Koji Yakusho
Jan 01, 1956 (69 years old) 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

Chotchan
神谷容

Golden Horse Awards
Self

Perfect Days
Hirayama

Belle
Suzu's Father (voice)

Mirai
Grandfather (voice)

Cure
Kenichi Takabe

The Boy and the Beast
Kumatetsu (voice)
Credits
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Narrator★ NR
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Suzume Iro Doki Future★ NR
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顔に降りかかる雨 Future★ NR
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The Brightest Sun 2025★ NR
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★ 9
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Hakkenden 2024Bakin Takizawa★ 7.7
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Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)★ 7.9
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Perfect Days 2023Hirayama★ 7.7
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Vivant 2023Nogōn Beki★ 7.3
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THE DAYS 2023Masao Yoshida★ 7.8
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Miyazawa Masajiro★ 6
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Família 2023Seiji Kamiya★ 5.2
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Kawai Tsugunosuke★ 7.1
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Gratitude 2022★ NR
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Belle 2021Suzu's Father (voice)★ 7.7
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★ 6.7
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Under the Open Sky 2021Mikami Masao★ 7.7
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Pension Metsä 2021Tsuneki★ 6
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Wings Over Everest 2019Jiang Yuesheng★ 6.2
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Whistleblower 2019★ 8
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嘉納治五郎★ 7.8
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Mirai 2018Grandfather (voice)★ 7.2
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The Blood of Wolves 2018Shogo Ogami★ 7.2
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Oh Lucy! 2018Takeshi Komori / Tom★ 6.7
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Rikuoh 2017Koichi Miyazawa★ 7.5
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The Third Murder 2017Misumi★ 6.6
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Sekigahara 2017Tokugawa Ieyasu★ 7
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Masayuki Matsushita★ NR
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Self - Actor★ 7.1
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General Korechika Anami★ 6.3
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Kumatetsu (voice)★ 7.9
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A Samurai Chronicle 2014Toda★ 7.4
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Back of Father 2014Aoki Sosuke★ 8
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The World of Kanako 2014Akikazu Fujishima★ 6.4
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★ NR
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Katsuie Shibata★ 6.9
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The Terminal Trust 2012Shinzo Egi★ 6
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Kosaku★ 6.6
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Katsuhiko★ 6
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Isoroku Yamamoto★ 6.5
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Kageyu★ 7.2
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The Last Ronin 2010Magozaemon Senoo★ 6.3
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13 Assassins 2010Shinzaemon Shimada★ 7.3
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Morisaku Furuta★ 6
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Toad's Oil 2009Takuro Yazawa★ 7
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Ekiro 2009Det. Yobuno★ 5
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Gelatin Silver, Love 2009Client★ 6.5
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Tokyo Sonata 2008Robber★ 7.4
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Onuki★ 7
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Walking My Life 2007Yukihiro Fujiyama★ 5
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The Sin 2007★ NR
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Self★ NR
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Silk 2007Hara Jubei★ 5.8
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Argentine Hag 2007Satoru Wakui★ NR
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Retribution 2007Noboru Yoshioka★ 6.4
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I Just Didn't Do It 2007Masayoshi Arakawa★ 7.3
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Babel 2006Yasujiro Wataya★ 7.2
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Suite Dreams 2006Heikichi Shindo★ 6.4
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Memoirs of a Geisha 2005Nobu★ 7.7
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Masami Shin'ichi★ 6
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University of Laughs 2004Mutsuo Sakisaka★ 7.1
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Nagasaka Fumio★ NR
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Mr. Takiguchi★ 4.5
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Tokyo: Level One 2004Governor of Tokyo★ NR
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Shunsuke Namiki★ 6.4
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Detective Jin★ NR
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Doppelganger 2003Michio Hayasaki★ 7
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Atsuyuki Sassa★ 8
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The Life of Bangaku 2002Ajigawa Bantake★ NR
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Yosuke Sasano★ 6.6
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Pulse 2001Ship Captain★ 6.7
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Séance 2000Sato★ 7.1
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★ NR
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Eureka 2000Makoto Sawai★ 7.7
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Dora-heita 2000Koheita Mochizuki★ 5.1
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Charisma 1999Goro Yabuike★ 6.5
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Jubaku: Spellbound 1999Hiroshi Kitano★ 6
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Keijitachi no Natsu 1999★ NR
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License to Live 1999Fujimori★ 6
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Tadon and Chikuwa 1998★ NR
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Bonds 1998Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga★ 5.2
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Yukon 1998Takayuki Iwabuchi★ NR
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Cure 1997Kenichi Takabe★ 7.6
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Bounce Ko Gals 1997Oshima★ 6.6
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★ NR
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The Eel 1997Takuro Yamashita★ 7
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Lost Paradise 1997Shoichiro Kuki★ 5.8
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Shabu 1996★ NR
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Sleeping Man 1996Kamimura★ 7.6
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Shall We Dance? 1996Shohei Sugiyama★ 7.3
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Kamikaze Taxi 1995Kazumasa Kantake★ 6.6
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★ NR
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★ NR
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Hana no Ran 1994★ NR
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★ NR
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Ryosuke Kano★ 6.4
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Crimson Lotus 1993★ 7
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サハリンの薔薇 1991★ NR
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Takeda Shingen 1991武田晴信★ NR
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★ 9.5
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Aurora Borealis 1990Genzo★ 4.9
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Megumi no Sekai 1990★ NR
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★ NR
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★ NR
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★ NR
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Lethal Three 1987★ 10
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New Yotsuya Kaidan 1987★ NR
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Chotchan 1987神谷容★ NR
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Tampopo 1985White Suit Man★ 7.9
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宮本武蔵 1984Miyamoto Musashi★ NR
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水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 1984宮本武蔵★ NR
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The Fir Trees Remain 1983★ NR
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★ NR
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Tokugawa Ieyasu 1983Oda Nobunaga★ 10
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The Legend of Sayo 1982★ 6.3
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The Law of Hell 1982★ NR
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Eternal Monument 1982Ootaka★ 10
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★ 6.3
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Willful Murder 1981Journalist★ 7.3
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Kinagashi Bugyō 1981★ NR
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Twelve Months 1980Young soldier★ 6.7
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Hunter in the Dark 1979Kuwano★ 6.5
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Golden Horse Awards 1962Self★ NR