1985
Tampopo
as White Suit Man
1984
宮本武蔵
(1 episode) as Miyamoto Musashi
1984
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
(45 episodes) as 宮本武蔵
1983
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
(1 episode)
1983
Tokugawa Ieyasu
(50 episodes) as Oda Nobunaga
1981
Willful Murder
as Journalist
1981
Kinagashi Bugyō
(1 episode)
1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
(8 episodes)
1980
Twelve Months
as Young soldier
1979
Hunter in the Dark
as Kuwano
1962
Golden Horse Awards
(1 episode) as Self

Directing

2009
Toad's Oil
Director

Production

2023
Perfect Days
Executive Producer