Perfect Days
2023
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He played a major character in Juzo Itami 's 1986 Tampopo. [1] In 1988, he was given a special award for work in cinema by the Japanese Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture and continued to appear in films and in a number of TV shows through the '90s. [1] In 1996 and 1997, Yakusho enjoyed several major successes.
- Actor
- Kōji Hashimoto, 1 January 1956 (age 67), Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
- 1978–present
Koji Yakusho is a Japanese actor, director and writer who has starred in films such as Tampopo, Babel and Shall We Dance. IMDb provides his personal details, credits, videos, photos, trivia and more.
- January 1, 1
- 1.78 m
- Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
Feb 15, 2024 · Hirayama is played by Kōji Yakusho, a 68-year-old mainstay of Japanese cinema with approximately 100 screen credits to his name. He was the mysterious diner in the 1980s hit Tampopo, the ...
- Xan Brooks
Feb 7, 2024 · Wim Wenders' Oscar-nominated film follows a Japanese public toilet cleaner's daily life with a sublime performance by Koji Yakusho. The actor turns everyday routines into euphoric and profound moments, elevating the story of a low-wage worker into a character study.
- David Fear
Mar 18, 2019 · Koji Yakusho, the Asian Film Awards honoree, discusses how he is still hoping to perfect his acting before he retires, guerrilla shooting on the streets of Tokyo with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ...
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Oct 25, 2023 · Across a 45-year career in the movies, Koji Yakusho has worked with every major Japanese director of his generation and inhabited over 80 characters, spanning salarymen, samurai, yakuza gangsters ...
Japan's Koji Yakusho won best actor at Cannes on Saturday for "Perfect Days" by German director Wim Wenders, a touching tale about a Tokyo toilet cleaner. Yakusho, 67, became the first Japanese ...
