Yakusho Koji

Yakusho Koji (役所広司 (やくしょこうじ)) was born on January 1, 1956 in Japan. Yakusho Koji movies and tv shows: Rikuo, Kizuna Hashire Kiseki no Koma, Byplayers, Oyaji no Senaka...
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First Name: Koji

Family Name: Yakusho

Native Name: 役所広司 (やくしょこうじ)

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Born: January 1, 1956

Age: 62

Yakusho Koji is a Japanese actor. In 1976, he saw a production of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths and was inspired, first to watch, and then later to take part in, as many plays as possible. In 1983, he landed the role of Oda Nobunaga in the year-long NHK drama Tokugawa Ieyasu and was catapulted to fame. For several years, he played Kuji Shinnosuke (or "Sengoku"), one of the title characters in the jidaigeki Sambiki ga Kiru!. In 1988, he was given a special award for work in cinema by the Japanese Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.