Kōji Mitsui
Known for Acting · 136 credits
- Born
- 1910-03-06
- Died
- 1979-07-20
- Place of birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as
- 三井秀男 · Кодзи Мицуи
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
Movies (136)
High and Low
1963
as Second Reporter
Red Beard
1965
as Heikichi
Woman in the Dunes
1964
as Village Elder
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Furuya
The Hidden Fortress
1958
as Guard (uncredited)
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Reporter A
Scandal
1950
as Cameraman A
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Old Journalist
The Lower Depths
1957
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Floating Weeds
1959
as Kichinosuke
Dodes'ka-den
1970
as Foodstand owner
Early Spring
1956
as Hirayama
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
as Motojima
There Was a Father
1942
as Graduate
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
as Shinkichi
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
as 岡本五郎右衛門
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
Always in My Heart
1953
Love Letter
1953
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
Chutaro of Banba
1955
Dragnet Girl
1933
as Hiroshi
Great X
1948
as Yoshioka
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
Five Men of Edo
1951
as Kodaira
The Inheritance
1962
I Will Buy You
1956
as Tamekichi Kurita
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
as Shopkeeper
Thus Another Day
1959
as Man A
Only She Knows
1960
Epitaph to My Love
1961
as Torikie
Street Without End
1934
as Guest (at café)
Crazy Uproar
1950
Carmen Comes Home
1951
as Oka
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
as Kousaku
The Body
1962
A Hen in the Wind
1948
as Hideo
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Moriyama
Killers on Parade
1961
No Blood Relation
1932
as Guy on bike
Great Jailbreak
1975
Firefly Light
1958
Tokyo Bay
1962
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
Okinu and Banto
1940
Sumida River
1942
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Weeping Doll
1951
as Shige
Ohana han
1966
as Mizorogi
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
1964
as Furui
Hot Corner Murder
1960
as Hobara
Here Is a Spring
1955
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
Otoko no Uta
1962
Mother Country
1962
Victory Song
1945
as Kawanishi
Furimuita hanayome
1961
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Children of the Sun
1938
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
A Fool's Love
1949
as Seki
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
as Kichitarō
Beyond the Rainbow
1972
Beautiful Tengu
1954
as 弥之助
Christ in Bronze
1955
as Iwakichi
Hijō no otoko
1961
Irohanihoheto
1960
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
刑事部屋
1956
A Case of Honor
1957
Tange Sazen
1952
元祿美少年記
1955
as 父長助
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Salaryman's Medal
1965
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
The Honest Fool
1964
How to Make Money
1964
Legends of Honor
1963
Our Planes Fly South
1943
Hibi no haishin
1958
A Roaring Trade
1962
Our Miyo-chan
1969
as Yagi
The Last Trump Card
1960
as Yaichi Saito
Gang vs. Gang
1962
Onna no ryūkō
1950
Young Swordsman
1963
as Yabe Senjuro
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
Fox and Raccoon
1959
as Hangoro Iizuka
Iki na fûraibô
1946
as Gentarô
The Boss's Son at College
1933
as Kitamura
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
as Mr. Kanemaki
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968
as Mr. Otagaki
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
慶安水滸傳
1954
as 和尚廓念
Happy Times
1933
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
as 古門前の長次
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954
Iroha Elegy
1955
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Hadashi no hanayome
1962
Spring Thunder
1939
as Kensuke Ide
The Vassal's Neck
1955
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
A Hero of Tokyo
1935
as Hideo Nemoto
Koi no gashū
1961
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Botchan
1958
as Nodaiko
About 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 suppo… With 136 credits spanning from 1929 to 1975, Kōji Mitsui has appeared in 136 films and 0 TV shows.
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- High and Low (1963) — as Second Reporter
- Red Beard (1965) — as Heikichi
- Woman in the Dunes (1964) — as Village Elder
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — as Furuya
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) — as Guard (uncredited)
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