Koji Yakusho
Known For
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.
Most Known For
Golden Horse Awards
as Self
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Scarlet
as Claudius (voice)
Perfect Days
as Hirayama
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
as 嘉納治五郎
THE DAYS
as Masao Yoshida
Chotchan
as 神谷容
Vivant
as Nogōn Beki
Inochi
as Naohiko Hamamura
Babel
as Yasujiro Wataya
Back of Father
as Aoki Sosuke
Tokugawa Ieyasu
as Oda Nobunaga
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Nobu
13 Assassins
as Shinzaemon Shimada
Belle
as Suzu's Father (voice)
Hana no Ran
Cure
as Kenichi Takabe
The Boy and the Beast
as Kumatetsu (voice)
Shall We Dance?
as Shohei Sugiyama
Pulse
as Ship Captain