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Kōji Hashimoto (橋本 広司, Hashimoto Kōji, born 1 January 1956), 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?
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Feb 5, 2024 · The protagonist, Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), is a cleaner for the Tokyo Toilet, a real-life set of seventeen public bathrooms of architectural distinction that opened between 2020 and 2023 in the...
Feb 7, 2024 · "Komorebi" is a Japanese term that loosely refers to "sunlight filtered through trees," something which is certainly filmed frequently in Perfect Days. But the word means much more than that. It...
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Kōji Hashimoto (橋本 広司, Hashimoto Kōji, born 1 January 1956), 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?
Perfect Days, which was chosen as Japan's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Oscars, stars Yakusho as Hirayama, a modest janitor who spends his days listening to '70s American rock music, reading classic literature, and cleaning public restrooms.
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His name Yakusho (a Japanese word meaning "public office") originates from the fact that he worked at Chiyoda Ward Office of Tokyo before starting his acting career. In 1988, he was given a special award for work in cinema by the Japanese Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.
