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.

Filmography

Title	Character	Year	Rating
The Woodsman and the Rain	Katsuhiko	2012	6.05
The Terminal Trust	Shinzo Egi	2012	6.4
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai	Kageyu	2011	7.178
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet	Isoroku Yamamoto	2011	6.462
The Last Ronin	Magozaemon Senoo	2010	6.618
13 Assassins	Shinzaemon Shimada	2010	7.318
Gelatin Silver, Love	Client	2009	6.5
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity	Morisaku Furuta	2009	6.4
Paco and the Magical Book	Onuki	2008	6.9
Retribution	Noboru Yoshioka	2007	6.4
Babel	Yasujiro Wataya	2006	7.17
Suite Dreams	Heikichi Shindo	2006	6.2
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean	Masami Shin'ichi	2005	6.273
University of Laughs	Mutsuo Sakisaka	2004	7.122
Doppelgänger	Michio Hayasaki	2003	6.969
Pulse	Ship Captain	2001	6.686
Séance	Sato	2001	7.09
Eureka	Makoto Sawai	2001	7.765
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge	Yosuke Sasano	2001	6.519
The Eel	Takuro Yamashita	1997	6.9
Bounce Ko Gals	Oshima	1997	6.773
Cure	Kenichi Takabe	1997	7.5
Lost Paradise	Shoichiro Kuki	1997	5.981
Shall We Dance?	Shohei Sugiyama	1996	7.461
Sleeping Man	Kamimura	1996	7.778
Aurora Borealis	Genzo	1990	5.222
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho		1988	1.0
The Great Department Store Robbery		1987	9.0
Tampopo	White Suit Man	1985	7.8
Hunter in the Dark	Kuwano	1979	6.3

Known for	Acting
Credits	30
Born	1956
From	Isahaya, Japan

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