Koji Yakusho

Acting · Born 1956-01-01 in Isahaya, Japan

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 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.

Filmography

• Babel as Yasujiro Wataya
• The Eel as Takuro Yamashita
• Shall We Dance? as Shohei Sugiyama
• Tampopo as White Suit Man
• Sleeping Man as Kamimura
• Doppelganger as Michio Hayasaki
• Bounce Ko Gals as Oshima
• Pulse as Ship Captain
• Séance as Sato
• Gelatin Silver, Love as Client