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Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

01/01/1956

Age

69 years old

Place of Birth

Isahaya, Japan

Koji Yakusho

Biography

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 ... Read More

Known For

The Brightest Sun

The Brightest Sun

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

Hakkenden

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Perfect Days

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

Família

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

Gratitude

Belle

Filmography

Cast

2025

The Brightest Sun

2025

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

2024

Hakkenden

as Bakin Takizawa

2023

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Windo...

as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)

2023

Perfect Days

as Hirayama

2023

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

as Miyazawa Masajiro

2023

Família

as Seiji Kamiya

2022

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

as Kawai Tsugunosuke

2022

Gratitude

2021

Belle

as Suzu's Father (voice)

2021

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

2021

Under the Open Sky

as Mikami Masao

2019

Wings Over Everest

as Jiang Yuesheng

2019

Whistleblower

2018

Mirai

as Grandfather (voice)

2018

The Blood of Wolves

as Shogo Ogami

2018

Oh Lucy!

as Takeshi Komori / Tom

2017

The Third Murder

as Takashi Misumi

2017

Sekigahara

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

2016

Mifune: The Last Samurai

as Self - Actor

2015

The Emperor in August

as General Korechika Anami

2015

The Boy and the Beast

as Kumatetsu (voice)

2014

A Samurai Chronicle

as Toda

2014

The World of Kanako

as Akikazu Fujishima

2014

I Am Searching For Myself

2013

The Kiyosu Conference

as Katsuie Shibata

2012

The Terminal Trust

as Shinzo Egi

2012

Chronicle of My Mother

as Kosaku

2012

The Woodsman and the Rain

as Katsuhiko

2011

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief...

as Isoroku Yamamoto

2011

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

as Kageyu

2011

Early Autumn

2010

The Last Ronin

as Magozaemon Senoo

2010

13 Assassins

as Shinzaemon Shimada

2009

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Ser...

as Morisaku Furuta

2009

Toad's Oil

as Takuro Yazawa

2009

Ekiro

as Det. Yobuno

2009

Gelatin Silver, Love

as Client

2008

Tokyo Sonata

as Robber

2008

Paco and the Magical Book

as Onuki

2007

Walking My Life

as Yukihiro Fujiyama

2007

The Sin

2007

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

as Self

2007

Silk

as Hara Jubei

2007

Argentine Hag

as Satoru Wakui

2007

Retribution

as Noboru Yoshioka

2007

I Just Didn't Do It

as Masayoshi Arakawa

2006

Babel

as Yasujiro Wataya

2006

Suite Dreams

as Heikichi Shindo

2004

People Without a Fort

as Nagasaka Fumio

2004

Fireflies: River of Light

as Mr. Takiguchi

2004

The Hunter and the Hunted

as Detective Jin

2002

The Choice of Hercules

as Atsuyuki Sassa

1999

Jubaku: Spellbound

as Hiroshi Kitano

1983

The Fir Trees Remain

2005

Memoirs of a Geisha

as Nobu

2005

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

as Masami Shin'ichi

2004

University of Laughs

as Mutsuo Sakisaka

2004

Tokyo: Level One

as Governor of Tokyo

2004

The Lakeside Murder Case

as Shunsuke Namiki

2003

Doppelganger

as Michio Hayasaki

2001

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

as Yosuke Sasano

2001

Pulse

as Ship Captain

2000

Séance

as Sato

2000

Eureka

as Makoto Sawai

2000

Dora-heita

as Koheita Mochizuki

1999

Charisma

as Goro Yabuike

1999

Keijitachi no Natsu

1999

License to Live

as Fujimori

1998

Tadon and Chikuwa

1998

Bonds

as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga

1998

Yukon

as Takayuki Iwabuchi

1997

Cure

as Kenichi Takabe

1997

Bounce Ko Gals

as Oshima

1997

The Eel

as Takuro Yamashita

1997

Lost Paradise

as Shoichiro Kuki

1996

Shabu

1996

Sleeping Man

as Kamimura

1996

Shall We Dance?

as Shohei Sugiyama

1995

Kamikaze Taxi

as Kazumasa Kantake

1995

History of Jirocho Shimizu

1994

Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare

1993

Dark Society in the East

as Ryosuke Kano

1993

Crimson Lotus

1991

Takeda Shingen

as 武田晴信

1990

Aurora Borealis

as Genzo

1990

Megumi no Sekai

1988

Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho

1987

The Great Department Store Robbery

1985

Tampopo

as White Suit Man

1982

The Legend of Sayo

1982

The Law of Hell

1982

Eternal Monument

as Ootaka

1982

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

1981

Willful Murder

as Journalist

1980

Twelve Months

as Young soldier

1979

Hunter in the Dark

as Kuwano

Crew

2023

Perfect Days

as Executive Producer

2009

Toad's Oil

as Director