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Koji Yakusho

Actor · 80 credits · 40 in highly-rated films

Best known for Perfect Days (2023)

Frequent collaborators: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Emoto, Yoriko Doguchi, Ittoku Kishibe, Ren Osugi

Best Koji Yakusho movies by genre

Movies (79 total, ranked by score)

  1. Perfect Days

    2023 · ★ 7.8 (2,012 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. Memoirs of a Geisha

    2005 · ★ 7.6 (3,435 votes)

    Drama, Romance, History

    2

  3. The Boy and the Beast

    2015 · ★ 7.9 (1,630 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Animation

    3

  4. Cure

    1997 · ★ 7.6 (851 votes)

    Crime, Horror, Mystery

    4

  5. Tampopo

    1985 · ★ 7.8 (443 votes)

    Comedy

    5

  6. 13 Assassins

    2010 · ★ 7.3 (1,295 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Action

    6

  7. Tokyo Sonata

    2008 · ★ 7.4 (285 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. Eureka

    2001 · ★ 7.8 (102 votes)

    Drama

    8

  9. Shall We Dance?

    1996 · ★ 7.5 (182 votes)

    Music, Comedy, Drama

    9

  10. Mirai

    2018 · ★ 7.2 (881 votes)

    Animation, Family, Fantasy

    10

  11. Scarlet

    2025 · ★ 7.0 (119 votes)

    Animation, Action, Drama

    11

  12. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    2011 · ★ 7.2 (206 votes)

    Drama, History

    12

  13. Under the Open Sky

    2021 · ★ 7.5 (45 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    13

  14. Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

    2023 · ★ 7.3 (41 votes)

    Animation, Drama, Family

    14

  15. The World of Kanako

    2014 · ★ 6.4 (228 votes)

    Mystery, Crime, Thriller

    15

  16. The Third Murder

    2017 · ★ 6.6 (291 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Crime

    16

  17. University of Laughs

    2004 · ★ 7.2 (39 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    17

  18. Crimson Lotus

    1993 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. Sekigahara

    2017 · ★ 7.0 (45 votes)

    War, History, Drama

    19

  20. The Emperor in August

    2015 · ★ 6.4 (16 votes)

    History, War, Drama

    20

  21. Charisma

    1999 · ★ 6.8 (55 votes)

    Mystery, Drama, Thriller

    21

  22. Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

    2011 · ★ 6.3 (41 votes)

    History, War

    22

  23. The Sin

    2007

    23

  24. Lost Paradise

    1997 · ★ 6.0 (27 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    24

  25. Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

    2025 · ★ 9.5 (6 votes)

    Drama

    25

  26. Séance

    2004 · ★ 7.1 (49 votes)

    Drama, Horror, TV Movie

    26

  27. Twelve Months

    1980 · ★ 6.8 (19 votes)

    Fantasy, Animation, Adventure

    27

  28. Whistleblower

    2019 · ★ 8.0 (8 votes)

    Mystery

    28

  29. Doppelgänger

    2003 · ★ 6.9 (50 votes)

    Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller

    29

  30. Retribution

    2007 · ★ 6.5 (109 votes)

    Thriller, Horror, Mystery

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.