Kōji Mitsui
Acting
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
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movieDodes'ka-den
1970
Foodstand owner
movieNanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968
Mr. Otagaki
movieJapan's Longest Day
1967
Old Journalist
movieOhana han
1966
Mizorogi
movieRed Beard
1965
Heikichi
movieWoman in the Dunes
1964
Village Elder
movieYoung Swordsman
1963
Yabe Senjuro
movieHigh and Low
1963
Second Reporter
movieTokyo Bay
1962
Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
Furimuita hanayome
1961
Yasunosuke Fukuhara
movieKoi no gashū
1961
Shuzo, Tomie's father
movieEpitaph to My Love
1961
Torikie
movieThe Last Trump Card
1960
Yaichi Saito
movieThe Bad Sleep Well
1960
Reporter A
movieFloating Weeds
1959
Kichinosuke
movieFox and Raccoon
1959
Hangoro Iizuka
movieThe Hidden Fortress
1958
Guard (uncredited)
Botchan
1958
Nodaiko
movieThe Lower Depths
1957
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
movieTimes of Joy and Sorrow
1957
Mr. Kanemaki
movieI Will Buy You
1956
Tamekichi Kurita
movieEarly Spring
1956
Hirayama
movieEjima and Ikushima
1955
岡本五郎右衛門
movieChrist in Bronze
1955
Iwakichi
movie慶安水滸傳
1954
和尚廓念
movieFive Men of Edo
1951
Kodaira
movieFireworks Over the Sea
1951
Moriyama
movieThe Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
Kichitarō
movieScandal
1950
Cameraman A
movieGreat X
1948
Yoshioka
movieVictory Song
1945
Kawanishi
movieField Army Orchestra
1944
Murakami
movieThere Was a Father
1942
Graduate
movieSpring Thunder
1939
Kensuke Ide
movieA Hero of Tokyo
1935
Hideo Nemoto
movieA Story of Floating Weeds
1934
Shinkichi
movieStreet Without End
1934
Guest (at café)
movieDragnet Girl
1933
Hiroshi
movieNo Blood Relation
1932
Guy on bike
