Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Birthday:Jan 1, 1956
Place of birth:Isahaya, Japan

Filmography

2023
Perfect Days

Perfect Days

Drama Everyday Life Drama
7.9

20232h 4min

Germany, Japan

Director: Wim Wenders

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

2018
Mirai

Mirai

Animation Family Fantasy Adventure Drama
7.0

20181h 38min

Japan

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in order to help him become the big brother he was meant to be.

2017
The Third Murder

The Third Murder

Drama Mystery Crime Legal Drama Investigation Mystery
6.7

20172h 5min

Japan

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

2015
The Boy and the Beast

The Boy and the Beast

Action Adventure Animation Drama Family
7.6

20151h 59min

Japan

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Drama History
7.3

20112h 8min

Director: Takashi Miike

A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.

2010
13 Assassins

13 Assassins

Adventure Drama Action Epic Action Historical Drama
7.5

20102h 21min

Japan, United Kingdom

Director: Takashi Miike

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

2008
Tokyo Sonata

Tokyo Sonata

Drama Family Drama
7.5

20082h

Japan, Netherlands

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.

2005
Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

Drama Romance History Historical Drama Historical Event
7.3

20052h 26min

United States, Japan

Director: Rob Marshall

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

2001
Eureka

Eureka

Drama
7.7

20013h 38min

Director: Shinji Aoyama

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.

1997
Cure

Cure

Crime Thriller Horror Mystery
7.5

19971h 52min

Japan

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.