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Actor
Koji Yakusho
- Born January 1, 1956 in 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.
Known for
Babel2006
Memoirs of a Geisha2005
Perfect Days2023
The Boy and the Beast2015
13 Assassins2010
Cure1997
Belle2021
Mirai2018
Filmography
- TBARyuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevisFilmNarrator
- 2026Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?SeriesGen Takasegawa / Yorozu Mantaro
- 2026The Brightest SunFilm
- 2026Children UntoldFilmJinbe Yamai / Jinbei
- 2025ScarletFilmClaudius (voice)
- 2025Snowflowers: Seeds of HopeFilm
- 2025Wim Wenders: Der ewig SuchendeFilmSelf
- 2025Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn SpecialFilm
- 2024HakkendenFilmBakin Takizawa
- 2023Perfect DaysFilmHirayama, Executive Producer
- 2023THE DAYSSeriesMasao Yoshida
- 2023Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the WindowFilmSōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
- 2023VivantSeriesNogōn Beki
- 2023Father of the Milky Way RailroadFilmMiyazawa Masajiro
- 2023FamíliaFilmSeiji Kamiya
- 2022The Pass: Last Days of the SamuraiFilmKawai Tsugunosuke
- 2022GratitudeFilm
- 2021BelleFilmSuzu's Father (voice)
- 2021Under the Open SkyFilmMikami Masao
- 2021The Supporting Actors in ByplaywoodFilm
- 2021Pension MetsäSeriesTsuneki
- 2021Matrilineal FamilySeriesKazo Yajima
- 2019WhistleblowerFilm
- 2019Wings Over EverestFilmJiang Yuesheng
- 2019Idaten: Tokyo Olympics StorySeries嘉納治五郎
- 2018MiraiFilmGrandfather (voice)
- 2018Oh Lucy!FilmTakeshi Komori / Tom
- 2018The Blood of WolvesFilmShogo Ogami
- 2017The Third MurderFilmTakashi Misumi
- 2017SekigaharaFilmTokugawa Ieyasu
- 2017RikuohSeriesKoichi Miyazawa
- 2017Ties: A Miraculous ColtSeriesMasayuki Matsushita
- 2016Mifune: The Last SamuraiFilmSelf - Actor
- 2015The Boy and the BeastFilmKumatetsu (voice)
- 2015The Emperor in AugustFilmGeneral Korechika Anami
- 2014The World of KanakoFilmAkikazu Fujishima
- 2014A Samurai ChronicleFilmToda
- 2014Back of FatherSeriesAoki Sosuke
- 2014I Am Searching For MyselfFilm
- 2013The Kiyosu ConferenceFilmKatsuie Shibata
- 2012The Terminal TrustFilmShinzo Egi
- 2012The Woodsman and the RainFilmKatsuhiko
- 2012Chronicle of My MotherFilmKosaku
- 2011Hara-Kiri: Death of a SamuraiFilmKageyu
- 2011Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined FleetFilmIsoroku Yamamoto
- 2011Early AutumnFilm
- 201013 AssassinsFilmShinzaemon Shimada
- 2010The Last RoninFilmMagozaemon Senoo
- 2009The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to SerenityFilmMorisaku Furuta
- 2009Gelatin Silver, LoveFilmClient
- 2009Toad's OilFilmTakuro Yazawa, Director
- 2009EkiroFilmDet. Yobuno
- 2008Tokyo SonataFilmRobber
- 2008Paco and the Magical BookFilmOnuki
- 2007SilkFilmHara Jubei
- 2007RetributionFilmNoboru Yoshioka
- 2007I Just Didn't Do ItFilmMasayoshi Arakawa
- 2007Walking My LifeFilmYukihiro Fujiyama
- 2007Common Ground: Under Construction NotesFilmSelf
- 2007Argentine HagFilmSatoru Wakui
- 2007The SinFilm
- 2006BabelFilmYasujiro Wataya
- 2006Suite DreamsFilmHeikichi Shindo
- 2005Memoirs of a GeishaFilmNobu
- 2005Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific OceanFilmMasami Shin'ichi
- 2005The Lakeside Murder CaseFilmShunsuke Namiki
- 2004SéanceFilmKatsuhiko Sato
- 2004University of LaughsFilmMutsuo Sakisaka
- 2004Fireflies: River of LightFilmMr. Takiguchi
- 2004The Hunter and the HuntedFilmDetective Jin
- 2004Tokyo: Level OneFilmGovernor of Tokyo
- 2004People Without a FortFilmNagasaka Fumio
- 2003DoppelgängerFilmMichio Hayasaki
- 2002The Choice of HerculesFilmAtsuyuki Sassa
- 2002The Life of BangakuSeriesAjigawa Bantake
- 2001PulseFilmShip Captain
- 2001EurekaFilmMakoto Sawai
- 2001Warm Water Under a Red BridgeFilmYosuke Sasano
- 2000Dora-heitaFilmKoheita Mochizuki
- 2000The Password is CourageSeries