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Actor · Producer · 1956–

Kōji Yakusho

Kōji Yakusho is a Japanese actor. Born on 1 January 1956, this profile follows Kōji Yakusho through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Babel — Tokyo (2006) and Perfect Days (2023). The location trail reaches Kabukichō, Jōgan-ji Temple and JR東日本四季劇場［春］［秋］, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

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Kōji Yakusho
Yakusho Koji "The World of Harada Masato" at Opening Ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (22403788836) (cropped).jpg — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0

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CHAPTER 02

Babel — Tokyo · Kabukichō

Kōji Yakusho is credited as cast member on Babel — Tokyo. The work’s existing location story leads to Kabukichō. Kabukichō is included for city orientation. The available citation supports Babel — Tokyo’s broader Tokyo connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.

Babel — Tokyo — credits ↗︎Editorial source — Babel — Tokyo ↗︎

THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY

A life on the map.

Explore 9 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.

IN THE STORY

Explore a shared connection.

Browse all people →

WORKS

Culture, connected.

Follow the work through its real places.

KEEP EXPLORING

Cities and Worlds.

CITY

Tokyo ↗︎

Hotel windows, crossings, record districts and late-night counters. Discover Tokyo through rhythm rather than postcard shorthand.

WORLD · Movies

Perfect Days ↗︎

Follow Perfect Days through 4 real places in Tokyo. Hirayama’s repeated route finds variation, dignity and light in exact Taitō locations documented by the city film commission.

WORLD · Movies

Babel — Tokyo ↗︎

Clubs, towers and dense crossings frame a story about communication that is most powerful when the city becomes nearly silent.

PEOPLE IN THE STORY

Creative connections.

Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.

Director · Writer/Creator · Producer

Alejandro González Iñárritu ↗︎

Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican film director. Born on 15 August 1963, this profile follows Alejandro González Iñárritu through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Babel — Tokyo (2006). The location trail reaches Kabukichō, Jōgan-ji Temple and JR東日本四季劇場［春］［秋］, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Gael García Bernal ↗︎

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor and producer. Born on 30 November 1978, this profile follows Gael García Bernal through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Babel — Tokyo (2006). The location trail reaches Kabukichō, Jōgan-ji Temple and JR東日本四季劇場［春］［秋］, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Director · Writer/Creator · Producer

Wim Wenders ↗︎

Wim Wenders is a German filmmaker. Born on 14 August 1945, this profile follows Wim Wenders through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Wings of Desire (1987) and Perfect Days (2023). The location trail reaches Berlin Victory Column, Potsdamer Platz and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, with existing stories in Berlin and Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Elle Fanning ↗︎

Elle Fanning is an American actress. Born on 9 April 1998, this profile follows Elle Fanning through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Babel — Tokyo (2006) and Somewhere (2010). The location trail reaches Kabukichō, Jōgan-ji Temple and JR東日本四季劇場［春］［秋］, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Clifton Collins ↗︎

Clifton Collins is an American actor. Born on 16 June 1970, this profile follows Clifton Collins through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Babel — Tokyo (2006), Westworld (2016) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). The location trail reaches Kabukichō, Jōgan-ji Temple and JR東日本四季劇場［春］［秋］, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Adriana Barraza ↗︎

Adriana Barraza is a Mexican actress, acting coach, director. Born on 5 March 1956, this profile follows Adriana Barraza through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Babel — Tokyo (2006). The location trail reaches Kabukichō, Jōgan-ji Temple and JR東日本四季劇場［春］［秋］, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

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