Personal Info
Known Credits
98
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1956-01-01 (69 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Isahaya, Japan
Also Known For
橋本広司Koji HashimotoKôji YakushoKouji YakushoКодзі Якусьоקוז'י יאקושוکوجی 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
2025 --
The Brightest Sun
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2025 --
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
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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
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2021 --
Belle
| Suzu's Father (voice)
2021 --
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
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2021 --
Under the Open Sky
| Mikami Masao
2019 --
Wings Over Everest
| Jiang Yuesheng
2019 --
Whistleblower
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2018 --
Mirai
| Grandfather (voice)
2018 --
The Blood of Wolves
| Shogo Ogami
2017 --
The Third Murder
| Misumi
2017 --
Sekigahara
| Tokugawa Ieyasu
2017 --
Oh Lucy!
| Komori / Tom
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
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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
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
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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
2004 --
University of Laughs
| Mutsuo Sakisaka
2004 --
People Without a Fort
| Nagasaka Fumio
2004 --
Fireflies: River of Light
| Mr. Takiguchi
2004 --
Tokyo: Level One
| Governor of Tokyo
2004 --
The Lakeside Murder Case
| Shunsuke Namiki
2004 --
The Hunter and the Hunted
| Detective Jin
2003 --
Doppelganger
| Michio Hayasaki
2002 --
The Choice of Hercules
| Atsuyuki Sassa
2001 --
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
| Yosuke Sasano
2001 --
Pulse
| Ship Captain
2000 --
Séance
| Sato
2000 --
Eureka
| Makoto Sawai
2000 --
Dora-heita
| Koheita Mochizuki
1999 --
Charisma
| Goro Yabuike
1999 --
Jubaku: Spellbound
| Hiroshi Kitano
1999 --
Keijitachi no Natsu
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1999 --
License to Live
| Fujimori
1998 --
Tadon and Chikuwa
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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
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1996 --
Sleeping Man
| Kamimura
1996 --
Shall We Dance?
| Shohei Sugiyama
1995 --
Kamikaze Taxi
| Kazumasa Kantake
1995 --
History of Jirocho Shimizu
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1994 --
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
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1993 --
Dark Society in the East
| Ryosuke Kano
1993 --
Crimson Lotus
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1991 --
Takeda Shingen
| 武田晴信
1990 --
Aurora Borealis
| Genzo
1990 --
Megumi no Sekai
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1988 --
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
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1987 --
The Great Department Store Robbery
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1985 --
Tampopo
| White Suit Man
1983 --
The Fir Trees Remain
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1982 --
The Legend of Sayo
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1982 --
The Law of Hell
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1982 --
Eternal Monument
| Ootaka
1982 --
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
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1981 --
Willful Murder
| Journalist
1980 --
Twelve Months
| Young soldier
1979 --
Hunter in the Dark
| Kuwano