Koji Yakusho

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.

Known For

Golden Horse Awards

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Back of Father

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

Perfect Days

Scarlet

THE DAYS

Vivant

All Movies (104)

• The Brightest Sun2026
• Scarlet2025 · as Claudius (voice)
• Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special2025
• Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende2025 · as Self
• Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope2025
• Hakkenden2024 · as Bakin Takizawa
• Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window2023 · as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
• Perfect Days2023 · as Hirayama
• Father of the Milky Way Railroad2023 · as Miyazawa Masajiro
• Família2023 · as Seiji Kamiya
• The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai2022 · as Kawai Tsugunosuke
• Gratitude2022
• Belle2021 · as Suzu's Father (voice)
• The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood2021
• Under the Open Sky2021 · as Mikami Masao
• Wings Over Everest2019 · as Jiang Yuesheng
• Whistleblower2019
• Mirai2018 · as Grandfather (voice)
• The Blood of Wolves2018 · as Shogo Ogami
• Oh Lucy!2018 · as Takeshi Komori / Tom
• The Third Murder2017 · as Takashi Misumi
• Sekigahara2017 · as Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Mifune: The Last Samurai2016 · as Self - Actor
• The Emperor in August2015 · as General Korechika Anami
• The Boy and the Beast2015 · as Kumatetsu (voice)
• A Samurai Chronicle2014 · as Toda
• The World of Kanako2014 · as Akikazu Fujishima
• I Am Searching For Myself2014
• The Kiyosu Conference2013 · as Katsuie Shibata
• The Terminal Trust2012 · as Shinzo Egi
• Chronicle of My Mother2012 · as Kosaku
• The Woodsman and the Rain2012 · as Katsuhiko
• Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet2011 · as Isoroku Yamamoto
• Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai2011 · as Kageyu
• Early Autumn2011
• The Last Ronin2010 · as Magozaemon Senoo
• 13 Assassins2010 · as Shinzaemon Shimada
• The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity2009 · as Morisaku Furuta
• Toad's Oil2009 · as Takuro Yazawa
• Ekiro2009 · as Det. Yobuno
• Gelatin Silver, Love2009 · as Client
• Tokyo Sonata2008 · as Robber
• Paco and the Magical Book2008 · as Onuki
• Walking My Life2007 · as Yukihiro Fujiyama
• The Sin2007
• Common Ground: Under Construction Notes2007 · as Self
• Silk2007 · as Hara Jubei
• Argentine Hag2007 · as Satoru Wakui
• Retribution2007 · as Noboru Yoshioka
• I Just Didn't Do It2007 · as Masayoshi Arakawa
• Babel2006 · as Yasujiro Wataya
• Suite Dreams2006 · as Heikichi Shindo
• Memoirs of a Geisha2005 · as Nobu
• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean2005 · as Masami Shin'ichi
• The Lakeside Murder Case2005 · as Shunsuke Namiki
• University of Laughs2004 · as Mutsuo Sakisaka
• People Without a Fort2004 · as Nagasaka Fumio
• Fireflies: River of Light2004 · as Mr. Takiguchi
• Séance2004 · as Sato
• Tokyo: Level One2004 · as Governor of Tokyo
• The Hunter and the Hunted2004 · as Detective Jin
• Doppelgänger2003 · as Michio Hayasaki
• The Choice of Hercules2002 · as Atsuyuki Sassa
• Warm Water Under a Red Bridge2001 · as Yosuke Sasano
• Pulse2001 · as Ship Captain
• Eureka2001 · as Makoto Sawai
• Dora-heita2000 · as Koheita Mochizuki
• Charisma1999 · as Goro Yabuike
• Jubaku: Spellbound1999 · as Hiroshi Kitano
• Keijitachi no Natsu1999
• License to Live1999 · as Fujimori
• Tadon and Chikuwa1998
• Bonds1998 · as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
• Yukon1998 · as Takayuki Iwabuchi
• Cure1997 · as Kenichi Takabe
• Bounce Ko Gals1997 · as Oshima
• The Eel1997 · as Takuro Yamashita
• Lost Paradise1997 · as Shoichiro Kuki
• Shabu1996
• Sleeping Man1996 · as Kamimura
• Shall We Dance?1996 · as Shohei Sugiyama
• Kamikaze Taxi1995 · as Kazumasa Kantake
• History of Jirocho Shimizu1995
• Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare1994
• 39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"1994
• Dark Society in the East1993 · as Ryosuke Kano
• Crimson Lotus1993
• Suzume Iro Doki1992
• Takeda Shingen1991 · as Takeda Shingen
• Aurora Borealis1990 · as Genzo
• Megumi no Sekai1990
• Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho1988
• The Great Department Store Robbery1987
• Tampopo1985 · as White Suit Man
• The Fox Dancing in the Dusk1984
• The Fir Trees Remain1983
• The Legend of Sayo1982
• The Law of Hell1982
• Eternal Monument1982 · as Ootaka
• Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather1982
• Willful Murder1981 · as Journalist
• Twelve Months1980 · as Young soldier (voice)
• Hunter in the Dark1979 · as Kuwano
• Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis— · as Narrator

All TV Shows (29)

• Vivant2023 · as Nogōn Beki
• THE DAYS2023 · as Masao Yoshida
• Matrilineal Family2021 · as 矢島嘉蔵
• Pension Metsä2021 · as Tsuneki
• Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story2019 · as 嘉納治五郎
• Rikuoh2017 · as Koichi Miyazawa
• Ties: A Miraculous Colt2017 · as Masayuki Matsushita
• Back of Father2014 · as Aoki Sosuke
• The Life of Bangaku2002 · as Ajigawa Bantake
• The Password is Courage2000
• Middle-aged Bachelors1997
• Hana no Ran1994
• Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi1993
• サハリンの薔薇1991
• Takeda Shingen1991 · as Takeda Shingen
• Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen1990
• 「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−1988
• Lethal Three1987
• New Yotsuya Kaidan1987
• Chotchan1987 · as 神谷容
• Inochi1986 · as Naohiko Hamamura
• 宮本武蔵1984 · as Miyamoto Musashi
• 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵1984 · as 宮本武蔵
• Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin1983
• Tokugawa Ieyasu1983 · as Oda Nobunaga
• Kinagashi Bugyō1981
• The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?1981
• Golden Horse Awards1962 · as Self
• Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?— · as Gen Takasegawa