Koji Yakusho

Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1956, Isahaya, Japan
Movies: 108

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.

Upcoming Koji Yakusho Movies

Children Untold

2026

October 16, 2026

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.2

Babel

2006

7.6

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005

7.8

Perfect Days

2023

7.9

The Boy and the Beast

2015

7.3

13 Assassins

2010

7.6

Belle

2021

7.6

Cure

1997

7.2

Mirai

2018

6.7

Pulse

2001

7.8

Tampopo

1985

Filmography

2026	Children Untold	Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
2026	The Brightest Sun
2025	Scarlet	Claudius (voice)
2025	Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025	Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende	Self
2025	Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2024	Hakkenden	Bakin Takizawa
2023	Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window	Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
2023	Perfect Days	Hirayama
2023	Father of the Milky Way Railroad	Miyazawa Masajiro
2023	Família	Seiji Kamiya
2022	The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai	Kawai Tsugunosuke
2022	Gratitude
2021	Belle	Suzu's Father (voice)
2021	The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021	Under the Open Sky	Mikami Masao
2019	Wings Over Everest	Jiang Yuesheng
2019	Whistleblower
2018	Mirai	Grandfather (voice)
2018	The Blood of Wolves	Shogo Ogami
2018	Oh Lucy!	Takeshi Komori / Tom
2017	The Third Murder	Takashi Misumi
2017	Sekigahara	Tokugawa Ieyasu
2016	Mifune: The Last Samurai	Self - Actor
2015	The Emperor in August	General Korechika Anami
2015	The Boy and the Beast	Kumatetsu (voice)
2014	A Samurai Chronicle	Toda
2014	The World of Kanako	Akikazu Fujishima
2014	I Am Searching For Myself
2013	The Kiyosu Conference	Katsuie Shibata
2012	The Terminal Trust	Shinzo Egi
2012	Chronicle of My Mother	Kosaku
2012	The Woodsman and the Rain	Katsuhiko
2011	Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet	Isoroku Yamamoto
2011	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai	Kageyu
2011	Early Autumn
2010	The Last Ronin	Magozaemon Senoo
2010	13 Assassins	Shinzaemon Shimada
2009	The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity	Morisaku Furuta
2009	Toad's Oil	Takuro Yazawa
2009	Ekiro	Det. Yobuno
2009	Gelatin Silver, Love	Client
2008	Tokyo Sonata	Robber
2008	Paco and the Magical Book	Onuki
2007	Walking My Life	Yukihiro Fujiyama
2007	The Sin
2007	Common Ground: Under Construction Notes	Self
2007	Silk	Hara Jubei
2007	Argentine Hag	Satoru Wakui
2007	Retribution	Noboru Yoshioka
2007	I Just Didn't Do It	Masayoshi Arakawa
2006	Babel	Yasujiro Wataya
2006	Suite Dreams	Heikichi Shindo
2005	Memoirs of a Geisha	Nobu
2005	Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean	Masami Shin'ichi
2005	The Lakeside Murder Case	Shunsuke Namiki
2004	University of Laughs	Mutsuo Sakisaka
2004	People Without a Fort	Nagasaka Fumio
2004	Fireflies: River of Light	Mr. Takiguchi
2004	Séance	Sato
2004	Tokyo: Level One	Governor of Tokyo
2004	The Hunter and the Hunted	Detective Jin
2003	Doppelgänger	Michio Hayasaki
2002	The Choice of Hercules	Atsuyuki Sassa
2001	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge	Yosuke Sasano
2001	Pulse	Ship Captain
2001	Eureka	Makoto Sawai
2000	Dora-heita	Koheita Mochizuki
1999	Making Of Charisma	Self
1999	Charisma	Goro Yabuike
1999	Jubaku: Spellbound	Hiroshi Kitano
1999	Keijitachi no Natsu
1999	License to Live	Fujimori
1998	Tadon and Chikuwa
1998	Bonds	Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
1998	Yukon	Takayuki Iwabuchi
1997	Cure	Kenichi Takabe
1997	Bounce Ko Gals	Oshima
1997	The Eel	Takuro Yamashita
1997	Lost Paradise	Shoichiro Kuki
1996	Shabu
1996	Sleeping Man	Kamimura
1996	Shall We Dance?	Shohei Sugiyama
1995	Kamikaze Taxi	Kazumasa Kantake
1995	History of Jirocho Shimizu
1994	Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994	39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1993	Dark Society in the East	Ryosuke Kano
1993	Crimson Lotus
1992	Suzume Iro Doki
1991	Takeda Shingen	Takeda Shingen
1990	Aurora Borealis	Genzo
1990	Megumi no Sekai
1988	Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho	Naoto Sekiya
1987	The Great Department Store Robbery
1985	Tampopo	White Suit Man
1984	The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1983	The Fir Trees Remain
1982	The Legend of Sayo	Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
1982	The Law of Hell	Genzô
1982	Eternal Monument	Ootaka
1982	Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather	Kondo
1981	Willful Murder	Journalist
1981	Magistrate of the Floating World
1981	空よ海よ息子たちよ
1980	Twelve Months	Young soldier (voice)
1979	Hunter in the Dark	Kuwano

Directing, Writing & Producing

2009

Toad's Oil

Director

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