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Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho
  • Name: Koji Yakusho
  • Birthday: 1956-01-01
  • Also known as: 橋本広司,Koji Hashimoto,Kôji Yakusho,Kouji Yakusho,Кодзі Якусьо,קוז'י יאקושו
  • Place of birth: Isahaya, Japan
  • Popularity: 9.143
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.

Movies:

Title Release date
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope 2025-01-24
Hakkenden   as  Bakin Takizawa 2024-10-01
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window   as  Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice) 2023-12-08
Perfect Days   as  Hirayama 2023-11-10
Father of the Milky Way Railroad   as  Miyazawa Masajiro 2023-05-05
Família   as  Seiji Kamiya 2023-01-06
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai   as  Kawai Tsugunosuke 2022-06-17
Gratitude 2022-02-06
Belle   as  Suzu's Father (voice) 2021-07-16
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood 2021-04-09
Under the Open Sky   as  Mikami Masao 2021-02-11
Wings Over Everest   as  Jiang Yuesheng 2019-09-12
Whistleblower 2019-02-01
Mirai   as  Grandfather (voice) 2018-06-16
The Blood of Wolves   as  Shogo Ogami 2018-05-12
The Third Murder   as  Misumi 2017-09-09
Sekigahara   as  Tokugawa Ieyasu 2017-08-26
Oh Lucy!   as  Komori / Tom 2017-03-22
Mifune: The Last Samurai   as  Self - Actor 2016-12-02
The Emperor in August   as  General Korechika Anami 2015-08-08
The Boy and the Beast   as  Kumatetsu (voice) 2015-07-11
A Samurai Chronicle   as  Toda 2014-10-04
The World of Kanako   as  Akikazu Fujishima 2014-07-04
I Am Searching For Myself 2014-06-02
The Kiyosu Conference   as  Katsuie Shibata 2013-11-09
The Terminal Trust   as  Shinzo Egi 2012-10-27
Chronicle of My Mother   as  Kosaku 2012-04-28
The Woodsman and the Rain   as  Katsuhiko 2012-02-11
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet   as  Isoroku Yamamoto 2011-12-23
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai   as  Kageyu 2011-10-15
The Last Ronin   as  Magozaemon Senoo 2010-12-18
13 Assassins   as  Shinzaemon Shimada 2010-09-09
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity   as  Morisaku Furuta 2009-06-20
Toad's Oil   as  Takuro Yazawa 2009-06-06
Ekiro   as  Det. Yobuno 2009-04-11
Gelatin Silver, Love   as  Client 2009-03-07
Tokyo Sonata   as  Robber 2008-09-27
Paco and the Magical Book   as  Onuki 2008-09-13
Walking My Life   as  Yukihiro Fujiyama 2007-10-27
The Sin 2007-10-18
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes   as  Self 2007-09-30
Silk   as  Hara Jubei 2007-09-14
Argentine Hag   as  Satoru Wakui 2007-03-24
Retribution   as  Noboru Yoshioka 2007-02-24
I Just Didn't Do It   as  Masayoshi Arakawa 2007-01-20
Babel   as  Yasujiro Wataya 2006-10-26
Suite Dreams   as  Heikichi Shindo 2006-01-14
Memoirs of a Geisha   as  Nobu 2005-12-06
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean   as  Masami Shin'ichi 2005-03-05
University of Laughs   as  Mutsuo Sakisaka 2004-10-30
People Without a Fort   as  Nagasaka Fumio 2004-09-24
Fireflies: River of Light   as  Mr. Takiguchi 2004-06-05
Tokyo: Level One   as  Governor of Tokyo 2004-03-13
The Lakeside Murder Case   as  Shunsuke Namiki 2004-01-22
The Hunter and the Hunted   as  Detective Jin 2004-01-17
Doppelganger   as  Michio Hayasaki 2003-09-27
The Choice of Hercules   as  Atsuyuki Sassa 2002-05-11
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge   as  Yosuke Sasano 2001-11-03
Pulse   as  Ship Captain 2001-02-03
Séance   as  Sato 2000-08-07
Eureka   as  Makoto Sawai 2000-05-18
Dora-heita   as  Koheita Mochizuki 2000-05-13
Charisma   as  Goro Yabuike 1999-11-10
Jubaku: Spellbound   as  Hiroshi Kitano 1999-09-18
Keijitachi no Natsu 1999-04-01
License to Live   as  Fujimori 1999-01-23
Tadon and Chikuwa 1998-12-05
Bonds   as  Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga 1998-06-06
Yukon   as  Takayuki Iwabuchi 1998-01-10
Cure   as  Kenichi Takabe 1997-12-27
Bounce Ko Gals   as  Oshima 1997-10-18
The Eel   as  Takuro Yamashita 1997-05-12
Lost Paradise   as  Shoichiro Kuki 1997-05-10
Shabu 1996-05-28
Sleeping Man   as  Kamimura 1996-02-03
Shall We Dance?   as  Shohei Sugiyama 1996-01-27
Kamikaze Taxi   as  Kazumasa Kantake 1995-04-29
History of Jirocho Shimizu 1995-03-03
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare 1994-06-13
Dark Society in the East   as  Ryosuke Kano 1993-05-15
Crimson Lotus 1993-02-13
Aurora Borealis   as  Genzo 1990-08-03
Megumi no Sekai 1990-04-19
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho 1988-09-17
The Great Department Store Robbery 1987-12-26
Tampopo   as  White Suit Man 1985-11-23
The Fir Trees Remain 1983-12-01
The Legend of Sayo 1982-12-17
The Law of Hell 1982-08-30
Eternal Monument   as  Ootaka 1982-06-12
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather 1982-06-05
Willful Murder   as  Journalist 1981-11-07
Twelve Months   as  Young soldier 1980-03-15
Hunter in the Dark   as  Kuwano 1979-06-17