Koji Yakusho
Acting
January 1, 1956
Isahaya, Japan
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
Perfect Days
2023
Cure
1997
Babel
2006
Belle
2021
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
13 Assassins
2010
The Boy and the Beast
2015
Tampopo
1985
Pulse
2001
Suite Dreams
2006
Scarlet
2025
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
Mirai
2018
The World of Kanako
2014
The Blood of Wolves
2018
Lost Paradise
1997
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
Shall We Dance?
1996
Silk
2007
The Third Murder
2017
TV Shows
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
Vivant
2023
THE DAYS
2023
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
Chotchan
1987
Back of Father
2014
Inochi
1986
Hana no Ran
1994
Rikuoh
2017
The Life of Bangaku
2002
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984
The Password is Courage
2000
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Pension Metsä
2021
Lethal Three
1987
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981