FrameThrower · Actors · Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho
4 films · 244 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1985–2023
Born 1 January 1956 · Isahaya, Japan
Kōji Hashimoto, known professionally as Kōji Yakusho (役所 広司, Yakusho Kōji), is a Japanese actor. He is known internationally for his starring roles in 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). For his performance in Perfect Days (2023), he was awarded the Best Actor award in the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 244 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1985–2023
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor2023
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award2014
- Medal with Purple Ribbon2012
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor1998
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor1997
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year1984
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 244 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Koji takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 44% natural — the look of the work Koji takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 244 frames from Koji Yakusho's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.