Kōji Mitsui
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-03-06
Day of Death
1979-07-20 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Kōji Mitsui
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
Acting
(1975)
(1972)
(1971)
(1970)
Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
(1969)
Our Miyo-chan
as Yagi
(1968)
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
as Mr. Otagaki
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
(1967)
(1966)
Ohana han
as Mizorogi
(1965)
Red Beard
as Heikichi
(1965)
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
(1965)
(1964)
Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
as Furui
(1963)
High and Low
as Second Reporter
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Young Swordsman
as Yabe Senjuro
(1962)
Tokyo Bay
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Koi no gashū
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
(1961)
Incidental Murders
as Genji
(1961)
(1961)
Epitaph to My Love
as Torikie
(1961)
Furimuita hanayome
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
(1960)
The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
(1960)
(1960)
Hot Corner Murder
as Hobara
(1960)
(1959)
(1959)
Thus Another Day
as Man A
(1959)
Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Shopkeeper
(1959)
(1959)
Fox and Raccoon
as Hangoro Iizuka
(1958)
The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Botchan
as Nodaiko
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
(1957)
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Mr. Kanemaki
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
Early Spring
as Hirayama
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
I Will Buy You
as Tamekichi Kurita
(1956)
(1955)
元祿美少年記
as 父長助
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Christ in Bronze
as Iwakichi
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Ejima and Ikushima
as 岡本五郎右衛門
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
Beautiful Tengu
as 弥之助
(1954)
(1954)
慶安水滸傳
as 和尚廓念
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 古門前の長次
(1952)
(1952)
(1951)
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Moriyama
(1951)
Carmen Comes Home
as Oka
(1951)
Five Men of Edo
as Kodaira
(1951)
Weeping Doll
as Shige
(1951)
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Kichitarō
(1950)
Scandal
as Cameraman A
(1950)
(1950)
(1949)
(1949)
A Fool's Love
as Seki
(1948)
Great X
as Yoshioka
(1948)
A Hen in the Wind
as Hideo
(1948)
(1946)
Iki na fûraibô
as Gentarô
(1945)
Victory Song
as Kawanishi
(1944)
Yasen gungakutai
as Murakami
(1943)
(1942)
(1942)
(1942)
There Was a Father
as Graduate
(1940)
(1939)
Spring Thunder
as Kensuke Ide
(1939)
(1938)
(1935)
(1935)
A Hero of Tokyo
as Hideo Nemoto
(1934)
(1934)
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
(1934)
Street Without End
as Guest (at café)
(1934)
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Kousaku
(1933)
The Boss's Son at College
as Kitamura
(1933)
(1933)
(1933)
Dragnet Girl
as Hiroshi
(1932)
No Blood Relation
as Guy on bike
(1929)