Acting
Koji Yakusho
- Titles
- 85movies29TV shows
- Career
Active from 1981 to 2026, busiest in 2004 and 2023 with 6 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 74top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
The Blood of Wolves89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
- Historical3.6average 2.6
- Psychological6.6average 5.6
- Politics3.5average 2.6
- Catharsis6.0average 5.1
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.6, average 2.4
- Cringe Humor1.4, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 18
- Character-Driven 15
- Political Intrigue 11
- Historical Drama 10
- Character Study 6
- Mystery 5
- Period Piece 5
- Slow Burn 5
- Melancholic 5
- Psychological Thriller 4
- Atmospheric 4
- Thought-Provoking 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tatsuya NakadaiActorMomi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin, Willful Murder, Jubaku: Spellbound, Kinagashi Bugyō, The Legend of Sayo, +3 more
Masato HaradaDirectorChronicle of My Mother, The Emperor in August, Bounce Ko Gals, Sekigahara, Kamikaze Taxi, +2 more
Akira EmotoActorThe Eel, Doppelgänger, Shall We Dance?, Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, The Lakeside Murder Case, +1 more
Kiyoshi KurosawaDirectorCure, Doppelgänger, Séance, Charisma, Retribution, +1 more- HHirohide AbeEditorBounce Ko Gals, Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Kamikaze Taxi, Father of the Milky Way Railroad, Família, +1 more
Ittoku KishibeActorSleeping Man, Séance, Walking My Life, Tokyo: Level One, Argentine Hag
Ken MitsuishiActorTHE DAYS, Rikuoh, Pension Metsä, I Just Didn't Do It, Eureka- HHani MituhashiEditorShall We Dance?, I Just Didn't Do It, Séance, Charisma, The Terminal Trust
Ren OsugiActorCure, Séance, Charisma, License to Live
Jun KunimuraActorThe World of Kanako, The Life of Bangaku, The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity, Paco and the Magical Book
Toshie NegishiActorWarm Water Under a Red Bridge, The Third Murder, Kamikaze Taxi, Ekiro
Ken WatanabeActorMemoirs of a Geisha, Tampopo, Takeda Shingen, Bonds
Movies and TV shows
109Upcoming
1 title
as Narrator
2020s
15 titles · average score 72
as Claudius (voice)
as Bakin Takizawa
as Hirayama
TV show · as Masao Yoshida
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
TV show · as Nogōn Beki
as Miyazawa Masajiro
as Seiji Kamiya
as Kawai Tsugunosuke
as Mikami Masao
TV show · as Tsuneki
as Suzu's Father (voice)
2010s
22 titles · average score 72
as Shogo Ogami
as Takashi Misumi
TV show · as Koichi Miyazawa
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
as Kumatetsu (voice)
as General Korechika Anami
as Akikazu Fujishima
as Katsuie Shibata
as Kosaku
as Isoroku Yamamoto
as Shinzaemon Shimada
2000s
30 titles · average score 67
as Masayoshi Arakawa
as Noboru Yoshioka
as Heikichi Shindo
as Nobu
as Masami Shin'ichi
as Shunsuke Namiki
as Sato
as Mutsuo Sakisaka
as Michio Hayasaki
as Yosuke Sasano
as Makoto Sawai
as Koheita Mochizuki
1990s
21 titles · average score 69
as Goro Yabuike
as Fujimori
as Hiroshi Kitano
as Kenichi Takabe
as Takuro Yamashita
as Shoichiro Kuki
as Shohei Sugiyama
as Kamimura
as Kazumasa Kantake
as Ryosuke Kano
TV show · as Takeda Shingen
as Genzo
1980s
19 titles · average score 72
as Naoto Sekiya
TV show
TV show · as Naohiko Hamamura
as White Suit Man
TV show · as Miyamoto Musashi
TV show · as Oda Nobunaga
as Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
as Genzô
as Journalist
TV show
as Young soldier (voice)
1970s
1 title · average score 73
as Kuwano