Koji Yakusho

Acting

January 1, 1956 (70 years old)

Isahaya, Japan

Male

106 Movies

28 TV Shows

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.

Perfect Days

2023 7.8

as Hirayama

Age 67 (now 70)

The Boy and the Beast

2015 7.9

as Kumatetsu (voice)

Age 59 (now 70)

13 Assassins

2010 7.3

as Shinzaemon Shimada

Age 54 (now 70)

Cure

1997 7.6

as Kenichi Takabe

Age 41 (now 70)

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

2011 7.2

as Kageyu

Age 55 (now 70)

Shall We Dance?

1996 7.5

as Shohei Sugiyama

Age 40 (now 70)

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005 7.6

as Nobu

Age 49 (now 70)

The World of Kanako

2014 6.5

as Akikazu Fujishima

Age 58 (now 70)

The Third Murder

2017 6.6

as Takashi Misumi

Age 61 (now 70)

Tampopo

1985 7.8

as White Suit Man

Age 29 (now 70)

The Eel

1997 6.9

as Takuro Yamashita

Age 41 (now 70)

Eureka

2001 7.8

as Makoto Sawai

Age 45 (now 70)

Retribution

2007 6.5

as Noboru Yoshioka

Age 51 (now 70)

Mirai

2018 7.1

as Grandfather (voice)

Age 62 (now 70)

Charisma

1999 6.8

as Goro Yabuike

Age 43 (now 70)

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

2001 6.6

as Yosuke Sasano

Age 45 (now 70)

The Brightest Sun

2026

Age 70

Scarlet

2025 7.3

as Claudius (voice)

Age 69 (now 70)

Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special

2025 6.0

Age 69 (now 70)

Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende

2025 8.0

as Self

Age 69 (now 70)

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

2025 9.5

Age 69 (now 70)

Hakkenden

2024 7.4

as Bakin Takizawa

Age 68 (now 70)

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

2023 7.4

as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)

Age 67 (now 70)

Perfect Days

2023 7.8

Executive Producer

Age 67 (now 70)

Perfect Days

2023 7.8

as Hirayama

Age 67 (now 70)

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

2023 6.3

as Miyazawa Masajiro

Age 67 (now 70)

Família

2023 6.7

as Seiji Kamiya

Age 67 (now 70)

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

2022 7.4

as Kawai Tsugunosuke

Age 66 (now 70)

Gratitude

2022

Age 66 (now 70)

Belle

2021 7.6

as Suzu's Father (voice)

Age 65 (now 70)

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

2021 6.7

Age 65 (now 70)

Under the Open Sky

2021 7.6

as Mikami Masao

Age 65 (now 70)

Wings Over Everest

2019 5.9

as Jiang Yuesheng

Age 63 (now 70)

Whistleblower

2019 8.0

Age 63 (now 70)

Mirai

2018 7.1

as Grandfather (voice)

Age 62 (now 70)

The Blood of Wolves

2018 7.2

as Shogo Ogami

Age 62 (now 70)

Oh Lucy!

2018 6.7

as Takeshi Komori / Tom

Age 62 (now 70)

The Third Murder

2017 6.6

as Takashi Misumi

Age 61 (now 70)

Sekigahara

2017 7.0

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Age 61 (now 70)

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016 7.1

as Self - Actor

Age 60 (now 70)

The Emperor in August

2015 6.6

as General Korechika Anami

Age 59 (now 70)

The Boy and the Beast

2015 7.9

as Kumatetsu (voice)

Age 59 (now 70)

A Samurai Chronicle

2014 7.1

as Toda

Age 58 (now 70)

The World of Kanako

2014 6.5

as Akikazu Fujishima

Age 58 (now 70)

I Am Searching For Myself

2014

Age 58 (now 70)

The Kiyosu Conference

2013 7.0

as Katsuie Shibata

Age 57 (now 70)

The Terminal Trust

2012 6.5

as Shinzo Egi

Age 56 (now 70)

Chronicle of My Mother

2012 6.6

as Kosaku

Age 56 (now 70)

The Woodsman and the Rain

2012 6.0

as Katsuhiko

Age 56 (now 70)

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

2011 6.5

as Isoroku Yamamoto

Age 55 (now 70)

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

2011 7.2

as Kageyu

Age 55 (now 70)

Early Autumn

2011

Age 55 (now 70)

The Last Ronin

2010 6.6

as Magozaemon Senoo

Age 54 (now 70)

13 Assassins

2010 7.3

as Shinzaemon Shimada

Age 54 (now 70)

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

2009 6.4

as Morisaku Furuta

Age 53 (now 70)

Toad's Oil

2009 7.0

Director

Age 53 (now 70)

Toad's Oil

2009 7.0

as Takuro Yazawa

Age 53 (now 70)

Ekiro

2009 3.7

as Det. Yobuno

Age 53 (now 70)

Gelatin Silver, Love

2009 6.5

as Client

Age 53 (now 70)

Tokyo Sonata

2008 7.4

as Robber

Age 52 (now 70)

Paco and the Magical Book

2008 6.9

as Onuki

Age 52 (now 70)

Walking My Life

2007 5.0

as Yukihiro Fujiyama

Age 51 (now 70)

The Sin

2007

Age 51 (now 70)

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

2007 10.0

as Self

Age 51 (now 70)

Silk

2007 5.8

as Hara Jubei

Age 51 (now 70)

Argentine Hag

2007

as Satoru Wakui

Age 51 (now 70)

Retribution

2007 6.5

as Noboru Yoshioka

Age 51 (now 70)

I Just Didn't Do It

2007 7.4

as Masayoshi Arakawa

Age 51 (now 70)

Babel

2006 7.2

as Yasujiro Wataya

Age 50 (now 70)

Suite Dreams

2006 6.2

as Heikichi Shindo

Age 50 (now 70)

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005 7.6

as Nobu

Age 49 (now 70)

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

2005 6.3

as Masami Shin'ichi

Age 49 (now 70)

The Lakeside Murder Case

2005 6.5

as Shunsuke Namiki

Age 49 (now 70)

University of Laughs

2004 7.1

as Mutsuo Sakisaka

Age 48 (now 70)

People Without a Fort

2004

as Nagasaka Fumio

Age 48 (now 70)

Fireflies: River of Light

2004 5.0

as Mr. Takiguchi

Age 48 (now 70)

Séance

2004 7.1

as Sato

Age 48 (now 70)

Tokyo: Level One

2004 8.0

as Governor of Tokyo

Age 48 (now 70)

The Hunter and the Hunted

2004 10.0

as Detective Jin

Age 48 (now 70)

Doppelgänger

2003 7.0

as Michio Hayasaki

Age 47 (now 70)

The Choice of Hercules

2002 7.6

as Atsuyuki Sassa

Age 46 (now 70)

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

2001 6.6

as Yosuke Sasano

Age 45 (now 70)

Pulse

2001 6.7

as Ship Captain

Age 45 (now 70)

Eureka

2001 7.8

as Makoto Sawai

Age 45 (now 70)

Dora-heita

2000 5.4

as Koheita Mochizuki

Age 44 (now 70)

Charisma

1999 6.8

as Goro Yabuike

Age 43 (now 70)

Jubaku: Spellbound

1999 6.4

as Hiroshi Kitano

Age 43 (now 70)

Keijitachi no Natsu

1999

Age 43 (now 70)

License to Live

1999 6.2

as Fujimori

Age 43 (now 70)

Tadon and Chikuwa

1998 8.0

Age 42 (now 70)

Bonds

1998 5.6

as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga

Age 42 (now 70)

Yukon

1998

as Takayuki Iwabuchi

Age 42 (now 70)

Cure

1997 7.6

as Kenichi Takabe

Age 41 (now 70)

Bounce Ko Gals

1997 6.8

as Oshima

Age 41 (now 70)

The Eel

1997 6.9

as Takuro Yamashita

Age 41 (now 70)

Lost Paradise

1997 6.0

as Shoichiro Kuki

Age 41 (now 70)

Shabu

1996 8.0

Age 40 (now 70)

Sleeping Man

1996 7.8

as Kamimura

Age 40 (now 70)

Shall We Dance?

1996 7.5

as Shohei Sugiyama

Age 40 (now 70)

Kamikaze Taxi

1995 6.2

as Kazumasa Kantake

Age 39 (now 70)

History of Jirocho Shimizu

1995

Age 39 (now 70)

Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare

1994

Age 38 (now 70)

39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"

1994

Age 38 (now 70)

Dark Society in the East

1993 6.7

as Ryosuke Kano

Age 37 (now 70)

Crimson Lotus

1993 8.0

Age 37 (now 70)

Suzume Iro Doki

1992

Age 36 (now 70)

Takeda Shingen

1991

as Takeda Shingen

Age 35 (now 70)

Aurora Borealis

1990 5.2

as Genzo

Age 34 (now 70)

Megumi no Sekai

1990

Age 34 (now 70)

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho

1988 1.0

Age 32 (now 70)

The Great Department Store Robbery

1987 9.0

Age 31 (now 70)

Tampopo

1985 7.8

as White Suit Man

Age 29 (now 70)

The Fox Dancing in the Dusk

1984

Age 28 (now 70)

The Fir Trees Remain

1983

Age 27 (now 70)

The Legend of Sayo

1982 7.0

Age 26 (now 70)

The Law of Hell

1982

Age 26 (now 70)

Eternal Monument

1982 10.0

as Ootaka

Age 26 (now 70)

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

1982 6.2

Age 26 (now 70)

Willful Murder

1981 8.0

as Journalist

Age 25 (now 70)

Twelve Months

1980 6.9

as Young soldier (voice)

Age 24 (now 70)

Hunter in the Dark

1979 6.3

as Kuwano

Age 23 (now 70)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis

as Narrator