Yakusho Koji on 48 Years in Japanese Cinema and How ‘Shall We Dance?’ Brought Him to Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’

Yakusho Koji, a renowned Japanese actor, has been honored with the Golden Mulberry Award for lifetime achievement at the Far East Film Festival. He began his career in period television, breaking through with a role in an NHK taiga drama at the age of 26