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