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Koji Yakusho
Starring in Shall We Dance?, Cure and Perfect Days.
Shall We Dance? · Cure
- Born
- 1 January 1956
- Birthplace
- Isahaya, Japan
More people
Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho is a Japanese actor whose roles range from restrained everyday characters to crime drama and historical action.
Early life
Nagasaki childhood
Was the youngest of five brothers and attended a technical high school.
Office employment
Worked at Tokyo’s Chiyoda ward office before taking up acting.
Career
- 1978
Acting school
Entered Tatsuya Nakadai’s Mumeijuku studio.
- 1983
Television recognition
Played Oda Nobunaga in Tokugawa Ieyasu.
- 2023
Cannes acting prize
Won for his lead performance in Perfect Days.
Selected work
Shall We Dance?
Played an office worker secretly taking ballroom lessons.
Cure
Portrayed a detective investigating disturbing killings.
Perfect Days
Played a Tokyo public-toilet cleaner with a carefully observed daily routine.
Beyond work
Stage name
“Yakusho” recalls the municipal office where he once worked.
Family
Married fellow actor Saeko Kawatsu; their son also became an actor.
Sources & photo credit
Wikipedia biography and references ↗Further biography and career ↗Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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