The Best Koji Yakusho Movies, Ranked
49 credits from 1979 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Suite Dreams (2006) with $48.1M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Koji Yakusho Box Office Hits
Koji Yakusho's films have made $219M worldwide in total. Suite Dreams (2006) is the biggest hit at $48.1M, ahead of The Kiyosu Conference (2013) ($28.3M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Suite Dreams 2006 · Comedy $48.1M - 2
The Kiyosu Conference 2013 · Comedy $28.3M - 3
Paco and the Magical Book 2008 · Family $22.7M - 4
Sekigahara 2017 · Drama $19.4M - 5
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet 2011 · History $18.1M - 6
Whistleblower 2019 · Mystery $16.1M - 7
Chronicle of My Mother 2012 · Drama $13.6M - 8
The Emperor in August 2015 · War $10M - 9
I Just Didn’t Do It 2007 · Drama $9.67M - 10
A Samurai Chronicle 2014 · Drama $8.8M
The Best Koji Yakusho Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Koji Yakusho has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 21 films, and Sekigahara (2017) is the pick of them.
- Drama 21 films Sekigahara 2017 · as Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Crime 5 films Cure 1997 · as Kenichi Takabe - Comedy 5 films Suite Dreams 2006 · as Heikichi Shindo
- Family 2 films Paco and the Magical Book 2008 · as Onuki
- History 2 films Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet 2011 · as Isoroku Yamamoto
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Horror 2 films Retribution 2006 · as Noboru Yoshioka -
Fantasy 1 film Hakkenden 2024 · as Bakin Takizawa -
Action 1 film Wings Over Everest 2019 · as Jiang Yuesheng - Mystery 1 film Whistleblower 2019
The Best Koji Yakusho Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Koji Yakusho's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Koji Yakusho Movies
The most recent films Koji Yakusho is credited on, newest first — starting with The Brightest Sun (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Brightest Sun 2025 · Drama - Hakkenden 2024 · Bakin Takizawa
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Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window 2023 · Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice) -
Father of the Milky Way Railroad 2023 · Miyazawa Masajiro -
Família 2023 · Seiji Kamiya -
THE DAYS 2023 · Masao Yoshida -
Vivant 2023 · Nogōn Beki -
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai 2022 · Kawai Tsugunosuke -
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood 2021 · Comedy -
Pension Metsä 2021 · Tsuneki - Wings Over Everest 2019 · Jiang Yuesheng
- Whistleblower 2019 · Mystery
The Best Koji Yakusho Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Koji Yakusho films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Koji Yakusho movie?
Suite Dreams (2006) made the most at the box office, with $48.1M worldwide, followed by The Kiyosu Conference (2013) with $28.3M. Together, Koji Yakusho's films with box office figures have made $219M.
What is the best Koji Yakusho drama movie?
Sekigahara (2017) is the best-rated of Koji Yakusho's drama films. In other genres: Cure (crime), Suite Dreams (comedy) and Paco and the Magical Book (family).
What is the newest Koji Yakusho movie?
The newest film on Koji Yakusho's filmography is The Brightest Sun (2025).
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