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Koji Yakusho

Name in Native Language: "役所広司" (Japanese/JA)
Actor / Voice Acting In Japan | * 01/01/1956 (68) | Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture (Japan)
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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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Comedies

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A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plu ...

13 Assassins

R

2010 | 3.6/5 | 2h 21min
Adventure, Drama, Action
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Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees ...

Perfect Days

PG

2023 | 3.9/5 | 2h 3min
Drama
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A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ba ...

Shall We Dance?

PG

1996 | 3.7/5 | 2h 16min
Music, Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. In the struggle to overcome isolation, fear, ...

Babel

R

2006 | 3.6/5 | 2h 23min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Koji Yakusho

Medal With Purple Ribbon Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 2x Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Koji Yakusho as Actor(80)

as Seiji Kamiya2023 Família
as Hirayama2023 Perfect Days
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)2023 Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
as Kawai Tsugunosuke2022 The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
as Suzu's Father (voice)2021 Belle
as Mikami Masao2021 Under the Open Sky
2019 Whistleblower
as Jiang Yuesheng2019 Wings Over Everest
as Shogo Ogami2018 The Blood of Wolves
as Grandfather (voice)2018 Mirai
as Komori / Tom2017 Oh Lucy!
as Tokugawa Ieyasu2017 Sekigahara
as Misumi2017 The Third Murder
as Self - Actor2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai
as General Korechika Anami2015 The Emperor in August
as Kumatetsu (voice)2015 The Boy and the Beast
as Akikazu Fujishima2014 The World of Kanako
as Toda2014 A Samurai Chronicle
as Katsuie Shibata2013 The Kiyosu Conference
as Kosaku2012 Chronicle of My Mother
as Shinzo Egi2012 The Terminal Trust
as Katsuhiko2012 The Woodsman and the Rain
as Kageyu2011 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
as Isoroku Yamamoto2011 Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
as Shinzaemon Shimada2010 13 Assassins
as Magozaemon Senoo2010 The Last Ronin
as Client2009 Gelatin Silver, Love
as Morisaku Furuta2009 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Det. Yobuno2009 Ekiro
as Takuro Yazawa2009 Toad's Oil
as Onuki2008 Paco and the Magical Book
as Robber2008 Tokyo Sonata
as Yukihiro Fujiyama2007 Walking My Life
2007 The Sin
as Hara Jubei2007 Silk
as Satoru Wakui2007 Argentine Hag
as Masayoshi Arakawa2007 I Just Didn't Do It
as Yasujiro Wataya2006 Babel
as Heikichi Shindo2006 Suite Dreams
as Noboru Yoshioka2006 Retribution
as Nobu2005 Memoirs of a Geisha
as Masami Shin'ichi2005 Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
as Shunsuke Namiki2004 The Lakeside Murder Case
as Mutsuo Sakisaka2004 University of Laughs
as Governor of Tokyo2004 Tokyo: Level One
as Detective Jin2004 The Hunter and the Hunted
as Mr. Takiguchi2004 Fireflies: River of Light
as Michio Hayasaki2003 Doppelganger
as Atsuyuki Sassa2002 The Choice of Hercules
as Yosuke Sasano2001 Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Ship Captain2001 Pulse
as Sato2000 Séance
2000 Dora-heita
as Makoto Sawai2000 Eureka
as Hiroshi Kitano1999 Jubaku: Spellbound
as Goro Yabuike1999 Charisma
1998 Tadon and Chikuwa
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga1998 Bonds
as Fujimori1998 License to Live
as Shoichiro Kuki1997 Lost Paradise
as Takuro Yamashita1997 The Eel
as Kenichi Takabe1997 Cure
as Oshima1997 Bounce Ko Gals
1996 Shabu
as Shohei Sugiyama1996 Shall We Dance?
as Kamimura1996 Sleeping Man
as Kazumasa Kantake1995 Kamikaze Taxi
1995 History of Jirocho Shimizu
1994 Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1993 Crimson Lotus
1993 Dark Society in the East
as Genzo1990 Aurora Borealis
1988 Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
as Man in White Suit1985 Tampopo
1982 The Legend of Sayo
1982 Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as Ootaka1982 Himeyuri no Tô
as Journalist1981 Willful Murder
as Young soldier1980 Twelve Months
as Kuwano1979 Hunter in the Dark

TV Shows/Series with Koji Yakusho as Actor(9)

2023 THE DAYS
2023 Vivant
as 嘉納治五郎2019 Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
as Koichi Miyazawa2017 Rikuoh
as Masayuki Matsushita2017 Ties: A Miraculous Colt
as Aoki Sosuke2014 Back of Father
1994 Hana no Ran
as Miyamoto Musashi1984 宮本武蔵
as Oda Nobunaga1983 Tokugawa Ieyasu

Movies with Koji Yakusho as Crew(1)

Directing/Director2009 Toad's Oil

Additional Information

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Sunday, 01/01 1956 (January) in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture (Japan) (current age: 68 years + 114 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Other names for Koji Yakusho (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"役所広司"
"橋本広司"
"Koji Hashimoto"
"Kôji Yakusho"
"Kouji Yakusho"
"야쿠쇼 코지"
"役所广司"
"橋本 広司"
"Kōji Yakusho"
Koji Yakusho frequently works together with these people:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (18x, Crew)
Masato Harada (15x, Crew)
Hajime Inoue (13x, Actor)
Mamoru Hosoda (8x, Crew)
Tatsuya Nakadai (7x, Actor)
Shinji Aoyama (7x, Crew)
Jun'ichi Kikuchi (6x, Crew)
Akira Emoto (6x, Actor)
Ittoku Kishibe (6x, Actor)
Masayuki Suo (6x, Crew)
Ryô Horibe (6x, Crew)
Ken Mitsuishi (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:33299, Added: 05/13/2018, Last updated: 04/06/2024