Koji Yakusho (役所 広司 Yakusho Kōji) is a Japanese actor. This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ...

Biography

Born Koji Hashimoto (橋本 広司 Hashimoto Kōji) on January 1, 1956 in Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan. He was the youngest of five brothers. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Isahaya (諫早市; -shi) is a city located in Nagasaki, Japan. ... Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge) Nagasaki ) (help· info), literally long peninsula, is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture. ...

After graduation from the Nagasaki Prefectural High School of Technology in 1974, he took employment at the Chiyoda municipal ward office (the Chiyoda-Ku Yakusho) in Tokyo, hence the screen name "Yakusho," a Japanese word meaning "public office." In 1976, he saw a production of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths and was inspired, first to take in as many plays as possible, later to take part in as many plays as possible. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... National Diet Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine, Kudan Kita 3-1-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Otemon, the Great Gate of Edo Castle (Kokyo) Chiyoda (千代田区; -ku) is a special ward in central Tokyo, Japan. ... Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... Gorkys autographed portrait Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868–June 14, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. ... The Lower Depths is perhaps Maxim Gorkys best-known play. ...

In the spring of 1978 he auditioned, and was 1 of 4 chosen out of 800 applicants to the Mumeijyuku acting studio. While at the school he met actress Kawatsu Saeko, whom he would marry in 1982. The couple's son was born in 1985. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

In 1983 he landed the role of Oda Nobunaga in the year-long NHK drama Tokugawa Ieyasu and was catapulted to (moderate) fame. He has also appeared in a TV version of Miyamoto Musashi from 1984-85. For several years, he played Kuji Shinnosuke (or "Sengoku"), one of the title characters in the jidaigeki Sambiki ga Kiru! 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oda Nobunaga Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長 , June 23, 1534 - June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. ... NHK (日本放送協会, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ... For further information on Japanese Audio / Radio Dramas please see: Japanese Radio / Audio Drama To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu); 徳川 家康 (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. ... Miyamoto Musashi killing a nue, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). ... Jidaigeki (時代劇) is a genre of film and television in Japan. ...

Yakusho had four major successes in 1996-97: Shall We Dance?, The Eel, Lost Paradise and Bounce ko-Gals (kogal is Japanese slang for High-school girl). Lost Paradise was second at the Japanese box office only to Princess Mononoke; The Eel won the Palm d'Or at Cannes. Shall We Dance? was a major hit in Japan that actually inspired a domestic dance craze. Bounce ko-gals was an insightful commentary on high school prostitution in specific, and money worship in general. Kogals (コギャル kogyaru in romaji (romanised Japanese), lit. ... Princess Mononoke ( — Mononoke Hime) is a Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and was first released in Japan on July 12, 1997 and in the U.S. on October 29, 1999 in select cities and on November 26, 1999. ... The Palais des Festivals (2000) The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival international du film de Cannes or simply le Festival de Cannes) is the worlds most prestigious film festival, first held from September 20 to October 5, 1946 in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of...

Yakusho was given a special award for work in cinema by the Japanese Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture in 1988. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Filmography

1. Silk (2007)
2. The Wow-Choten Hotel (THE 有頂天ホテル) (2006)
3. Babel (2006)
4. Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005) preproduction
5. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
6. University of Laughs (2004)
7. Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
8. The Hunter and the Hunted (2004)
9. Fireflies: River of Light (2003)
10. Doppelganger (2003)
11. The Choice of Hercules (2002)
12. Pulse (2001)
13. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (赤い橋の下のぬるい水) (2001)
14. Swing Man (2000)
15. Seance (2000) (TV)
16. Eureka (2000)
17. Dora-heita (2000)
18. Spellbound (1999)
19. Charisma (カリスマ) (1999)
20. Tadon to chikuwa (1998)
21. License to Live (1999)
22. Kizuna (1998)
23. Bounce ko gals (1997)
24. Cure (キュア) (1997)
25. The Eel (うなぎ) (1998)
26. Paradise Lost (1997)
27. Sleeping Man (眠る男) (1996)
28. Shall We Dance? (Shall we ダンス？) (1997)
29. Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
30. Gurenbana (1993)
31. Under Northern Lights (1990)
32. The Great Department Store Robbery (1987)
33. Tampopo (1985)
34. The Legend of Sayo (1982)
35. The Tower of Lilies (1982)
36. Hunter in the Dark (1979)

Silk is the film adaptation of Italian author Alessandro Bariccos novel of the same name. ... Babel is an upcoming movie directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Koji Yakusho and Gael García Bernal. ... Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997. ... Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, and Masaru Miyazaki in Eureka. ... The Eel can refer to: The Eel, a 1997 Japanese film directed by Shohei Imamura The Eel, a pulp fiction character created by Hugh B. Cave An eel is a fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes Eels is an American rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett This... The title Shall We Dance? may refer to one of the following. ... Tampopo (タンポポ or 蒲公英 which translate to dandelion) is a 1985 Japanese comedy film by director Juzo Itami, starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto and Ken Watanabe. ...

External links

• Profile at Japan Zone
• The Film of '97 at Japan File
• Pymmik's Koji Yakusho Movies
• Profile at kyoto-su.ac.jp
• Yakusho Koji's IMDb Listing
• Yakusho Koji's JMDb Listing (in Japanese)