Koji Yakusho
Isahaya, Japan

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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope (2025)
Hakkenden (2024)
Bakin Takizawa
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Perfect Days (2023)
Hirayama
Father of the Milky Way Railroad (2023)
Miyazawa Masajiro
Família (2023)
Seiji Kamiya
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2022)
Kawai Tsugunosuke
Gratitude (2022)
Belle (2021)
Suzu's Father (voice)
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)
Under the Open Sky (2021)
Mikami Masao
Wings Over Everest (2019)
Jiang Yuesheng
Whistleblower (2019)
Mirai (2018)
Grandfather (voice)
The Blood of Wolves (2018)
Shogo Ogami
The Third Murder (2017)
Misumi
Sekigahara (2017)
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Oh Lucy! (2017)
Komori / Tom
Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)
Self - Actor
The Emperor in August (2015)
General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Kumatetsu (voice)
A Samurai Chronicle (2014)
Toda
The World of Kanako (2014)
Akikazu Fujishima
The Kiyosu Conference (2013)
Katsuie Shibata
The Terminal Trust (2012)
Shinzo Egi
Chronicle of My Mother (2012)
Kosaku
The Woodsman and the Rain (2012)
Katsuhiko
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
Isoroku Yamamoto
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
Kageyu
The Last Ronin (2010)
Magozaemon Senoo
13 Assassins (2010)
Shinzaemon Shimada
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil (2009)
Takuro Yazawa
Ekiro (2009)
Det. Yobuno
Gelatin Silver, Love (2009)
Client
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
Robber
Paco and the Magical Book (2008)
Onuki
Walking My Life (2007)
Yukihiro Fujiyama
The Sin (2007)
Silk (2007)
Hara Jubei
Argentine Hag (2007)
Satoru Wakui
Retribution (2007)
Noboru Yoshioka
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
Masayoshi Arakawa
Babel (2006)
Yasujiro Wataya
Suite Dreams (2006)
Heikichi Shindo
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Nobu
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
Masami Shin'ichi
University of Laughs (2004)
Mutsuo Sakisaka
People Without a Fort (2004)
Nagasaka Fumio
Fireflies: River of Light (2004)
Mr. Takiguchi
Tokyo: Level One (2004)
Governor of Tokyo
The Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
Shunsuke Namiki
The Hunter and the Hunted (2004)
Detective Jin
Doppelganger (2003)
Michio Hayasaki
The Choice of Hercules (2002)
Atsuyuki Sassa
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
Yosuke Sasano
Pulse (2001)
Ship Captain
Séance (2000)
Sato
Eureka (2000)
Makoto Sawai
Dora-heita (2000)
Koheita Mochizuki
Charisma (1999)
Goro Yabuike
Jubaku: Spellbound (1999)
Hiroshi Kitano
Keijitachi no Natsu (1999)
License to Live (1999)
Fujimori
Tadon and Chikuwa (1998)
Bonds (1998)
Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
Yukon (1998)
Takayuki Iwabuchi
Cure (1997)
Kenichi Takabe
Bounce Ko Gals (1997)
Oshima
The Eel (1997)
Takuro Yamashita
Lost Paradise (1997)
Shoichiro Kuki
Shabu (1996)
Sleeping Man (1996)
Kamimura
Shall We Dance? (1996)
Shohei Sugiyama
Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
Kazumasa Kantake
History of Jirocho Shimizu (1995)
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare (1994)
Dark Society in the East (1993)
Ryosuke Kano
Crimson Lotus (1993)
Aurora Borealis (1990)
Genzo
Megumi no Sekai (1990)
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho (1988)
The Great Department Store Robbery (1987)
Tampopo (1985)
White Suit Man
The Fir Trees Remain (1983)
The Legend of Sayo (1982)
The Law of Hell (1982)
Eternal Monument (1982)
Ootaka
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)
Willful Murder (1981)
Journalist
Twelve Months (1980)
Young soldier
Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Kuwano

Crew

Perfect Days (2023)
Executive Producer
Toad's Oil (2009)
Director