Cast & creator
Koji Yakusho
Best known for Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen, Perfect Days, Perfect Days
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.
Also known as: 橋本広司, Koji Hashimoto, Kôji Yakusho, Kouji Yakusho, Кодзі Якусьо
110
film credits
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television credits
137
1962–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (139)
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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Perfect Days
Hirayama
2023Perfect Days
Executive Producer
2023
Vivant
Nogōn Beki
2023
Golden Horse Awards
Self
1962
Memoirs of a Geisha
Nobu
2005
Chotchan
神谷容
1987
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
嘉納治五郎
2019
THE DAYS
Masao Yoshida
2023
Babel
Yasujiro Wataya
2006
Cure
Kenichi Takabe
1997
Scarlet
Claudius (voice)
2025
Belle
Suzu's Father (voice)
2021
Inochi
Naohiko Hamamura
1986
Lethal Three
1987
Back of Father
Aoki Sosuke
2014
Pulse
Ship Captain
2001
The Boy and the Beast
Kumatetsu (voice)
2015
13 Assassins
Shinzaemon Shimada
2010
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Oda Nobunaga
1983
Mirai
Grandfather (voice)
2018
Rikuoh
Koichi Miyazawa
2017
The Eel
Takuro Yamashita
1997
Hana no Ran
1994
Tampopo
White Suit Man
1985
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
宮本武蔵
1984
Doppelgänger
Michio Hayasaki
2003
I Just Didn't Do It
Masayoshi Arakawa
2007
The Life of Bangaku
Ajigawa Bantake
2002
Shall We Dance?
Shohei Sugiyama
1996
The World of Kanako
Akikazu Fujishima
2014
Suite Dreams
Heikichi Shindo
2006
The Password is Courage
2000
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actor
2016
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
2023
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1981
Pension Metsä
Tsuneki
2021
The Third Murder
Takashi Misumi
2017
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Yosuke Sasano
2001
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
Gen Takasegawa
2026
Tokyo Sonata
Robber
2008
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Kageyu
2011
Sleeping Man
Kamimura
1996
Matrilineal Family
Kazo Yajima
2021
Silk
Hara Jubei
2007
Oh Lucy!
Takeshi Komori / Tom
2018
Eureka
Makoto Sawai
2001
Lost Paradise
Shoichiro Kuki
1997
Sekigahara
Tokugawa Ieyasu
2017
The Kiyosu Conference
Katsuie Shibata
2013
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
2007
The Woodsman and the Rain
Katsuhiko
2012
The Blood of Wolves
Shogo Ogami
2018
Twelve Months
Young soldier (voice)
1980
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
Masayuki Matsushita
2017
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Masami Shin'ichi
2005
Séance
Sato
2004
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
1991
Under the Open Sky
Mikami Masao
2021
Bounce Ko Gals
Oshima
1997
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Isoroku Yamamoto
2011
Kinagashi Bugyō
1981
Charisma
Goro Yabuike
1999
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Morisaku Furuta
2009
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Kondo
1982
Família
Seiji Kamiya
2023
The Brightest Sun
2026
The Choice of Hercules
Atsuyuki Sassa
2002
Dora-heita
Koheita Mochizuki
2000
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Kawai Tsugunosuke
2022
The Law of Hell
Genzô
1982
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
Retribution
Noboru Yoshioka
2007
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Self
2025
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Miyazawa Masajiro
2023
Gelatin Silver, Love
Client
2009
Walking My Life
Yukihiro Fujiyama
2007
Chronicle of My Mother
Kosaku
2012
Kamikaze Taxi
Kazumasa Kantake
1995
Whistleblower
2019
Jubaku: Spellbound
Hiroshi Kitano
1999
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Wings Over Everest
Jiang Yuesheng
2019
空よ海よ息子たちよ
1981
Hakkenden
Bakin Takizawa
2024
The Emperor in August
General Korechika Anami
2015宮本武蔵
Miyamoto Musashi
1984
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
The Terminal Trust
Shinzo Egi
2012
Hunter in the Dark
Kuwano
1979
Children Untold
Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
2026
License to Live
Fujimori
1999
Willful Murder
Journalist
1981
Fireflies: River of Light
Mr. Takiguchi
2004
The Lakeside Murder Case
Shunsuke Namiki
2005
A Samurai Chronicle
Toda
2014
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
Dark Society in the East
Ryosuke Kano
1993
Ekiro
Det. Yobuno
2009
Bonds
Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
1998
The Last Ronin
Magozaemon Senoo
2010
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Naoto Sekiya
1988
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
1991
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1988
Paco and the Magical Book
Onuki
2008
People Without a Fort
Nagasaka Fumio
2004
Aurora Borealis
Genzo
1990
University of Laughs
Mutsuo Sakisaka
2004
Megumi no Sekai
1990
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Eternal Monument
Ootaka
1982
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Argentine Hag
Satoru Wakui
2007
Tokyo: Level One
Governor of Tokyo
2004
Crimson Lotus
1993
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Narrator
The Legend of Sayo
Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
1982
Shabu
1996
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
The Hunter and the Hunted
Detective Jin
2004
サハリンの薔薇
1991
Yukon
Takayuki Iwabuchi
1998
Toad's Oil
Takuro Yazawa
2009Toad's Oil
Director
2009
New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987
Early Autumn
2011
Gratitude
2022
The Sin
2007
Making Of Charisma
Self
1999