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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?
Koji Yakusho is an acclaimed and famed Japanese actor who has appeared in many notable films, including Tampopo, Unagi and Babel, but may be best known internationally for his role in Shall We Dance, which at the time of its release was Asia's biggest film export.
Feb 7, 2024 · You may know Kōji Yakusho as the oyster-slurping mystery man from the noodle-Western extraordinaire Tampopo (1985). Perhaps you remember him as the depressed suburbanite who...
Oct 25, 2023 · ‘Perfect Days’ Star Koji Yakusho on the Making of Wim Wenders’ Oscar Contender. The Japanese screen icon, a longtime favorite for fans of world cinema, won Cannes' best actor prize for...
Dec 10, 2023 · Since 1979, Kōji Yakusho has played stressed accountants ( Shall We Dance? ), avenging samurai ( 13 Assassins ), and convicted killers ( The Third Murder ). Now, in Wim Wenders ’ Tokyo-set film...
Feb 7, 2024 · While Yakusho delivers a tour de force performance throughout the film, what he and Wenders do in the final scene of Perfect Days is unforgettable. It's an unbroken shot of Hirayama driving to ...
Koji Yakusho is an acclaimed and famed Japanese actor who has appeared in many notable films, including Tampopo, Unagi and Babel, but may be best known internationally for his role in Shall We Dance, which at the time of its release was Asia's biggest film export.
May 28, 2023 · Japanese actor Koji Yakusho was named Best Actor at this year's Cannes International Film Festival on Saturday for his leading role as a toilet cleaner in Wim Wenders' "Perfect Days." Yakusho, 67, became the second Japanese actor to win the prize since Yuya Yagira in 2004, who won it at age 14 for "Nobody Knows."
May 29, 2023 · CANNES--Koji Yakusho won the Best Actor Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for his leading role in “Perfect Days,” directed by Germany’s Wim Wenders, the first Japanese actor in nearly two...
Birthday: Jan 1, 1956. Birthplace: Isahaya, Japan. Bitten by the acting bug after seeing "The Lower Depths" by Maxim Gorky, Kôji Yakusho attended numerous plays and in 1978 auditioned with 800...
