Acting credits
127
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Koji Yakusho
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 102Series: 25Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 18056
IMDb ID: nm0945131
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1956
Age: 70
Place of birth: Isahaya, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2025
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 6.97
Wikidata: Q975146
Also known as
橋本広司 • Koji Hashimoto • Kôji Yakusho • Kouji Yakusho • Кодзі Якусьо • קוז'י יאקושו • کوجی یاکوشو
Other jobs
Director (1)Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Koji Yakusho.
6.6
Scarlet
as Claudius (voice)
2025 Movie
6.0
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025 Movie
8.0
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
as Self
2025 Movie
The Brightest Sun
2025 Movie
9.5
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025 Movie
7.4
Hakkenden
as Bakin Takizawa
2024 Movie
7.3
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
2023 Movie
7.8
Perfect Days
as Hirayama
2023 Movie
6.0
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
as Miyazawa Masajiro
2023 Movie
6.2
Família
as Seiji Kamiya
2023 Movie
7.4
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
2022 Movie
Gratitude
2022 Movie
7.6
Belle
as Suzu's Father (voice)
2021 Movie
6.7
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021 Movie
7.5
Under the Open Sky
as Mikami Masao
2021 Movie
5.9
Wings Over Everest
as Jiang Yuesheng
2019 Movie
8.1
Whistleblower
2019 Movie
7.1
Mirai
as Grandfather (voice)
2018 Movie
7.2
The Blood of Wolves
as Shogo Ogami
2018 Movie
6.7
Oh Lucy!
as Takeshi Komori / Tom
2018 Movie
6.6
The Third Murder
as Takashi Misumi
2017 Movie
7.0
Sekigahara
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
2017 Movie
7.2
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actor
2016 Movie
6.4
The Emperor in August
as General Korechika Anami
2015 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Koji Yakusho.
7.3
Vivant
as Nogōn Beki • 10 eps
2023 Series
7.8
THE DAYS
as Masao Yoshida • 8 eps
2023 Series
6.0
Pension Metsä
as Tsuneki • 7 eps
2021 Series
7.8
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
as 嘉納治五郎 • 47 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Rikuoh
as Koichi Miyazawa • 10 eps
2017 Series
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
as Masayuki Matsushita • 2 eps
2017 Series
8.0
Back of Father
as Aoki Sosuke • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Life of Bangaku
as Ajigawa Bantake • 10 eps
2002 Series
The Password is Courage
11 eps
2000 Series
Middle-aged Bachelors
13 eps
1997 Series
Hana no Ran
37 eps
1994 Series
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
2 eps
1993 Series
サハリンの薔薇
1 eps
1991 Series
6.0
Takeda Shingen
as Takeda Shingen • 2 eps
1991 Series
9.5
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
5 eps
1990 Series
10.0
Lethal Three
101 eps
1987 Series
New Yotsuya Kaidan
2 eps
1987 Series
Chotchan
as 神谷容 • 156 eps
1987 Series
Inochi
as Naohiko Hamamura • 50 eps
1986 Series
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
as 宮本武蔵 • 45 eps
1984 Series
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1 eps
1983 Series
10.0
Tokugawa Ieyasu
as Oda Nobunaga • 50 eps
1983 Series
Kinagashi Bugyō
1 eps
1981 Series
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
8 eps
1981 Series