Kôji Yakusho Movies

13 Assassins

76/100

A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.

Tampopo

79/100

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

Silk

59/100

The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.

Shall We Dance?

77/100

A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.

Cure

74/100

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

Hara-Kiri - Tod eines Samurai

74/100

An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.

The Eel

74/100

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.

The World of Kanako

66/100

As former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life.

The Third Murder

67/100

A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.

Eureka

79/100

The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

69/100

A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.

Retribution

64/100

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points ... See full summary »

Oh Lucy!

68/100

A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class where she discovers her alter ego, Lucy.

Seance

67/100

A psychic housewife and her husband become burdened with a kidnapped girl who escaped her assailant. Junko will not let her husband call the hospital or the police for purely selfish ... See full summary »

Charisma

70/100

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty...

Doppelganger

66/100

Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His ... See full summary »

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

68/100

The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.

Mirai

70/100

A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.

Suite Dreams

72/100

University of Laughs

77/100

In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.

Lorelei I-507 - Deutsche Wunderwaffe im Pazifik

53/100

A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.

Kamikaze Taxi

76/100

A revenge-seeking man and his foolish friends plan to rob a yakuza gang.

Dora-heita

69/100

New magistrate cleans up a corrupt town in his own comic Samurai way.

The Kiyosu Conference

65/100

After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honno-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. ... See full summary »

Paco and the Magical Book

71/100