Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/1/1956
Place of Birth
Isahaya, Japan
Also Known As
橋本広司Koji HashimotoKôji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho
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.
Known For
Kamikaze Taxi
as Kazumasa Kantake
Shall We Dance?
as Shohei Sugiyama
Perfect Days
as Hirayama
Babel
as Yasujiro Wataya
Belle
as Suzu's Father (voice)
Scarlet
as Claudius (voice)
Cure
as Kenichi Takabe
Mirai
as Grandfather (voice)
Hakkenden
as Bakin Takizawa
Pulse
as Ship Captain
Tampopo
as White Suit Man
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Nobu
The World of Kanako
as Akikazu Fujishima
13 Assassins
as Shinzaemon Shimada
Under the Open Sky
as Mikami Masao
Tokyo Sonata
as Robber
The Eel
as Takuro Yamashita
The Third Murder
as Takashi Misumi
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Unknown Role
Silk
as Hara Jubei