Kōji Mitsui
Acting
1910-03-06 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Filmography
Great Jailbreak
1975 · Movie
Beyond the Rainbow
1972 · Movie
The Battle of Okinawa
1971 · Movie
Dodes'ka-den
1970 · Movie
Our Miyo-chan
1969 · Movie
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968 · Movie
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967 · Movie
Japan's Longest Day
1967 · Movie
Punch Guy
1966 · Movie
Ohana han
1966 · Movie
Red Beard
1965 · Movie
Salaryman's Medal
1965 · Movie
A Fugitive from the Past
1965 · Movie
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
1964 · Movie
I Am a Medical Examiner
1964 · Movie
Woman in the Dunes
1964 · Movie
How to Make Money
1964 · Movie
The Honest Fool
1964 · Movie
Legends of Honor
1963 · Movie
Young Swordsman
1963 · Movie
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963 · Movie
High and Low
1963 · Movie
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962 · Movie
The Body
1962 · Movie
Zoku aizen katsura
1962 · Movie
Hadashi no hanayome
1962 · Movie
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962 · Movie
Gang vs. Gang
1962 · Movie
Tokyo Bay
1962 · Movie
Mother Country
1962 · Movie
Otoko no Uta
1962 · Movie
The Inheritance
1962 · Movie
Drunkard's Paradise
1962 · Movie
A Roaring Trade
1962 · Movie
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961 · Movie
Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku
1961 · Movie
Furimuita hanayome
1961 · Movie
Koi no gashū
1961 · Movie
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961 · Movie
Epitaph to My Love
1961 · Movie
Aoi kairyū
1961 · Movie
Killers on Parade
1961 · Movie
Hijō no otoko
1961 · Movie
Incidental Murders
1961 · Movie
The Last Trump Card
1960 · Movie
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 · Movie
Irohanihoheto
1960 · Movie
Banana
1960 · Movie
Only She Knows
1960 · Movie
Hot Corner Murder
1960 · Movie
Floating Weeds
1959 · Movie
Tokyo Omnibus
1959 · Movie
Thus Another Day
1959 · Movie
Koko ni otoko ari
1959 · Movie
Fox and Raccoon
1959 · Movie
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959 · Movie
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959 · Movie
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Movie
The Hidden Fortress
1958 · Movie
Maria of the Ant Village
1958 · Movie
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958 · Movie
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958 · Movie
Police Precinct Part 8
1958 · Movie
Botchan
1958 · Movie
Firefly Light
1958 · Movie
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958 · Movie
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958 · Movie
Hibi no haishin
1958 · Movie
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957 · Movie
The Lower Depths
1957 · Movie
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957 · Movie
A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957 · Movie
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957 · Movie
A Case of Honor
1957 · Movie
Tokyo is a Fine Place
1957 · Movie
Typhoon Furor
1956 · Movie
I Will Buy You
1956 · Movie
The Thick-Walled Room
1956 · Movie
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956 · Movie
Sound of Youth
1956 · Movie
刑事部屋
1956 · Movie
Early Spring
1956 · Movie
元祿美少年記
1955 · Movie
Iroha Elegy
1955 · Movie
Ejima and Ikushima
1955 · Movie
Christ in Bronze
1955 · Movie
The Vassal's Neck
1955 · Movie
Chutaro of Banba
1955 · Movie
Here Is a Spring
1955 · Movie
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954 · Movie
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954 · Movie
Beautiful Tengu
1954 · Movie
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954 · Movie
慶安水滸傳
1954 · Movie
Love Letter
1953 · Movie
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953 · Movie
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953 · Movie
Always in My Heart
1953 · Movie
Tange Sazen
1952 · Movie
Avalanche
1952 · Movie
Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952 · Movie
Five Men of Edo
1951 · Movie
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Movie
Jōen no hatoba
1951 · Movie
Weeping Doll
1951 · Movie
Carmen Comes Home
1951 · Movie
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951 · Movie
The Actress and the Detective
1950 · Movie
Crazy Uproar
1950 · Movie
Scandal
1950 · Movie
Onna no ryūkō
1950 · Movie
A Fool's Love
1949 · Movie
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949 · Movie
Jealousy
1949 · Movie
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948 · Movie
A Hen in the Wind
1948 · Movie
Great X
1948 · Movie
Iki na fûraibô
1946 · Movie
Victory Song
1945 · Movie
Field Army Orchestra
1944 · Movie
Our Planes Fly South
1943 · Movie
Sumida River
1942 · Movie
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942 · Movie
There Was a Father
1942 · Movie
Okinu and Banto
1940 · Movie
Haha o tataeru uta
1939 · Movie
Spring Thunder
1939 · Movie
Children of the Sun
1938 · Movie
A Hero of Tokyo
1935 · Movie
Lumberjack and Lady
1935 · Movie
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934 · Movie
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934 · Movie
Street Without End
1934 · Movie
The Genealogy of Women
1934 · Movie
The Boss's Son at College
1933 · Movie
Happy Times
1933 · Movie
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933 · Movie
Before the Wedding
1933 · Movie
Dragnet Girl
1933 · Movie
No Blood Relation
1932 · Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932 · Movie
The Father and His Son
1929 · Movie