Koji Yakusho
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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
Babel
as Yasujiro Wataya
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Nobu
Perfect Days
as Hirayama
The Boy and the Beast
as Kumatetsu (voice)
13 Assassins
as Shinzaemon Shimada
Belle
as Suzu's Father (voice)
Mirai
as Grandfather (voice)
Cure
as Kenichi Takabe
Pulse
as Ship Captain
Tampopo
as White Suit Man
The Third Murder
as Takashi Misumi
Tokyo Sonata
as Robber
Silk
as Hara Jubei
The World of Kanako
as Akikazu Fujishima
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
as Kageyu
Shall We Dance?
as Shohei Sugiyama
The Eel
as Takuro Yamashita
Retribution
as Noboru Yoshioka
Oh Lucy!
as Takeshi Komori / Tom
Eureka
as Makoto Sawai