Actor
Koji Yakusho
Born 1 January 1956 · Isahaya, Japan
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.
Films and shows
- 2026
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?1 seasonGen Takasegawa - 2026
Children Untold2h 30mJinbe Yamai / Jinbei - 2026
The Brightest Sun2h 9m - 2025
Scarlet1h 52mClaudius (voice) - 2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig SuchendeSelf - 2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special1h 44m - 2025
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope1h 57m - 2024
Hakkenden2h 29mBakin Takizawa - 2023
THE DAYS1 seasonMasao Yoshida - 2023
Perfect Days2h 4mHirayama - 2023
Família2h 1mSeiji Kamiya - 2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad2h 8mMiyazawa Masajiro - 2023
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window1h 54mSōsaku Kobayashi (voice) - 2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai1h 54mKawai Tsugunosuke - 2022
Gratitude21m - 2021
Under the Open Sky2h 6mMikami Masao - 2021
Pension Metsä1 seasonTsuneki - 2021
Matrilineal Family1 seasonKazo Yajima - 2021
Belle2h 1mSuzu's Father (voice) - 2019
Wings Over Everest1h 50mJiang Yuesheng - 2019
Whistleblower1h 59m - 2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story1 season嘉納治五郎 - 2018
The Blood of Wolves2h 6mShogo Ogami - 2018
Mirai1h 38mGrandfather (voice) - 2018
Oh Lucy!1h 35mTakeshi Komori / Tom - 2017
Rikuoh1 seasonKoichi Miyazawa - 2017
The Third Murder2h 5mTakashi Misumi - 2017
Sekigahara2h 30mTokugawa Ieyasu - 2017
Ties: A Miraculous Colt1 seasonMasayuki Matsushita - 2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai1h 21mSelf - Actor - 2015
The Boy and the Beast1h 59mKumatetsu (voice) - 2015
The Emperor in August2h 16mGeneral Korechika Anami - 2014
The World of Kanako1h 58mAkikazu Fujishima - 2014
A Samurai Chronicle2h 9mToda - 2014
I Am Searching For Myself35m - 2013
The Kiyosu Conference2h 15mKatsuie Shibata - 2012
The Woodsman and the Rain2h 9mKatsuhiko - 2012
Chronicle of My Mother1h 59mKosaku - 2012
The Terminal Trust2h 24mShinzo Egi - 2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai2h 8mKageyu - 2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet2h 15mIsoroku Yamamoto - 2011
Early Autumn1h 54m - 2010
13 Assassins2h 21mShinzaemon Shimada - 2010
The Last Ronin2h 13mMagozaemon Senoo - 2009
Ekiro2h 10mDet. Yobuno - 2009
Toad's Oil2h 11mTakuro Yazawa - 2009
Gelatin Silver, Love1h 27mClient - 2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity2h 19mMorisaku Furuta - 2008
Paco and the Magical Book1h 45mOnuki - 2008
Tokyo Sonata2hRobber - 2007
Argentine Hag1h 51mSatoru Wakui - 2007
Walking My Life2h 4mYukihiro Fujiyama - 2007
Retribution1h 44mNoboru Yoshioka - 2007
I Just Didn't Do It2h 23mMasayoshi Arakawa - 2007
Silk1h 47mHara Jubei - 2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes1h 36mSelf - 2007
The Sin1h 4m - 2006
Suite Dreams2h 17mHeikichi Shindo - 2006
Babel2h 23mYasujiro Wataya - 2005
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean2h 8mMasami Shin'ichi - 2005
The Lakeside Murder Case1h 58mShunsuke Namiki - 2005
Memoirs of a Geisha2h 26mNobu - 2004
Tokyo: Level One1h 51mGovernor of Tokyo - 2004
The Hunter and the Hunted1h 50mDetective Jin - 2004
University of Laughs2h 1mMutsuo Sakisaka - 2004
Séance1h 37mSato - 2004
People Without a Fort2hNagasaka Fumio - 2004
Fireflies: River of Light1h 41mMr. Takiguchi - 2003
Doppelgänger1h 47mMichio Hayasaki - 2002
The Life of Bangaku1 seasonAjigawa Bantake - 2002
The Choice of Hercules2h 10mAtsuyuki Sassa - 2001
Eureka3h 38mMakoto Sawai - 2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge1h 59mYosuke Sasano - 2001
Pulse1h 59mShip Captain - 2000
Dora-heita1h 51mKoheita Mochizuki - 2000
The Password is Courage1 season - 1999
Jubaku: Spellbound1h 54mHiroshi Kitano - 1999
Charisma1h 44mGoro Yabuike - 1999
License to Live1h 50mFujimori - 1999
Making Of Charisma30mSelf - 1999
Keijitachi no Natsu1h 36m - 1998
Yukon1h 10mTakayuki Iwabuchi - 1998
Bonds2h 3mTakaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga - 1998
Tadon and Chikuwa1h 42m - 1997
The Eel1h 57mTakuro Yamashita - 1997
Lost Paradise1h 59mShoichiro Kuki - 1997
Cure1h 51mKenichi Takabe - 1997
Bounce Ko Gals1h 50mOshima - 1997
Middle-aged Bachelors1 season - 1996
Shall We Dance?2h 16mShohei Sugiyama - 1996
Sleeping Man1h 43mKamimura - 1996
Shabu2h 44m - 1995
Kamikaze Taxi2h 49mKazumasa Kantake - 1995
History of Jirocho Shimizu1h 34m - 1994
Hana no Ran1 season - 199439th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
- 1994
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare1h 37m - 1993
Dark Society in the East1h 50mRyosuke Kano - 1993
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi2 seasons - 1993
Crimson Lotus2h - 1992
Suzume Iro Doki1h 32m - 1991
Takeda Shingen4h 3mTakeda Shingen - 1991Takeda Shingen1 seasonTakeda Shingen
- 1991
サハリンの薔薇1 season - 1990
Under Aurora2h 7mGenzo - 1990
Megumi no Sekai1h 32m - 1988
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho1h 54mNaoto Sekiya - 1988「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−1 season
- 1987
Chotchan1 season神谷容 - 1987
Lethal Three7 seasons - 1987
The Great Department Store Robbery1h 34m - 1985
Tampopo1h 55mWhite Suit Man - 1984宮本武蔵1 seasonMiyamoto Musashi
- 1984
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵1 season宮本武蔵 - 1984
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk1h 32m - 1983
Tokugawa Ieyasu1 seasonOda Nobunaga - 1983
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin1 season - 1983
The Fir Trees Remain1h 31m - 1982
The Legend of Sayo1h 48mHatsutaro (Sayo's brother) - 1982
The Law of Hell1h 31mGenzô - 1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather2h 26mKondo - 1981
Willful Murder2h 12mJournalist - 1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?1 season - 1981
Kinagashi Bugyō1 season - 1981
Magistrate of the Floating World1h 31m - 1980
Twelve Months1h 5mYoung soldier (voice) - 1979
Hunter in the Dark2h 17mKuwano 
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis44mNarrator