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 (133)
High and Low
Second Reporter
Woman in the Dunes
Village Elder
Red Beard
Heikichi
The Hidden Fortress
Guard (uncredited)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Furuya
The Bad Sleep Well
Reporter A
Dodes'ka-den
Foodstand owner
Early Spring
Hirayama
Floating Weeds
Kichinosuke
The Lower Depths
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
A Fugitive from the Past
Motojima
The Last Trump Card
Yaichi Saito
The Battle of Okinawa
Old Man
The Inheritance
1962
A Hen in the Wind
Hideo
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
There Was a Father
Graduate
Japan's Longest Day
Old Journalist
A Story of Floating Weeds
Shinkichi
Sumida River
1942
Ejima and Ikushima
岡本五郎右衛門
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Shopkeeper
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Scandal
Cameraman A
Epitaph to My Love
Torikie
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
Mr. Otagaki
Okinu and Banto
1940
Love Letter
1953
Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952
Only She Knows
1960
慶安水滸傳
和尚廓念
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Crazy Uproar
1950
Killers on Parade
1961
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
Street Without End
Guest (at café)
A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957
Weeping Doll
Shige
Ohana han
Mizorogi
Christ in Bronze
Iwakichi
Mother Country
1962
The Body
1962
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
古門前の長次
Tokyo Bay
Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
The Thick-Walled Room
Nishimura
Irohanihoheto
1960
Five Men of Edo
Kodaira
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Jōen no hatoba
1951
Dragnet Girl
Hiroshi
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Gang vs. Gang
1962
A Fool's Love
Seki
Lumberjack and Lady
1935
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
Tokyo is a Fine Place
1957
Fox and Raccoon
Hangoro Iizuka
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Kichitarō
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
Our Miyo-chan
Yagi
Thus Another Day
Man A
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Mr. Kanemaki
刑事部屋
1956
Here Is a Spring
1955
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
Furui
Tange Sazen
1952
Victory Song
Kawanishi
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
Firefly Light
1958
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Sound of Youth
1956
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Great Jailbreak
1975
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
Great X
Yoshioka
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954
Beyond the Rainbow
1972
Fireworks Over the Sea
Moriyama
Aoi kairyū
1961
Jealousy
1949
A Mother Should Be Loved
Kousaku
A Roaring Trade
1962
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
Carmen Comes Home
Oka
No Blood Relation
Guy on bike
Incidental Murders
Genji
Spring Thunder
Kensuke Ide
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
The Genealogy of Women
1934
Hot Corner Murder
Hobara
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Chutaro of Banba
1955
Always in My Heart
1953
Typhoon Furor
1956
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Haha o tataeru uta
1939
I Will Buy You
Tamekichi Kurita
Otoko no Uta
1962
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Banana
1960
Hijō no otoko
1961
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
The Honest Fool
1964
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
Beautiful Tengu
弥之助
Our Planes Fly South
1943
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Hadashi no hanayome
1962
Koi no gashū
Shuzo, Tomie's father
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
A Case of Honor
1957
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Iroha Elegy
1955
元祿美少年記
父長助
Legends of Honor
1963
Young Swordsman
Yabe Senjuro
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
The Boss's Son at College
Kitamura
A Hero of Tokyo
Hideo Nemoto
Hibi no haishin
1958
Salaryman's Medal
1965
How to Make Money
1964
Punch Guy
1966
Happy Times
1933
Field Army Orchestra
Murakami
Before the Wedding
1933
Onna no ryūkō
1950
Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku
1961