Jan 1, 1956 - Isahaya, Japan
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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| Movie | 2006 | Babel | Yasujiro Wataya | |
| Movie | 1987 | The Great Department Store Robbery | ||
| Movie | 1997 | The Eel | Takuro Yamashita | |
| Movie | 1996 | Shall We Dance? | Shohei Sugiyama | |
| Movie | 1985 | Tampopo | White Suit Man | |
| Movie | 1996 | Sleeping Man | Kamimura | |
| Movie | 2003 | Doppelganger | Michio Hayasaki | |
| Movie | 1997 | Bounce Ko Gals | Oshima | |
| Movie | 2001 | Pulse | Ship Captain | |
| Movie | 2000 | Séance | Sato | |
| Movie | 2009 | Gelatin Silver, Love | Client | |
| Movie | 1997 | Cure | Kenichi Takabe | |
| Movie | 2000 | Eureka | Makoto Sawai | |
| Movie | 2005 | Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean | Masami Shin'ichi | |
| Movie | 2004 | University of Laughs | Mutsuo Sakisaka | |
| Movie | 2001 | Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | Yosuke Sasano | |
| Movie | 1979 | Hunter in the Dark | Kuwano | |
| Movie | 2007 | Retribution | Noboru Yoshioka | |
| Movie | 2008 | Paco and the Magical Book | Onuki | |
| Movie | 1997 | Lost Paradise | Shoichiro Kuki | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Last Ronin | Magozaemon Senoo | |
| Movie | 2011 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | Kageyu | |
| Movie | 2010 | 13 Assassins | Shinzaemon Shimada | |
| Movie | 2012 | The Woodsman and the Rain | Katsuhiko | |
| Movie | 2006 | Suite Dreams | Heikichi Shindo | |
| Movie | 2011 | Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet | Isoroku Yamamoto | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity | Morisaku Furuta | |
| Movie | 1988 | Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho | ||
| Movie | 2012 | The Terminal Trust | Shinzo Egi | |
| Movie | 1990 | Aurora Borealis | Genzo | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Law of Hell | ||
| Movie | 2023 | Perfect Days | Hirayama | |
| Movie | 1998 | Yukon | Takayuki Iwabuchi | |
| Movie | 2014 | The World of Kanako | Akikazu Fujishima | |
| Movie | 2013 | The Kiyosu Conference | Katsuie Shibata | |
| Movie | 2023 | Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window | Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice) | |
| Movie | 2022 | Gratitude | ||
| Movie | 1995 | History of Jirocho Shimizu | ||
| Movie | 2009 | Toad's Oil | Takuro Yazawa | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Lakeside Murder Case | Shunsuke Namiki | |
| Movie | 2007 | Silk | Hara Jubei | |
| Movie | 2023 | Família | Seiji Kamiya | |
| Movie | 1980 | Twelve Months | Young soldier | |
| Movie | 1998 | Tadon and Chikuwa | ||
| Movie | 1982 | Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather | ||
| Movie | 2000 | Dora-heita | Koheita Mochizuki | |
| Movie | 1995 | Kamikaze Taxi | Kazumasa Kantake | |
| Movie | 2007 | I Just Didn't Do It | Masayoshi Arakawa | |
| Movie | 1999 | License to Live | Fujimori | |
| Movie | 1999 | Charisma | Goro Yabuike | |
| Movie | 2012 | Chronicle of My Mother | Kosaku | |
| Movie | 2015 | The Emperor in August | General Korechika Anami | |
| Movie | 2008 | Tokyo Sonata | Robber | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Choice of Hercules | Atsuyuki Sassa | |
| Movie | 2019 | Whistleblower | ||
| Movie | 2015 | The Boy and the Beast | Kumatetsu (voice) | |
| Movie | 2023 | Father of the Milky Way Railroad | Miyazawa Masajiro | |
| Movie | 2014 | I Am Searching For Myself | ||
| Movie | 1983 | The Fir Trees Remain | ||
| Movie | 2009 | Ekiro | Det. Yobuno | |
| Movie | N/A | Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2024 | Hakkenden | Bakin Takizawa | |
| Movie | 1993 | Crimson Lotus | ||
| Movie | 1999 | Jubaku: Spellbound | Hiroshi Kitano | |
| Movie | 2018 | Oh Lucy! | Takeshi Komori / Tom | |
| Movie | 2017 | The Third Murder | Takashi Misumi | |
| Movie | 1993 | Dark Society in the East | Ryosuke Kano | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Legend of Sayo | ||
| Movie | 2014 | A Samurai Chronicle | Toda | |
| Movie | 2017 | Sekigahara | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| Movie | 2016 | Mifune: The Last Samurai | Self - Actor | |
| Movie | 2004 | Fireflies: River of Light | Mr. Takiguchi | |
| Movie | 2007 | Argentine Hag | Satoru Wakui | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Hunter and the Hunted | Detective Jin | |
| Movie | 2018 | The Blood of Wolves | Shogo Ogami | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Sin | ||
| Movie | 2018 | Mirai | Grandfather (voice) | |
| Movie | 1982 | Eternal Monument | Ootaka | |
| Movie | 1998 | Bonds | Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga | |
| Movie | 2019 | Wings Over Everest | Jiang Yuesheng | |
| Movie | 2007 | Walking My Life | Yukihiro Fujiyama | |
| Movie | 1996 | Shabu | ||
| Movie | 1981 | Willful Murder | Journalist | |
| Movie | 2021 | Under the Open Sky | Mikami Masao | |
| Movie | 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Nobu | |
| Movie | 1994 | Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare | ||
| Movie | 2004 | Tokyo: Level One | Governor of Tokyo | |
| Movie | 2021 | Belle | Suzu's Father (voice) | |
| Movie | 2022 | The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | Kawai Tsugunosuke | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood | ||
| Movie | 1990 | Megumi no Sekai | ||
| Movie | N/A | Suzume Iro Doki | ||
| Movie | 2025 | Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope | ||
| Movie | 1999 | Keijitachi no Natsu | ||
| Movie | 2004 | People Without a Fort | Nagasaka Fumio | |
| Movie | 2007 | Common Ground: Under Construction Notes | Self | |
| Movie | 1991 | Takeda Shingen | 武田晴信 | |
| Movie | 2025 | The Brightest Sun | ||
| Movie | 2011 | Early Autumn | ||
| Movie | 2025 | Scarlet | Claudius (voice) | |
| TV Show | 1994 | Rain on the face | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1988 | 「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より− | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1991 | サハリンの薔薇 | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | Middle-aged Bachelors | 13 | |
| TV Show | 2000 | The Password is Courage | 11 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | 宮本武蔵 | Miyamoto Musashi | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen | 5 | |
| TV Show | 1991 | Takeda Shingen | Takeda Shingen | 2 |
| TV Show | 2002 | The Life of Bangaku | Ajigawa Bantake | 10 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Hana no Ran | 37 | |
| TV Show | 1987 | Lethal Three | 101 | |
| TV Show | 2017 | Rikuoh | Koichi Miyazawa | 10 |
| TV Show | 1962 | Golden Horse Awards | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1981 | Kinagashi Bugyō | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1981 | The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? | 8 | |
| TV Show | 1983 | Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 | 宮本武蔵 | 45 |
| TV Show | 1987 | Chotchan | 神谷容 | 156 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi | 2 | |
| TV Show | 2017 | Ties: A Miraculous Colt | Masayuki Matsushita | 2 |
| TV Show | 2023 | THE DAYS | Masao Yoshida | 8 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story | 嘉納治五郎 | 47 |
| TV Show | 2023 | Vivant | Nogōn Beki | 10 |
| TV Show | 1987 | New Yotsuya Kaidan | 2 | |
| TV Show | 2014 | Back of Father | Aoki Sosuke | 1 |
| TV Show | 2021 | Pension Metsä | Tsuneki | 7 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Oda Nobunaga | 50 |
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| Movie | 2009 | Toad's Oil | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Perfect Days | Executive Producer | Production |
