- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 6, 1910
- Place of Birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Died
- July 20, 1979
Kōji Mitsui
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.
Filmography
movieGreat Jailbreak
1975
movieBeyond the Rainbow
1972
movieThe Battle of Okinawa
1971
movieDodes'ka-den
1970 · Foodstand owner
movieOur Miyo-chan
1969 · Yagi
movieNanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968 · Mr. Otagaki
movieThe Greatest Challenge of All
1967
movieJapan's Longest Day
1967 · Old Journalist
moviePunch Guy
1966
movieOhana han
1966 · Mizorogi
movieRed Beard
1965 · Heikichi
movieSalaryman's Medal
1965
movieA Fugitive from the Past
1965 · Motojima
movieJapan's No. 1 Braggart
1964 · Furui
movieWoman in the Dunes
1964 · Village Elder
movieHow to Make Money
1964
movieThe Honest Fool
1964
movieLegends of Honor
1963
movieYoung Swordsman
1963 · Yabe Senjuro
movieYoung Guy in Hawaii
1963
movieHigh and Low
1963 · Second Reporter
movieAitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
movieThe Body
1962
movieZoku aizen katsura
1962
movieHadashi no hanayome
1962
movieShin kitsune to tanuki
1962
movieGang vs. Gang
1962
movieTokyo Bay
1962 · Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
movieMother Country
1962
movieOtoko no Uta
1962
movieThe Inheritance
1962
movieDrunkard's Paradise
1962
movieA Roaring Trade
1962
movieWith Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
movie喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
1961
Furimuita hanayome
movieFurimuita hanayome
1961 · Yasunosuke Fukuhara
movieKoi no gashū
1961 · Shuzo, Tomie's father
movieHikkoshi yatsure
1961
movieEpitaph to My Love
1961 · Torikie
movieAoi kairyū
1961
movieKillers on Parade
1961
movieHijō no otoko
1961
movieIncidental Murders
1961 · Genji
movieThe Last Trump Card
1960 · Yaichi Saito
movieThe Bad Sleep Well
1960 · Reporter A
movieIrohanihoheto
1960
movieBanana
1960
movieOnly She Knows
1960
movieHot Corner Murder
1960 · Hobara
movieFloating Weeds
1959 · Kichinosuke
movieTokyo Omnibus
1959
movieThus Another Day
1959 · Man A
movieKoko ni otoko ari
1959
movieFox and Raccoon
1959 · Hangoro Iizuka
movieKiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959 · Shopkeeper
movieLucky Dragon No. 5
1959
movieThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Furuya
movieThe Hidden Fortress
1958 · Guard (uncredited)
movieMaria of the Ant Village
1958
movieTabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
movieModan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
moviePolice Precinct Part 8
1958
Botchan
movieBotchan
1958 · Nodaiko
movieFirefly Light
1958
movieMonthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
movieA Bridge for Two Alone
1958
movieHibi no haishin
1958
movieThe Unbalanced Wheel
1957
movieThe Lower Depths
1957 · Yoshisaburo the Gambler
movieTimes of Joy and Sorrow
1957 · Mr. Kanemaki
movieA Tale of Dung and Urine
1957
movieThe Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
movieA Case of Honor
1957
movieTyphoon Furor
1956
movieI Will Buy You
1956 · Tamekichi Kurita
movieThe Thick-Walled Room
1956
movieThe Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
movieSeishun no oto
1956
movie刑事部屋
1956
movieEarly Spring
1956 · Hirayama
movie元祿美少年記
1955 · 父長助
movieIroha Elegy
1955
movieEjima and Ikushima
1955 · 岡本五郎右衛門
movieChrist in Bronze
1955 · Iwakichi
The Vassal's Neck
movieThe Vassal's Neck
1955
movieChutaro of Banba
1955
movieHere Is a Spring
1955
movieBored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954
movieSurprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
movieBeautiful Tengu
1954 · 弥之助
movieYouth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
movie慶安水滸傳
1954 · 和尚廓念
movieLove Letter
1953
movieAlways in My Heart Part 2
1953
movieKurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953 · 古門前の長次
movieAlways in My Heart
1953
movieTange Sazen
1952
movieOur Chief, Our Doctor
1952
movieFive Men of Edo
1951 · Kodaira
movieFireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Moriyama
movieWeeping Doll
1951 · Shige
movieCarmen Comes Home
1951 · Oka
movieThe Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951 · Kichitarō
movieCrazy Uproar
1950
movieScandal
1950 · Cameraman A
movieOnna no ryūkō
1950
movieA Fool's Love
1949 · Seki
movieIshimatsu of the Forest
1949
movieJealousy
1949
movieThe Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
movieA Hen in the Wind
1948 · Hideo
movieGreat X
1948 · Yoshioka
Iki na fûraibô
movieIki na fûraibô
1946 · Gentarô
movieVictory Song
1945 · Kawanishi
movieField Army Orchestra
1944 · Murakami
movieOur Planes Fly South
1943
movieSumida River
1942
movieThe Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
movieThere Was a Father
1942 · Graduate
movieOkinu and Banto
1940
movieHaha o tataeru uta
1939
movieSpring Thunder
1939 · Kensuke Ide
Children of the Sun
movieChildren of the Sun
1938
movieA Hero of Tokyo
1935 · Hideo Nemoto
movieLumberjack and Lady
1935
movieA Story of Floating Weeds
1934 · Shinkichi
movieA Mother Should Be Loved
1934 · Kousaku
movieStreet Without End
1934 · Guest (at café)
movieThe Genealogy of Women
1934
movieThe Boss's Son at College
1933 · Kitamura
movieHappy Times
1933
movieThe Layabout and Seabathing
1933
movieBefore the Wedding
1933
movieDragnet Girl
1933 · Hiroshi
movieNo Blood Relation
1932 · Guy on bike
movieThe Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
The Father and His Son
movieThe Father and His Son
1929