Koji Yakusho
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.
Perfect Days
as HirayamaHirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured...
Movie pageMemoirs of a Geisha
as NobuIn the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as...
Movie pageBelle
as Suzu's Father (voice)Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the...
Movie pageThe Boy and the Beast
as Kumatetsu (voice)Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary...
Movie pageBabel
as Yasujiro WatayaIn Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for...
Movie page13 Assassins
as Shinzaemon ShimadaA bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed...
Movie pageMirai
as Grandfather (voice)Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and...
Movie pageHara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
as KageyuA tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the...
Movie pageCure
as Kenichi TakabeA wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the...
Movie pageTampopo
as Man in White SuitIn this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit...
Movie pagePulse
as Ship CaptainIn the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who...
Movie pageEureka
as Makoto SawaiIn rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged...
Movie pageOh Lucy!
as Komori / TomA lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take...
Movie pageTokyo Sonata
as RobberA young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his...
Movie pageThe World of Kanako
as Akikazu FujishimaWhen Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her...
Movie pageIsoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
as Isoroku YamamotoAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to...
Movie pageWarm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Yosuke SasanoA down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual...
Movie pageThe Eel
as Takuro YamashitaA businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a...
Movie pageSekigahara
as Tokugawa IeyasuThe background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in...
Movie pageThe Third Murder
as MisumiA lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what...
Movie pageRetribution
as Noboru YoshiokaA detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage,...
Movie pageShall We Dance?
as Shohei SugiyamaA bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He...
Movie pageSilk
as Hara JubeiBased on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the...
Movie pageUnder the Open Sky
as Mikami MasaoMikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving...
Movie pageLost Paradise
as Shoichiro KukiKuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and...
Movie pageThe Blood of Wolves
as Shogo OgamiSet in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor...
Movie pageCharisma
as Goro YabuikeA seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief...
Movie pageThe Kiyosu Conference
as Katsuie ShibataAfter the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie...
Movie pageThe Emperor in August
as General Korechika AnamiIn July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration....
Movie pageKamikaze Taxi
as Kazumasa KantakeA young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a...
Movie pageSuite Dreams
as Heikichi ShindoNew Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional...
Movie pageTotto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo...
Movie pageThe Terminal Trust
as Shinzo EgiShinzo Egi is an asthma sufferer who does not want to be place on life support. As a last...
Movie pageThe Last Ronin
as Magozaemon Senoo16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako...
Movie pageUniversity of Laughs
as Mutsuo SakisakaIn pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his...
Movie pagePaco and the Magical Book
as OnukiThere once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all,...
Movie pageLorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
as Masami Shin'ichiA drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a...
Movie pageSéance
as SatoA psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. But instead of informing...
Movie pageMifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - ActorAn account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most...
Movie pageThe Lakeside Murder Case
as Shunsuke NamikiThree couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare...
Movie pageTwelve Months
as Young soldierA young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a...
Movie pageThe Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Morisaku FurutaIn 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Movie pageThe Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
as uncreditedIn a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in...
Movie pageI Just Didn't Do It
as Masayoshi ArakawaA young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and...
Movie pageOnimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as uncreditedOnimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties...
Movie pageDoppelganger
as Michio HayasakiHayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed...
Movie pageBonds
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro HagaTetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to...
Movie pageThe Woodsman and the Rain
as KatsuhikoA widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks...
Movie pageHunter in the Dark
as KuwanoYataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill....
Movie pageWings Over Everest
as Jiang YueshengAn experienced mountain rescue team is tasked with recovering crucial documents from Everest’s...
Movie pageFather of the Milky Way Railroad
as Miyazawa MasajiroBiopic based on the life of poet and novelist Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan’s most read and...
Movie pageA Samurai Chronicle
as TodaA retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.
Movie pageYukon
as Takayuki IwabuchiTakayuki Iwabuchi, a former yakuza member with a tattoo of Kisshoten on his back. Although he...
Movie pageJubaku: Spellbound
as Hiroshi KitanoWhen a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin...
Movie pageDora-heita
as Koheita MochizukiA new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in...
Movie pageLicense to Live
as FujimoriYutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years...
Movie pageWillful Murder
as JournalistThe president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train...
Movie pageBounce Ko Gals
as OshimaFilmed somewhat in documentary style, it follows three girls over the span of one day and night...
Movie pageHakkenden
as Bakin Takizawa~ Adapted from the novel "Hakkenden" (八犬伝) by Yamada Futaro (山田風太郎)
Movie pageChronicle of My Mother
as KosakuBest-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his...
Movie pageFamília
as Seiji KamiyaOne day a young Brazilian man living in Japan crashes his car into the side of the house of a...
Movie pageGelatin Silver, Love
as ClientThe story of a photographer who becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman who lives in the...
Movie pageHimeyuri no Tô
as OotakaA remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
Movie pageThe Choice of Hercules
as Atsuyuki SassaWhen radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano...
Movie pageAurora Borealis
as GenzoThe story of a man and a wolf-dog in East Siberia during the early 1900s.
Movie pageWhistleblower
as uncreditedA seemingly lazy salaryman is tasked with managing a company secret.
Movie pageGratitude
as uncreditedA man wanders alone, away from his family, in search of a place to die. He runs away from the...
Movie pageDark Society in the East
as Ryosuke KanoA story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex...
Movie pageThe Great Department Store Robbery
as uncreditedKatsuyo plans her last gang robbery.
Movie pageSleeping Man
as KamimuraEver since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors...
Movie pageShabu
as uncreditedMakabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if...
Movie pageWalking My Life
as Yukihiro FujiyamaA 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he...
Movie pageTokyo: Level One
as Governor of TokyoPanic occurs when the Governor of Tokyo proposes to attract a nuclear power plant to Tokyo.
Movie pageArgentine Hag
as Satoru WakuiAfter the death of her dearest mother, her serious-minded father goes missing, leaving their...
Movie pageThe Legend of Sayo
as uncreditedSayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way...
Movie pageThe Fir Trees Remain
as uncreditedThe 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for...
Movie pageI Am Searching For Myself
as uncreditedInterview with actress Nana Komatsu on her debut film "The World of Kanako".
Movie pageThe Law of Hell
as uncreditedAt a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The...
Movie pageFireflies: River of Light
as Mr. TakiguchiAfter finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in...
Movie pageHistory of Jirocho Shimizu
as uncreditedA historical chivalric drama with tears and laughter, telling the story of Jirocho Shimizu's...
Movie pageEkiro
as Det. YobunoAn employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective...
Movie pageCrimson Lotus
as uncreditedSakura and Kenzo are married. Both think they can live a happy marriage, despite the fact that...
Movie pageThe Sin
as uncreditedA housewife was killed by a falling fire extinguisher, which a boy of seven years dropped from...
Movie pageToad's Oil
as Takuro YazawaThe Yazawa family consists of the father Takuro (Koji Yakusho) - who is always busy day trading,...
Movie pageGolden Horse Awards
as SelfThe Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ...
TV Show pageChotchan
as 神谷容The 38th NHK Asadora. Based on the autobiography of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother.
TV Show pageIdaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
as 嘉納治五郎Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before...
TV Show pageTHE DAYS
as Masao YoshidaBlamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly,...
TV Show pageBack of Father
as Aoki SosukeA 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and...
TV Show pageVivant
as Nogōn BekiYusuke Nogi of Ryosho's Energy Development Division said that 10 times the official down payment...
TV Show pageTokugawa Ieyasu
as Oda NobunagaThe story chronicles the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
TV Show pageHana no Ran
as uncreditedThe story takes place during the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan, in the midst of the Ōnin...
TV Show pageThe Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
as uncreditedAn epic of love and death that depicts how soldiers and ordinary people lived and fought during...
TV Show pageLethal Three
as uncreditedA wandering samurai, ronin, and ninja; meet by chance repeatedly and reluctantly team up to...
TV Show pageThe Life of Bangaku
as Ajigawa BantakeBandaku Ajikawa (Koji Yakusho) is a ronin who lost his parents when he was young and is lonely...
TV Show pageRikuoh
as Koichi MiyazawaKoichi Miyazawa runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese...
TV Show pageKinagashi Bugyō
as uncreditedKoheita, a newly appointed magistrate, never shows his face in the magistrate's office, instead...
TV Show pageMomi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
as uncreditedA human drama based on the "Date Riots".
TV Show pageThe Password is "Courage"
as uncreditedTomashi village is a small village, well known for its abundance of nature and beautiful...
TV Show pageHacchōbori Torimono Banashi
as uncreditedA jidaieki drama where a hard-nosed doshin, Shinpachiro Kariya, takes on difficult cases with...
TV Show pageTies: A Miraculous Colt
as Masayuki MatsushitaBased on novel "Kizuna ~ Aru Jinba no Monogatari~” by Akihiro Shimada (published from June, 2012...
TV Show pagePension Metsä
as TsunekiTenko runs a pension alone. The pension is located in a forest in Nagano, that is full of the...
TV Show pageTakeda Shingen
as Takeda ShingenDuring the 16th Century Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of Civil Wars and the...
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