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Koji Yakusho

Acting Born Jan 1, 1956 Isahaya, Japan 24 credits

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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Known for

Film

Perfect Days

as Hirayama
Film

Scarlet

as Claudius (voice)
Film

Belle

as Suzu's Father (voice)
Film

The Boy and the Beast

as Kumatetsu (voice)

Full filmography

  • Golden Horse Awards (1962) as Self
  • Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
  • Perfect Days (2023) as Hirayama
  • Scarlet (2025) as Claudius (voice)
  • Back of Father (2014) as Aoki Sosuke
  • Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story (2019) as 嘉納治五郎
  • THE DAYS (2023) as Masao Yoshida
  • Pulse (2001) as Ship Captain
  • Vivant (2023) as Nogōn Beki
  • Chotchan (1987) as 神谷容
  • Babel (2006) as Yasujiro Wataya
  • Cure (1997) as Kenichi Takabe
  • Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) as Nobu
  • Rikuoh (2017) as Koichi Miyazawa
  • Belle (2021) as Suzu's Father (voice)
  • Hana no Ran (1994)
  • The Kiyosu Conference (2013) as Katsuie Shibata
  • The Boy and the Beast (2015) as Kumatetsu (voice)
  • The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? (1981)
  • 13 Assassins (2010) as Shinzaemon Shimada
  • Mirai (2018) as Grandfather (voice)
  • Tampopo (1985) as White Suit Man
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) as Oda Nobunaga
  • The Life of Bangaku (2002) as Ajigawa Bantake