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Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho


Filmography

Koji Yakusho - filmography


  • Babel on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Brad Pitt,  Gael Garcia Bernal
    Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out - detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 62,869 members
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  • Babel - HD (2006)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Brad Pitt,  Gael Garcia Bernal
    Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out - detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 586 members
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  • Memoirs Of A Geisha on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ziyi Zhang,  Ken Watanabe,  Michelle Yeoh
    Director: Rob Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This epic motion picture from the director of Chicago is based on the international best-selling novel by Arthur Golden. Torn from her impoverished family before World War II and sent to work in a geisha house, a child will blossom into the legendary geisha Sayuri. Beautiful and accomplished, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 64,315 members
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  • Warm Water Under A Red Bridge on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Misa Shimizu,  Koji Yakusho,  Mitsuko Baisho
    Director: Shohei Imamura
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shohei Imamura's WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE stars the spirited Koji Yakusho as a Tokyo businessman whose company has recently gone bankrupt, leaving him unemployed. Estranged from his wife and with time on his hands, Yosuke (Koji) remembers a story told to him by a recently deceased friend, Taro ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 802 members
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  • Eureka on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Koji Yakusho,  Aoi Miyazaki,  Yoshiko Miyazaki
    Director: Shinji Aoyama
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a bus is violently hijacked in a small Japanese town, only three people survive: the guilt wracked driver Makoto (Koji Yakusho), and young brother and sister, Kozue and Naoki. Two years on, each of them, still traumatised by their ordeal, struggle to re-engage with life. But then one day ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 954 members
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  • Cure (1997)
    Starring: Koji Yakusho,  Masato Hagiwara,  Tsuyoshi Ujiki
    Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A stunningly original take on the traditional serial killer film, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's CURE follows the determined and tortured trail of detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) as he races against time and logic to solve a baffling string of gruesome, unexplained murders. As the corpses accumulate, the only ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 63 members
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  • The Eel (1997)
    Starring: Koji Yakusho,  Misa Shimizu,  Mitsuko Baisho
    Director: Shohei Imamura
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Yamashita (Koji Yakusho of Shall We Dance?) learns of his wife's infidelity. He seems quietly surprised when he brutally stabs his wife to death, and hums a gentle tune as he bicycles to the police station to turn himself in. Eight years later, he is released, and this is where our story begins. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 62 members
    Due for release on 27th February 2012
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Koji Yakusho facts

5 most recent films

13 Assassins - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
13 Assassins - 3.5 stars
Babel - 3.0 stars
Babel - HD - 3.0 stars
Babel - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Shall We Dance? - 3.5 stars
13 Assassins - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
13 Assassins - 3.5 stars
Memoirs Of A Geisha - 3.5 stars
The Eel - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Seance - 3.0 stars
Warm Water Under A Red Bridge - 3.0 stars
Eureka - 3.0 stars
Babel - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Babel - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Mikijiro Hira - 5 times - show films
Hiroki Matsukata - 5 times - show films
Takayuki Yamada - 5 times - show films
Ikki Sawamura - 5 times - show films
Yusuke Iseya - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Takashi Miike - 5 times - show films
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - 3 times - show films
Kiyoshi Kurosawa - 3 times - show films
Shohei Imamura - 2 times - show films
Rob Marshall - 1 times - show films