Kōji Mitsui
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 6, 1910
- Died
- July 20, 1979 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
Mitsui Koji ( March 6, 1910 - April 20, 1979 ) was a Japanese actor. His real name was Mitsui Hikohide. After the war, he played an active role as a supporting actor in films directed by Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu . His former stage name was Mitsui Hideo. Changed his stage name to Mitsui Koji in Ozu's Hen in the Wind (1948) . His role as the playboy Kisaburo in Kurosawa Akira 's The Lower Depths (1957) won him the Best Supporting Actor award at the 12th Mainichi Film Awards and the 8th Blue Ribbon Awards, solidifying his status as a supporting actor. After going freelance in 1960, he worked not only in films but also in television dramas and on stage, but after undergoing surgery for a stomach ulcer in 1971, his health deteriorated and he scaled back his acting career. He died of heart failure on April 20, 1979 at a hospital in Kamakura. He was 69 years old.
Known For
Filmography
Great Jailbreak
Movie
Beyond the Rainbow
Movie
The Battle of Okinawa
Movie · as Old Man
Dodes'ka-den
Movie · as Foodstand owner
Our Miyo-chan
Movie · as Yagi
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
Movie · as Mr. Otagaki
The Greatest Challenge of All
Movie
Japan's Longest Day
Movie · as Old Journalist
Ohana han
Movie · as Mizorogi
Punch Guy
Movie
A Fugitive from the Past
Movie · as Motojima
Red Beard
Movie · as Heikichi
Salaryman's Medal
Movie
Woman in the Dunes
Movie · as Village Elder
How to Make Money
Movie
The Honest Fool
Movie
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
Movie · as Furui
I Am a Medical Examiner
Movie
High and Low
Movie · as Second Reporter
Young Swordsman
Movie · as Yabe Senjuro
Legends of Honor
Movie
Young Guy in Hawaii
Movie
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Movie
Otoko no Uta
Movie
Zoku aizen katsura
Movie
The Body
Movie
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Movie
A Roaring Trade
Movie
The Inheritance
Movie
Gang vs. Gang
Movie
Tokyo Bay
Movie · as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
Drunkard's Paradise
Movie
Hadashi no hanayome
Movie
Mother Country
Movie
Hikkoshi yatsure
Movie
Epitaph to My Love
Movie · as Torikie
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Movie
Furimuita hanayome
Movie · as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
Killers on Parade
Movie
Incidental Murders
Movie · as Genji
Hijō no otoko
Movie
Koi no gashū
Movie · as Shuzo, Tomie's father
Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku
Movie
Aoi kairyū
Movie
The Bad Sleep Well
Movie · as Reporter A
Irohanihoheto
Movie
Hot Corner Murder
Movie · as Hobara
Only She Knows
Movie
Banana
Movie
The Last Trump Card
Movie · as Yaichi Saito
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie · as Furuya
Floating Weeds
Movie · as Kichinosuke
Koko ni otoko ari
Movie
Thus Another Day
Movie · as Man A
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Movie · as Shopkeeper
Tokyo Omnibus
Movie
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Movie
Fox and Raccoon
Movie · as Hangoro Iizuka
The Hidden Fortress
Movie · as Guard (uncredited)
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Movie
Botchan
Movie · as Nodaiko
Firefly Light
Movie
Maria of the Ant Village
Movie
A Bridge for Two Alone
Movie
Police Precinct Part 8
Movie
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Movie
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Movie
Hibi no haishin
Movie
The Lower Depths
Movie · as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Movie
The Unbalanced Wheel
Movie
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Movie · as Mr. Kanemaki
A Case of Honor
Movie
A Tale of Dung and Urine
Movie
Tokyo is a Fine Place
Movie
I Will Buy You
Movie · as Tamekichi Kurita
The Thick-Walled Room
Movie · as Nishimura
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
Movie
Early Spring
Movie · as Hirayama
Typhoon Furor
Movie
Headquarters of Crime Detection
Movie
Sound of Youth
Movie
Horeruna Yanpachi
Movie
Ejima and Ikushima
Movie · as 岡本五郎右衛門
元祿美少年記
Movie · as 父長助
Here Is a Spring
Movie
Chutaro of Banba
Movie
The Vassal's Neck
Movie
Christ in Bronze
Movie · as Iwakichi
Iroha Elegy
Movie
慶安水滸傳
Movie · as 和尚廓念
Beautiful Tengu
Movie · as 弥之助
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
Movie
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
Movie
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Movie
Umon Detective Story: Rare Change
Movie
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
Movie · as 古門前の長次
Love Letter
Movie
Always in My Heart
Movie
Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie
Tange Sazen
Movie
Our Chief, Our Doctor
Movie
Avalanche
Movie
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Movie · as Kichitarō
Carmen Comes Home
Movie · as Oka
Five Men of Edo
Movie · as Kodaira
Weeping Doll
Movie · as Shige
Fireworks Over the Sea
Movie · as Moriyama
Jōen no hatoba
Movie
Scandal
Movie · as Cameraman A
Crazy Uproar
Movie
Onna no ryūkō
Movie
The Actress and the Detective
Movie
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Movie
A Fool's Love
Movie · as Seki
Jealousy
Movie
A Hen in the Wind
Movie · as Hideo
Great X
Movie · as Yoshioka
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
Movie
Iki na fûraibô
Movie · as Gentarô
Victory Song
Movie · as Kawanishi
Field Army Orchestra
Movie · as Murakami
Our Planes Fly South
Movie
Sumida River
Movie
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
Movie
There Was a Father
Movie · as Graduate
Okinu and Banto
Movie
Haha o tataeru uta
Movie
Spring Thunder
Movie · as Kensuke Ide
Children of the Sun
Movie
A Hero of Tokyo
Movie · as Hideo Nemoto
Lumberjack and Lady
Movie
A Story of Floating Weeds
Movie · as Shinkichi
A Mother Should Be Loved
Movie · as Kousaku
Street Without End
Movie · as Guest (at café)
The Genealogy of Women
Movie
Dragnet Girl
Movie · as Hiroshi
The Boss's Son at College
Movie · as Kitamura
Happy Times
Movie
The Layabout and Seabathing
Movie
Before the Wedding
Movie
No Blood Relation
Movie · as Guy on bike
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie
The Father and His Son
Movie