The best Koji Yakusho movies
The top 3 according to 49 votes from people: The Eel (1997) · The Wow-Choten Hotel (2006) · Cure (1997). (Updated May 14, 2024.)
From Shall We Dance?, The Eel and Cure to The Blood of Wolves and Under the Open Sky: Koji Yakusho's key films, the ones at the top of Film Concier, Eiga Hitottobi, Rank King and Ranking.net.
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 14
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1
The Eel (1997)
Shohei Imamura. A paroled man and his pet eel. Palme d'Or at Cannes.
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2
The Wow-Choten Hotel (2006)
Koki Mitani. An ensemble comedy in a hotel on New Year's Eve.
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3
Cure (1997)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa. A detective chasing a mysterious series of murders.
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4
Shall We Dance? (1996)
Masayuki Suo. A salaryman who gets hooked on ballroom dancing. Remade in Hollywood.
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5
The Emperor in August (2015)
Masato Harada. War minister Korechika Anami on the day of surrender.
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6
The World of Kanako (2014)
Tetsuya Nakashima. An ex-cop searching for his missing daughter.
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7
The Third Murder (2017)
Hirokazu Kore-eda. A murderer who keeps changing his confession.
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8
Under the Open Sky (2021)
Miwa Nishikawa. A former yakuza starting over after prison.
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9
13 Assassins (2010)
Takashi Miike. Thirteen samurai out to kill a tyrant.
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10
Lost Paradise (1997)
Yoshimitsu Morita. An affair drama from Junichi Watanabe's novel.
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11
Sekigahara (2017)
Masato Harada. The great battle, with him as Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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12
Tampopo (1985)
Juzo Itami. The 'ramen western' about a noodle shop.
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13
Babel (2006)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu. The father in the Tokyo story.
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14
The Blood of Wolves (2018)
Kazuya Shiraishi. Hiroshima gangs and a maverick cop.
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