Koji Yakusho
Birthday: 1956-01-01
Birthplace: Isahaya, Japan
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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Suzume Iro Doki | ||
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2025-06-01 | The Brightest Sun | |
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2025-01-24 | Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope | |
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2024-10-01 | Hakkenden | Bakin Takizawa |
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2023-12-08 | Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window | Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice) |
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2023-11-10 | Perfect Days | Hirayama |
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2023-05-05 | Father of the Milky Way Railroad | Miyazawa Masajiro |
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2023-01-06 | Família | Seiji Kamiya |
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2022-06-17 | The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | Kawai Tsugunosuke |
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2022-02-06 | Gratitude | |
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2021-07-16 | Belle | Suzu's Father (voice) |
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2021-04-09 | The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood | |
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2021-02-11 | Under the Open Sky | Mikami Masao |
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2019-09-12 | Wings Over Everest | Jiang Yuesheng |
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2019-02-01 | Whistleblower | |
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2018-06-16 | Mirai | Grandfather (voice) |
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2018-05-12 | The Blood of Wolves | Shogo Ogami |
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2017-09-09 | The Third Murder | Misumi |
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2017-08-26 | Sekigahara | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
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2017-03-22 | Oh Lucy! | Komori / Tom |
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2015-08-08 | The Emperor in August | General Korechika Anami |
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2015-07-11 | The Boy and the Beast | Kumatetsu (voice) |
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2014-10-04 | A Samurai Chronicle | Toda |
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2014-07-04 | The World of Kanako | Akikazu Fujishima |
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2014-06-02 | I Am Searching For Myself | |
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2013-11-09 | The Kiyosu Conference | Katsuie Shibata |
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2012-10-27 | The Terminal Trust | Shinzo Egi |
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2012-04-28 | Chronicle of My Mother | Kosaku |
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2012-02-11 | The Woodsman and the Rain | Katsuhiko |
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2011-12-23 | Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet | Isoroku Yamamoto |
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2011-10-15 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | Kageyu |
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2010-12-18 | The Last Ronin | Magozaemon Senoo |
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2010-09-09 | 13 Assassins | Shinzaemon Shimada |
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2009-06-20 | The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity | Morisaku Furuta |
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2009-06-06 | Toad's Oil | Takuro Yazawa |
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2009-04-11 | Ekiro | Det. Yobuno |
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2009-03-07 | Gelatin Silver, Love | Client |
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2008-09-27 | Tokyo Sonata | Robber |
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2008-09-13 | Paco and the Magical Book | Onuki |
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2007-10-27 | Walking My Life | Yukihiro Fujiyama |
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2007-10-18 | The Sin | |
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2007-09-14 | Silk | Hara Jubei |
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2007-03-24 | Argentine Hag | Satoru Wakui |
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2007-02-24 | Retribution | Noboru Yoshioka |
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2007-01-20 | I Just Didn't Do It | Masayoshi Arakawa |
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2006-10-26 | Babel | Yasujiro Wataya |
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2006-01-14 | Suite Dreams | Heikichi Shindo |
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2005-12-06 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Nobu |
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2005-03-05 | Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean | Masami Shin'ichi |
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2004-10-30 | University of Laughs | Mutsuo Sakisaka |
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2004-09-24 | People Without a Fort | Nagasaka Fumio |
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2004-06-05 | Fireflies: River of Light | Mr. Takiguchi |
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2004-03-13 | Tokyo: Level One | Governor of Tokyo |
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2004-01-22 | The Lakeside Murder Case | Shunsuke Namiki |
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2004-01-17 | The Hunter and the Hunted | Detective Jin |
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2003-09-27 | Doppelganger | Michio Hayasaki |
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2002-05-11 | The Choice of Hercules | Atsuyuki Sassa |
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2001-11-03 | Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | Yosuke Sasano |
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2001-02-03 | Pulse | Ship Captain |
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2000-08-07 | Séance | Sato |
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2000-05-18 | Eureka | Makoto Sawai |
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2000-05-13 | Dora-heita | Koheita Mochizuki |
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1999-11-10 | Charisma | Goro Yabuike |
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1999-09-18 | Jubaku: Spellbound | Hiroshi Kitano |
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1999-04-01 | Keijitachi no Natsu | |
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1999-01-23 | License to Live | Fujimori |
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1998-12-05 | Tadon and Chikuwa | |
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1998-06-06 | Bonds | Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga |
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1998-01-10 | Yukon | Takayuki Iwabuchi |
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1997-12-27 | Cure | Kenichi Takabe |
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1997-10-18 | Bounce Ko Gals | Oshima |
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1997-05-12 | The Eel | Takuro Yamashita |
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1997-05-10 | Lost Paradise | Shoichiro Kuki |
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1996-05-28 | Shabu | |
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1996-02-03 | Sleeping Man | Kamimura |
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1996-01-27 | Shall We Dance? | Shohei Sugiyama |
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1995-04-29 | Kamikaze Taxi | Kazumasa Kantake |
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1995-03-03 | History of Jirocho Shimizu | |
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1994-06-13 | Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare | |
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1993-05-15 | Dark Society in the East | Ryosuke Kano |
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1993-02-13 | Crimson Lotus | |
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1991-01-01 | Takeda Shingen | 武田晴信 |
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1990-08-03 | Aurora Borealis | Genzo |
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1990-04-19 | Megumi no Sekai | |
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1988-09-17 | Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho | |
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1987-12-26 | The Great Department Store Robbery | |
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1985-11-23 | Tampopo | White Suit Man |
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1983-12-01 | The Fir Trees Remain | |
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1982-12-17 | The Legend of Sayo | |
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1982-08-30 | The Law of Hell | |
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1982-06-12 | Eternal Monument | Ootaka |
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1982-06-05 | Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather | |
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1981-11-07 | Willful Murder | Journalist |
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1980-03-15 | Twelve Months | Young soldier |
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1979-06-17 | Hunter in the Dark | Kuwano |