born 1956 · Acting
62.9avg grm
21titles
#303best rank
6honors
best title · #303 on siteTampopo1985 · as Gangster in the White Suit79.0Honors
62023Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actor
2014Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
2012Medal with Purple Ribbon
1998Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Actor
1984Elan d'or Award — Newcomer of the Year
Bio
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
ranked on this site2020s5 titles
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Perfect Days2023 · as Hirayama78.1V
Vivant2023 · as Nogoon Beki · series63.7D
The Days2023 · as Masao Yoshida · series62.4T
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window2023 · as Sôsaku Kobayashi58.8U
Under the Open Sky2020 · as Masao Mikami56.12010s5 titles
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The Boy and the Beast2015 · as Kumatetsu73.3C
Chronicle of My Mother2011 · as Kosaku57.8H
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai2011 · as Kageyu Saito55.51
13 Assassins2010 · as Shinzaemon Shimada74.9L
The Last Ronin2010 · as Magozaemon Senoo58.12000s5 titles
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Tokyo Sonata2008 · as Dorobô The Robber59.1I
I Just Didn't Do It2006 · as Masayoshi Arakawa, Lawyer58.9M
Memoirs of a Geisha2005 · as Nobu62.0U
University of Laughs2004 · as Mutsuo Sakisaka58.0E
Eureka2000 · as Makoto Sawai60.01990s5 titles
C
Cure1997 · as Det. Kenichi Takabe73.7B
Bounce Ko Gals1997 · as Oshima57.0E
The Eel1997 · as Takuro Yamashita55.9S
Shall We Dance?1996 · as Shohei Sugiyama60.4K
Kamikaze Taxi1995 · as Kantake58.81980s1 title
TTampopo1985 · as Gangster in the White Suit79.0