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Kôji Yakusho

Actor | Director | Writer

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Frequently cast by director Kiyoshi Kurosawa; he is one of his favorite actors. See more trivia »

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Koji Hashimoto
in Isahaya, Japan
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2014 Higurashi no ki (pre-production)
 
2013 Kiyosu kaigi (post-production)
Katsuie Shibata
 
2012 The Terminal Trust
Shinzo Egi
 
2011 Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Isoroku Yamamoto
 
2011 The Woodsman and the Rain
Katsuhiko
 
2011 Early Autumn (TV movie)
 
2011 Chronicle of My Mother
Kosaku
 
2011 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Kageyu
 
2010 The Last Chushingura
Magozaemon Senoo
 
2010 13 Assassins
Shinzaemon Shimada
 
2010 Wagaya no rekishi (TV series)
Narration
 
2010 Kagai jugyô: yôkoso senpai (TV series)
Narration
– Kyoko Heya (2010) … Narration
 
2009 Toad's Oil
Takuro Yazawa
 
2009 Ekiro (TV movie)
Det. Yobuno
 
2009 Mt. Tsurugidake
Morisaku Furuta
 
2009 Gelatin Silver, Love
Client
 
2008 Paco and the Magical Book
Onuki
 
2008 Tokyo Sonata
Dorobô
 
2007 Walking My Life
Yukihiro Fujiyama
 
2007 Silk
Hara Jubei
 
2007 Heart
 
2007 Argentine Baba
Satoru Wakui
 
2006 I Just Didn't Do It
Masayoshi Arakawa, Lawyer
 
2006 Retribution
Noboru Yoshioka
 
2006 Babel
Yasujiro Wataya
 
2006 Suite Dreams
Heikichi Shindo
 
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha
Nobu (as Koji Yakusho)
 
2005 Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Masami Shin'ichi
 
2004 University of Laughs
Mutsuo Sakisaka
 
2004 Lakeside Murder Case
Sunsuke Namiki
 
2004 Toride naki mono (TV movie)
 
2004 Tôkyô genpatsu
The Governor of Tokyo
 
2004 The Hunter and the Hunted
Detective Jin
 
2003 Fireflies: River of Light
Mr. Takiguchi
 
2003 Doppelganger
Michio Hayasaki
 
2002 Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken
Atsuyuki Sassa
 
2001 Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Yosuke Sasano
 
2001 Pulse
Ship Captain
 
2000 Seance (TV movie)
Sato
 
2000 Eureka
Makoto Sawai
 
2000 Dora-heita
Koheita Mochizuki, aka Dora-Heita
 
2000 Swing Man
 
1999 Jubaku: Spellbound
Hiroshi Kitano
 
1999 Charisma
Goro Yabuike
 
1998 Tadon to chikuwa
Kida
 
1998 License to Live
Fujimori
 
1998 Kizuna
Takaaki Ise/Tetsuro Haga
 
1997 Cure
Kenichi Takabe
 
1997 Baunsu ko gaurusu
Oshima
 
1997 Otona no otoko (TV series)
 
1997 The Eel
Takuro Yamashita
 
1997 Paradise Lost
Shoichiro Kuki
 
1996 Shabu gokudo
Makabe
 
1996 Hacchôbori torimono-banashi (TV series)
Shinpachirô Kariya
– Episode #2.6 (1996) … Shinpachirô Kariya
– Episode #2.1 (1996) … Shinpachirô Kariya
– Episode #2.3 (1996) … Shinpachirô Kariya
– Episode #2.5 (1996) … Shinpachirô Kariya
– Episode #2.8 (1996) … Shinpachirô Kariya
 
1996 Nemuru otoko
Kamimura
 
1996 Shall We Dance?
Shohei Sugiyama
 
1995 Kamikaze Taxi
Kantake
 
1995 Shimizu Jirochô monogatari (TV movie)
 
1993 Drug Connection
Ryosuke Kano
 
1993 Gurenbana
Kenzo Nakada
 
1992 Goodbye: Watashi ga koroshita Dazai Osamu (TV movie)
Osamu Dazai
 
1991 Seishun no mon (TV series)
 
1990 Pod severnym siyaniyem
Genzo Tamiya
 
1990 Takeda Shingen (TV mini-series)
Takeda Shingen
 
1987 The Great Department Store Robbery
Cello player
 
1986 Inochi (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1986)
 
1985 Tampopo
Man in White Suit
 
1984 Miyamoto Musashi (TV series)
Miyamoto Musashi
 
1983 Tokugawa Ieyasu (TV series)
 
1982 Tono monogatari
Hatsutaro
 
1982 Himeyuri no Tô
Ootaka
 
1982 Onimasa
 
1981 Willful Murder
Journalist
 
1981 Takushî sanba (TV series)
Shinji Nakano
– Ai no katachi (1981) … Shinji Nakano
 
1980 Twelve Months
Young Soldier (voice)
 
1979 The Last Game
 
1979 Hunter in the Dark
Kuwano
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
2009 Toad's Oil
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2009 Toad's Oil (original story)
 
Show ShowSelf (14 titles)
2013 The Radio of Hope: After Tsunami 3.11 (documentary)
Narration
 
2013 The 36th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2013 Studio Park kara konnichiwa (TV series)
Himself
– Tatsuya Nakadai (2013) … Himself
 
2012 The Making of 'The Terminal Trust' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Ashita suitchi (TV series)
Himself
– Koji Yakusho X Masato Harada (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Sawako no asa (TV series)
Himself
– Kôji Yakusho (2012) … Himself
 
2012 The 35th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2011 The 34th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2009 Bokura no jidai (TV series)
Himself
– Koji Yakusho, Toru Masuoka and Eita (2009) … Himself
 
2002-2007 The Dawn of Gaia (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host / Various
– Hi no maru supôtsu kâ fukkatsu: Nissan 'GT-R' kaihatsu dokusen shuzai 365 nichi (2007) … Himself - Host/Various
– Nippon no 'bi' wo ure: Funtô suru gendai âto no uragawa (2007) … Himself - Host/Various
– Michi naru shokuzai wo motomete: Shingao yasai no shikakenin tachi (2007) … Himself - Host/Various
– Manê dôran: Sabu puraimu shokku no shinsô (2007) … Himself - Host/Various
– Jimoto micchaku sûpâ no gyakushû (2007) … Himself - Host/Various
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2007 Scorsese on Imamura (TV documentary)
 
2004 Smap×Smap (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1986 Making of 'Tampopo' (video documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2009 SmaSTATION (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Koji Yakusho | Kouji Yakusho

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Trivia:

Frequently cast by director Kiyoshi Kurosawa; he is one of his favorite actors. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn