Kōji Mitsui
Acting
Born: March 6, 1910 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died: July 20, 1979 (aged 69)
Highest Rated
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
High and Low
1963
The Hidden Fortress
1958
Woman in the Dunes
1964
Red Beard
1965
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Floating Weeds
1959
Dodes'ka-den
1970
The Lower Depths
1957
Scandal
1950
Early Spring
1956
There Was a Father
1942
Photos (1)
Movies (134)
High and Low
Second Reporter
Red Beard
Heikichi
Woman in the Dunes
Village Elder
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Furuya
The Hidden Fortress
Guard (uncredited)
The Bad Sleep Well
Reporter A
Dodes'ka-den
Foodstand owner
A Hen in the Wind
Hideo
Floating Weeds
Kichinosuke
The Thick-Walled Room
Nishimura
A Story of Floating Weeds
Shinkichi
Early Spring
Hirayama
Dragnet Girl
Hiroshi
Great Jailbreak
1975
Scandal
Cameraman A
A Fugitive from the Past
Motojima
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
The Battle of Okinawa
Old Man
Tokyo Bay
Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
Horeruna Yanpachi
1956
Love Letter
1953
The Lower Depths
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Firefly Light
1958
Japan's Longest Day
Old Journalist
There Was a Father
Graduate
Carmen Comes Home
Oka
Here Is a Spring
1955
The Inheritance
1962
Spring Thunder
Kensuke Ide
Ohana han
Mizorogi
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
Mr. Otagaki
Street Without End
Guest (at café)
Fireworks Over the Sea
Moriyama
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
Furui
A Mother Should Be Loved
Kousaku
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Mr. Kanemaki
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Young Swordsman
Yabe Senjuro
Always in My Heart
1953
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
Victory Song
Kawanishi
A Roaring Trade
1962
A Fool's Love
Seki
I Will Buy You
Tamekichi Kurita
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Kichitarō
Tokyo is a Fine Place
1957
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
Hadashi no hanayome
1962
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
Christ in Bronze
Iwakichi
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
Killers on Parade
1961
Before the Wedding
1933
Beautiful Tengu
弥之助
Great X
Yoshioka
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Shopkeeper
Irohanihoheto
1960
Koi no gashū
Shuzo, Tomie's father
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
1954
Typhoon Furor
1956
Hibi no haishin
1958
The Last Trump Card
Yaichi Saito
Beyond the Rainbow
1972
Incidental Murders
Genji
慶安水滸傳
和尚廓念
A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957
Hijō no otoko
1961
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
Legends of Honor
1963
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
The Honest Fool
1964
Hot Corner Murder
Hobara
Chutaro of Banba
1955
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
No Blood Relation
Guy on bike
Gang vs. Gang
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Our Planes Fly South
1943
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
The Genealogy of Women
1934
The Boss's Son at College
Kitamura
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Fox and Raccoon
Hangoro Iizuka
A Case of Honor
1957
Epitaph to My Love
Torikie
Jōen no hatoba
1951
Our Miyo-chan
Yagi
Thus Another Day
Man A
Salaryman's Medal
1965
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
Haha o tataeru uta
1939
Headquarters of Crime Detection
1956
Tange Sazen
1952
Field Army Orchestra
Murakami
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
元祿美少年記
父長助
Five Men of Edo
Kodaira
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
古門前の長次
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Punch Guy
1966
The Body
1962
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954
Mother Country
1962
Ejima and Ikushima
岡本五郎右衛門
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
Jealousy
1949
How to Make Money
1964
Aoi kairyū
1961
Weeping Doll
Shige
A Hero of Tokyo
Hideo Nemoto
Lumberjack and Lady
1935
Banana
1960
Only She Knows
1960
Happy Times
1933
Sound of Youth
1956
Okinu and Banto
1940
Crazy Uproar
1950
Otoko no Uta
1962
Iroha Elegy
1955
Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952
Sumida River
1942
Onna no ryūkō
1950
Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku
1961