Top TV Shows - Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho's most popular TV shows ranked by Television Stats engagement score. Showing 1 television series sorted by current online popularity.
#2,139THE DAYSas Masao Yoshida • 8 episodes#2,139 in TVScore: 0.1THE DAYS is a Japanese drama series exploring the human and political ramifications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, following the lives of those at the epicenter of one of Japan's gravest crises.
Top Movies - Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho's most popular movies ranked by Television Stats engagement score. Showing 2 movies sorted by current online popularity.
#1,388Memoirs of a Geishaas Nobu#1,388 in moviesScore: 0.4Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film that tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house to support them by training as and eventually becoming a geisha under the pseudonym 'Sayuri Nitta.'
#1,694Babelas Yasujiro Wataya#1,694 in moviesScore: 0.3Babel is a 2006 psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. The movie depicts the intertwining stories of multiple families in different countries following a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco. As they grapple with isolation, fear, and displacement, each character ultimately finds solace in family. The film features an ensemble cast and is set in Morocco, Japan, Mexico, and the United States.
Koji Yakusho Biography
Kōji Yakusho, born Kōji Hashimoto, is a Japanese actor known for his starring roles in films such as Shall We Dance? (1996), 13 Assassins (2010), The Third Murder (2017), The Blood of Wolves (2018), Under the Open Sky (2020), and The Days (2023). Internationally, he gained recognition for his performances in The Eel (1997) directed by Shōhei Imamura and Babel (2006) directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Yakusho was born in Isahaya, Nagasaki and graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural High School of Technology. He initially worked at the Chiyoda municipal ward office in Tokyo before pursuing a career in acting. Inspired by a production of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths, he began his journey in theater in 1978.
