Koji Yakusho
Acting
Born 1956-01-01 · 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
The Boy and the Beast
2015 · Movie
Perfect Days
2023 · Movie
Tampopo
1985 · Movie
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 · Movie
Belle
2021 · Movie
Cure
1997 · Movie
Eureka
2001 · Movie
Shall We Dance?
1996 · Movie
Tokyo Sonata
2008 · Movie
13 Assassins
2010 · Movie
Under the Open Sky
2021 · Movie
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025 · Movie
Babel
2006 · Movie
Mirai
2018 · Movie
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011 · Movie
I Just Didn't Do It
2007 · Movie
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023 · Movie
Whistleblower
2019 · Movie
Sleeping Man
1996 · Movie
Scarlet
2025 · Movie
Eternal Monument
1982 · Movie
The Blood of Wolves
2018 · Movie
University of Laughs
2004 · Movie
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 · Movie
Séance
2004 · Movie
Hakkenden
2024 · Movie
Willful Murder
1981 · Movie
The Choice of Hercules
2002 · Movie
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022 · Movie
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007 · Movie
Takeda Shingen
1991 · Movie
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004 · Movie
Sekigahara
2017 · Movie
Crimson Lotus
1993 · Movie
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987 · Movie
Doppelgänger
2003 · Movie
A Samurai Chronicle
2014 · Movie
The Kiyosu Conference
2013 · Movie
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998 · Movie
Shabu
1996 · Movie
Tokyo: Level One
2004 · Movie
The Legend of Sayo
1982 · Movie
Toad's Oil
2009 · Movie
I Am Searching For Myself
2014 · Movie
The Brightest Sun
Releases Aug 28, 2026
Children Untold
Releases Oct 16, 2026
The Fir Trees Remain
1983 · Movie
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984 · Movie
Gratitude
2022 · Movie
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
— · Movie
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994 · Movie
Megumi no Sekai
1990 · Movie
Early Autumn
2011 · Movie
Suzume Iro Doki
1992 · Movie
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999 · Movie
The Law of Hell
1982 · Movie
The Sin
2007 · Movie
Argentine Hag
2007 · Movie
People Without a Fort
2004 · Movie
Yukon
1998 · Movie