Person
Kōji Mitsui
Acting · 1910–1979 · 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
High and Low
Second Reporter
Red Beard
Heikichi
The Hidden Fortress
Guard (uncredited)
Woman in the Dunes
Village Elder
Jealousy
1949
Dodes'ka-den
Foodstand owner
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Furuya
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
The Bad Sleep Well
Reporter A
Floating Weeds
Kichinosuke
Filmography
- 1975Great Jailbreak
- 1972Beyond the Rainbow
- 1971The Battle of Okinawa
- 1970Dodes'ka-denFoodstand owner
- 1969Our Miyo-chanYagi
- 1968Nanami: The Inferno of First LoveMr. Otagaki
- 1967The Greatest Challenge of All
- 1967Japan's Longest DayOld Journalist
- 1966Punch Guy
- 1966Ohana hanMizorogi
- 1965Red BeardHeikichi
- 1965Salaryman's Medal
- 1965A Fugitive from the PastMotojima
- 1964Japan's No. 1 BraggartFurui
- 1964Woman in the DunesVillage Elder
- 1964How to Make Money
- 1964The Honest Fool
- 1963Legends of Honor
- 1963Young SwordsmanYabe Senjuro
- 1963Young Guy in Hawaii
- 1963High and LowSecond Reporter
- 1962Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
- 1962The Body
- 1962Zoku aizen katsura
- 1962Hadashi no hanayome
- 1962Shin kitsune to tanuki
- 1962Gang vs. Gang
- 1962Tokyo BayNarcotics Control Agent Hayashi
- 1962Mother Country
- 1962Otoko no Uta
- 1962The Inheritance
- 1962Drunkard's Paradise
- 1962A Roaring Trade
- 1961With Wife, Children, and Friends
- 1961喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
- 1961Furimuita hanayomeYasunosuke Fukuhara
- 1961Koi no gashūShuzo, Tomie's father
- 1961Hikkoshi yatsure
- 1961Epitaph to My LoveTorikie
- 1961Aoi kairyū
- 1961Killers on Parade
- 1961Hijō no otoko
- 1961Incidental MurdersGenji
- 1960The Last Trump CardYaichi Saito
- 1960The Bad Sleep WellReporter A
- 1960Irohanihoheto
- 1960Banana
- 1960Only She Knows
- 1960Hot Corner MurderHobara
- 1959Floating WeedsKichinosuke
- 1959Tokyo Omnibus
- 1959Thus Another DayMan A
- 1959Koko ni otoko ari
- 1959Fox and RaccoonHangoro Iizuka
- 1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in JapanShopkeeper
- 1959Lucky Dragon No. 5
- 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveFuruya
- 1958The Hidden FortressGuard (uncredited)
- 1958Maria of the Ant Village
- 1958Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
- 1958Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
- 1958Police Precinct Part 8
- 1958BotchanNodaiko
- 1958Firefly Light
- 1958Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
- 1958A Bridge for Two Alone
- 1958Hibi no haishin
- 1957The Unbalanced Wheel
- 1957The Lower DepthsYoshisaburo the Gambler
- 1957Times of Joy and SorrowMr. Kanemaki
- 1957A Tale of Dung and Urine
- 1957The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
- 1957A Case of Honor
- 1956Typhoon Furor
- 1956I Will Buy YouTamekichi Kurita
- 1956The Thick-Walled Room
- 1956The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
- 1956Seishun no oto
- 1956刑事部屋
- 1956Early SpringHirayama
- 1955元祿美少年記父長助
- 1955Iroha Elegy
- 1955Ejima and Ikushima岡本五郎右衛門
- 1955Christ in BronzeIwakichi
- 1955The Vassal's Neck
- 1955Chutaro of Banba
- 1955Here Is a Spring
- 1954Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
- 1954Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
- 1954Beautiful Tengu弥之助
- 1954Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
- 1954慶安水滸傳和尚廓念
- 1953Love Letter
- 1953Always in My Heart Part 2
- 1953Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha古門前の長次
- 1953Always in My Heart
- 1952Tange Sazen
- 1952Our Chief, Our Doctor
- 1951Five Men of EdoKodaira
- 1951Fireworks Over the SeaMoriyama
- 1951Weeping DollShige
- 1951Carmen Comes HomeOka
- 1951The Inner Palace ConspiracyKichitarō
- 1950Crazy Uproar
- 1950ScandalCameraman A
- 1950Onna no ryūkō
- 1949A Fool's LoveSeki
- 1949Ishimatsu of the Forest
- 1949Jealousy
- 1948The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
- 1948A Hen in the WindHideo
- 1948Great XYoshioka
- 1946Iki na fûraibôGentarô
- 1945Victory SongKawanishi
- 1944Field Army OrchestraMurakami
- 1943Our Planes Fly South
- 1942Sumida River
- 1942The Spy Has Not Died Yet
- 1942There Was a FatherGraduate
- 1940Okinu and Banto
- 1939Haha o tataeru uta
- 1939Spring ThunderKensuke Ide
- 1938Children of the Sun
- 1935A Hero of TokyoHideo Nemoto
- 1935Lumberjack and Lady
- 1934A Story of Floating WeedsShinkichi
- 1934A Mother Should Be LovedKousaku
- 1934Street Without EndGuest (at café)
- 1934The Genealogy of Women
- 1933The Boss's Son at CollegeKitamura
- 1933Happy Times
- 1933The Layabout and Seabathing
- 1933Before the Wedding
- 1933Dragnet GirlHiroshi
- 1932No Blood RelationGuy on bike
- 1932The Loyal 47 Ronin
- 1929The Father and His Son
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