Koji Yakusho
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Perfect Days (2023)
as Hirayama
Babel (2006)
as Yasujiro Wataya
Cure (1997)
as Kenichi Takabe
Mirai (2018)
as Grandfather (voice)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
as Nobu
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
as Kumatetsu (voice)
Belle (2021)
as Suzu's Father (voice)
Pulse (2001)
as Ship Captain
Scarlet (2025)
as Claudius (voice)
13 Assassins (2010)
as Shinzaemon Shimada
The Eel (1997)
as Takuro Yamashita
Shall We Dance? (1996)
as Shohei Sugiyama
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Bounce Ko Gals (1997)
as Oshima
Tampopo (1985)
as White Suit Man
Doppelgänger (2003)
as Michio Hayasaki
Gelatin Silver, Love (2009)
as Client
Oh Lucy! (2018)
as Takeshi Komori / Tom
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
as Robber
The Third Murder (2017)
as Takashi Misumi
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
as Masayoshi Arakawa
Under the Open Sky (2021)
as Mikami Masao
Eureka (2001)
as Makoto Sawai
The World of Kanako (2014)
as Akikazu Fujishima
Silk (2007)
as Hara Jubei
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
as Yosuke Sasano
Whistleblower (2019)
Actor
Children Untold (2026)
as Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
Lost Paradise (1997)
as Shoichiro Kuki
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special (2025)
Actor
Suite Dreams (2006)
as Heikichi Shindo
Charisma (1999)
as Goro Yabuike
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
as Kageyu
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
as Masami Shin'ichi
Twelve Months (1980)
as Young soldier (voice)
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)
as Kondo
Sleeping Man (1996)
as Kamimura
Sekigahara (2017)
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
空よ海よ息子たちよ (1981)
Actor
Retribution (2007)
as Noboru Yoshioka
The Hunter and the Hunted (2004)
as Detective Jin
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk (1984)
Actor
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
as Isoroku Yamamoto
The Blood of Wolves (2018)
as Shogo Ogami
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho (1988)
as Naoto Sekiya
Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)
as Self - Actor
Fireflies: River of Light (2004)
as Mr. Takiguchi
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)
Actor
The Choice of Hercules (2002)
as Atsuyuki Sassa
The Kiyosu Conference (2013)
as Katsuie Shibata
The Brightest Sun (2026)
Actor
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
as Morisaku Furuta
License to Live (1999)
as Fujimori
The Emperor in August (2015)
as General Korechika Anami
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2022)
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
Hunter in the Dark (1979)
as Kuwano
The Woodsman and the Rain (2012)
as Katsuhiko
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis (—)
as Narrator
Willful Murder (1981)
as Journalist
I Am Searching For Myself (2014)
Actor
The Lakeside Murder Case (2005)
as Shunsuke Namiki
Séance (2004)
as Katsuhiko Sato
Jubaku: Spellbound (1999)
as Hiroshi Kitano
Under Aurora (1990)
as Genzo
A Samurai Chronicle (2014)
as Toda
Chronicle of My Mother (2012)
as Kosaku
Ekiro (2009)
as Det. Yobuno
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes (2007)
as Self
University of Laughs (2004)
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
Takeda Shingen (1991)
as Takeda Shingen
Dora-heita (2000)
as Koheita Mochizuki
The Terminal Trust (2012)
as Shinzo Egi
The Legend of Sayo (1982)
as Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
Wings Over Everest (2019)
as Jiang Yuesheng
Father of the Milky Way Railroad (2023)
as Miyazawa Masajiro
Eternal Monument (1982)
as Ootaka
Keijitachi no Natsu (1999)
Actor
Magistrate of the Floating World (1981)
Actor
Família (2023)
as Seiji Kamiya
Hakkenden (2024)
as Bakin Takizawa
The Last Ronin (2010)
as Magozaemon Senoo
The Fir Trees Remain (1983)
Actor
Paco and the Magical Book (2008)
as Onuki
Gratitude (2022)
Actor
Walking My Life (2007)
as Yukihiro Fujiyama
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende (2025)
as Self
Making Of Charisma (1999)
as Self
Shabu (1996)
Actor
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope (2025)
Actor
Tokyo: Level One (2004)
as Governor of Tokyo
The Great Department Store Robbery (1987)
Actor
Argentine Hag (2007)
as Satoru Wakui
Toad's Oil (2009)
as Takuro Yazawa
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare (1994)
Actor
History of Jirocho Shimizu (1995)
Actor
Bonds (1998)
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
Early Autumn (2011)
Actor
People Without a Fort (2004)
as Nagasaka Fumio
Megumi no Sekai (1990)
Actor
The Law of Hell (1982)
as Genzô
Suzume Iro Doki (1992)
Actor
Dark Society in the East (1993)
as Ryosuke Kano
Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
as Kazumasa Kantake
The Sin (2007)
Actor
Tadon and Chikuwa (1998)
Actor
Crimson Lotus (1993)
Actor
Yukon (1998)
as Takayuki Iwabuchi
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame" (1994)
Actor