Kōji Mitsui
- Acting
- March 6, 1910 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- July 20, 1979
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
Filmography
- Great Jailbreak
- Beyond the Rainbow
- The Battle of Okinawa · Old Man
- Dodes'ka-den · Foodstand owner
- Our Miyo-chan · Yagi
- Nanami: The Inferno of First Love · Mr. Otagaki
- The Greatest Challenge of All
- Japan's Longest Day · Old Journalist
- Punch Guy
- Ohana han · Mizorogi
- Red Beard · Heikichi
- Salaryman's Medal
- A Fugitive from the Past · Motojima
- Japan's No. 1 Braggart · Furui
- I Am a Medical Examiner
- Woman in the Dunes · Village Elder
- How to Make Money
- The Honest Fool
- Legends of Honor
- Young Swordsman · Yabe Senjuro
- Young Guy in Hawaii
- High and Low · Second Reporter
- Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
- The Body
- Zoku aizen katsura
- Hadashi no hanayome
- Shin kitsune to tanuki
- Gang vs. Gang
- Tokyo Bay · Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
- Mother Country
- Otoko no Uta
- The Inheritance
- Drunkard's Paradise
- A Roaring Trade
- With Wife, Children, and Friends
- Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku
- Furimuita hanayome · Yasunosuke Fukuhara
- Koi no gashū · Shuzo, Tomie's father
- Hikkoshi yatsure
- Epitaph to My Love · Torikie
- Aoi kairyū
- Killers on Parade
- Hijō no otoko
- Incidental Murders · Genji
- The Last Trump Card · Yaichi Saito
- The Bad Sleep Well · Reporter A
- Irohanihoheto
- Banana
- Only She Knows
- Hot Corner Murder · Hobara
- Floating Weeds · Kichinosuke
- Tokyo Omnibus
- Thus Another Day · Man A
- Koko ni otoko ari
- Fox and Raccoon · Hangoro Iizuka
- Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan · Shopkeeper
- Lucky Dragon No. 5
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love · Furuya
- The Hidden Fortress · Guard (uncredited)
- Maria of the Ant Village
- Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
- Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
- Police Precinct Part 8
- Botchan · Nodaiko
- Firefly Light
- Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
- A Bridge for Two Alone
- Hibi no haishin
- The Unbalanced Wheel
- The Lower Depths · Yoshisaburo the Gambler
- Times of Joy and Sorrow · Mr. Kanemaki
- A Tale of Dung and Urine
- The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
- A Case of Honor
- Tokyo is a Fine Place
- Typhoon Furor
- I Will Buy You · Tamekichi Kurita
- The Thick-Walled Room · Nishimura
- Horeruna Yanpachi
- The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations