Koji Yakusho

Known for: Acting

Born: 1956-01-01 (age 70)

From: 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.

Filmography (133)

MOVIE
The Brightest Sun
2026
MOVIE★ 7.2
Scarlet
2025
as Claudius (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
MOVIE★ 8.0
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.5
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
MOVIE★ 7.4
Hakkenden
2024
as Bakin Takizawa
MOVIE★ 7.3
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Perfect Days
2023
as Hirayama
TV★ 7.4
Vivant
2023
as Nogōn Beki
TV★ 7.8
THE DAYS
2023
as Masao Yoshida
MOVIE★ 6.3
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
as Miyazawa Masajiro
MOVIE★ 6.7
Família
2023
as Seiji Kamiya
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
MOVIE
Gratitude
2022
TV
Matrilineal Family
2021
as 矢島嘉蔵
MOVIE★ 7.6
Belle
2021
as Suzu's Father (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
MOVIE★ 7.6
Under the Open Sky
2021
as Mikami Masao
TV★ 6.0
Pension Metsä
2021
as Tsuneki
MOVIE★ 5.9
Wings Over Everest
2019
as Jiang Yuesheng
MOVIE★ 8.0
Whistleblower
2019
TV★ 7.8
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
as 嘉納治五郎
MOVIE★ 7.2
Mirai
2018
as Grandfather (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Blood of Wolves
2018
as Shogo Ogami
MOVIE★ 6.7
Oh Lucy!
2018
as Takeshi Komori / Tom
TV★ 7.6
Rikuoh
2017
as Koichi Miyazawa
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Third Murder
2017
as Takashi Misumi
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sekigahara
2017
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
TV
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
2017
as Masayuki Matsushita
MOVIE★ 7.1
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
as Self - Actor
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Emperor in August
2015
as General Korechika Anami
MOVIE★ 7.9
The Boy and the Beast
2015
as Kumatetsu (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
as Toda
TV★ 8.0
Back of Father
2014
as Aoki Sosuke
MOVIE★ 6.4
The World of Kanako
2014
as Akikazu Fujishima
MOVIE
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
as Katsuie Shibata
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Terminal Trust
2012
as Shinzo Egi
MOVIE★ 6.6
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
as Kosaku
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
as Katsuhiko
MOVIE★ 6.3
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
as Isoroku Yamamoto
MOVIE★ 7.2
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
as Kageyu
MOVIE
Early Autumn
2011
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Last Ronin
2010
as Magozaemon Senoo
MOVIE★ 7.3
13 Assassins
2010
as Shinzaemon Shimada
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
as Morisaku Furuta
MOVIE★ 7.0
Toad's Oil
2009
as Takuro Yazawa
MOVIE★ 3.7
Ekiro
2009
as Det. Yobuno
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
as Client
MOVIE★ 7.4
Tokyo Sonata
2008
as Robber
MOVIE★ 6.9
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
as Onuki
MOVIE★ 5.0
Walking My Life
2007
as Yukihiro Fujiyama
MOVIE
The Sin
2007
MOVIE★ 10.0
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Silk
2007
as Hara Jubei
MOVIE
Argentine Hag
2007
as Satoru Wakui
MOVIE★ 6.5
Retribution
2007
as Noboru Yoshioka
MOVIE★ 7.4
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
as Masayoshi Arakawa
MOVIE★ 7.2
Babel
2006
as Yasujiro Wataya
MOVIE★ 6.2
Suite Dreams
2006
as Heikichi Shindo
MOVIE★ 7.6
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
as Nobu
MOVIE★ 6.3
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
as Masami Shin'ichi
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
as Shunsuke Namiki
MOVIE★ 7.2
University of Laughs
2004
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
MOVIE
People Without a Fort
2004
as Nagasaka Fumio
MOVIE★ 5.0
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
as Mr. Takiguchi
MOVIE★ 7.1
Séance
2004
as Sato
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tokyo: Level One
2004
as Governor of Tokyo
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
as Detective Jin
MOVIE★ 7.0
Doppelgänger
2003
as Michio Hayasaki
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Choice of Hercules
2002
as Atsuyuki Sassa
TV
The Life of Bangaku
2002
as Ajigawa Bantake
MOVIE★ 6.6
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
as Yosuke Sasano
MOVIE★ 6.7
Pulse
2001
as Ship Captain
MOVIE★ 7.8
Eureka
2001
as Makoto Sawai
TV
The Password is Courage
2000
MOVIE★ 5.4
Dora-heita
2000
as Koheita Mochizuki
MOVIE★ 6.8
Charisma
1999
as Goro Yabuike
MOVIE★ 6.2
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
as Hiroshi Kitano
MOVIE
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
MOVIE★ 6.2
License to Live
1999
as Fujimori
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
MOVIE★ 5.6
Bonds
1998
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
MOVIE
Yukon
1998
as Takayuki Iwabuchi
MOVIE★ 7.6
Cure
1997
as Kenichi Takabe
MOVIE★ 6.7
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
as Oshima
TV
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Eel
1997
as Takuro Yamashita
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lost Paradise
1997
as Shoichiro Kuki
MOVIE★ 8.0
Shabu
1996
MOVIE★ 7.8
Sleeping Man
1996
as Kamimura
MOVIE★ 7.5
Shall We Dance?
1996
as Shohei Sugiyama
MOVIE★ 6.2
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
as Kazumasa Kantake
MOVIE
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
MOVIE
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
MOVIE
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994
TV★ 7.0
Hana no Ran
1994
TV
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
MOVIE★ 6.7
Dark Society in the East
1993
as Ryosuke Kano
MOVIE★ 8.0
Crimson Lotus
1993
MOVIE
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
TV
サハリンの薔薇
1991
MOVIE★ 10.0
Takeda Shingen
1991
as Takeda Shingen
TV★ 8.0
Takeda Shingen
1991
as Takeda Shingen
TV★ 9.5
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
MOVIE★ 5.2
Aurora Borealis
1990
as Genzo
MOVIE
Megumi no Sekai
1990
MOVIE★ 1.0
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
TV
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
TV★ 10.0
Lethal Three
1987
TV
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
TV
Chotchan
1987
as 神谷容
TV
Inochi
1986
as Naohiko Hamamura
MOVIE★ 7.8
Tampopo
1985
as White Suit Man
TV★ 8.0
宮本武蔵
1984
as Miyamoto Musashi
TV
水曜ドラマ宮本武蔵
1984
as 宮本武蔵
MOVIE
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
MOVIE
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
TV
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
TV★ 10.0
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
as Oda Nobunaga
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Legend of Sayo
1982
MOVIE
The Law of Hell
1982
MOVIE★ 10.0
Eternal Monument
1982
as Ootaka
MOVIE★ 6.2
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
MOVIE★ 8.0
Willful Murder
1981
as Journalist
TV
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
TV
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
MOVIE★ 6.9
Twelve Months
1980
as Young soldier (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hunter in the Dark
1979
as Kuwano
TV★ 9.0
Golden Horse Awards
1962
as Self
MOVIE
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
—
as Narrator
TV
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
—
as Gen Takasegawa