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
• Tampopo as White Suit Man
• Cure as Kenichi Takabe
• 13 Assassins as Shinzaemon Shimada
• Perfect Days as Hirayama
• Tokyo Sonata as Robber
• The Boy and the Beast as Kumatetsu (voice)
• Mirai as Grandfather (voice)
• Memoirs of a Geisha as Nobu
• Belle as Suzu's Father (voice)

TV

• THE DAYS as Masao Yoshida
• Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
• Takeda Shingen as Takeda Shingen
• Lethal Three
• Rikuoh as Koichi Miyazawa
• Golden Horse Awards as Self
• Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story as 嘉納治五郎
• Vivant as Nogōn Beki
• Back of Father as Aoki Sosuke
• Pension Metsä as Tsuneki