Kōji Yakusho
is a 1997 film directed by Shohei Imamura and starring Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, and Akira Emoto. The film is loosely based on the novel "On Parole" by celebrated author Akira Yoshimura, combined with elements from the director's 1966 film "The Pornographers". It shared the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival with "Taste of Cherry". It also won the 1998 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year.