Kōji Mitsui

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

Red Beard

The Hidden Fortress

Woman in the Dunes

The Bad Sleep Well

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Dodes'ka-den

The Lower Depths

All Movies (137)

• Great Jailbreak1975
• Beyond the Rainbow1972
• The Battle of Okinawa1971
• Dodes'ka-den1970 · as Foodstand owner
• Our Miyo-chan1969 · as Yagi
• Nanami: The Inferno of First Love1968 · as Mr. Otagaki
• The Greatest Challenge of All1967
• Japan's Longest Day1967 · as Old Journalist
• Punch Guy1966
• Ohana han1966 · as Mizorogi
• Red Beard1965 · as Heikichi
• Salaryman's Medal1965
• A Fugitive from the Past1965 · as Motojima
• Japan's No. 1 Braggart1964 · as Furui
• Woman in the Dunes1964 · as Village Elder
• How to Make Money1964
• The Honest Fool1964
• Legends of Honor1963
• Young Swordsman1963 · as Yabe Senjuro
• Young Guy in Hawaii1963
• High and Low1963 · as Second Reporter
• Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru1962
• The Body1962
• Zoku aizen katsura1962
• Hadashi no hanayome1962
• Shin kitsune to tanuki1962
• Gang vs. Gang1962
• Tokyo Bay1962 · as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
• Mother Country1962
• Otoko no Uta1962
• The Inheritance1962
• Drunkard's Paradise1962
• A Roaring Trade1962
• With Wife, Children, and Friends1961
• 喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く1961
• Furimuita hanayome1961 · as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
• Koi no gashū1961 · as Shuzo, Tomie's father
• Hikkoshi yatsure1961
• Epitaph to My Love1961 · as Torikie
• Aoi kairyū1961
• Killers on Parade1961
• Hijō no otoko1961
• Incidental Murders1961 · as Genji
• The Last Trump Card1960 · as Yaichi Saito
• The Bad Sleep Well1960 · as Reporter A
• Irohanihoheto1960
• Banana1960
• Only She Knows1960
• Hot Corner Murder1960 · as Hobara
• Floating Weeds1959 · as Kichinosuke
• Tokyo Omnibus1959
• Thus Another Day1959 · as Man A
• Koko ni otoko ari1959
• Fox and Raccoon1959 · as Hangoro Iizuka
• Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan1959 · as Shopkeeper
• Lucky Dragon No. 51959
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · as Furuya
• The Hidden Fortress1958 · as Guard (uncredited)
• Maria of the Ant Village1958
• Tabi sugata nezumi kozō1958
• Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi1958
• Police Precinct Part 81958
• Botchan1958 · as Nodaiko
• Firefly Light1958
• Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen1958
• A Bridge for Two Alone1958
• Hibi no haishin1958
• The Unbalanced Wheel1957
• The Lower Depths1957 · as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
• Times of Joy and Sorrow1957 · as Mr. Kanemaki
• A Tale of Dung and Urine1957
• The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)1957
• A Case of Honor1957
• Typhoon Furor1956
• I Will Buy You1956 · as Tamekichi Kurita
• The Thick-Walled Room1956
• The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations1956
• Seishun no oto1956
• 刑事部屋1956
• Early Spring1956 · as Hirayama
• 元祿美少年記1955 · as 父長助
• Iroha Elegy1955
• Ejima and Ikushima1955 · as 岡本五郎右衛門
• Christ in Bronze1955 · as Iwakichi
• The Vassal's Neck1955
• Chutaro of Banba1955
• Here Is a Spring1955
• Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery1954
• Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido1954
• Beautiful Tengu1954 · as 弥之助
• Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass1954
• 慶安水滸傳1954 · as 和尚廓念
• Love Letter1953
• Always in My Heart Part 21953
• Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha1953 · as 古門前の長次
• Always in My Heart1953
• Tange Sazen1952
• Our Chief, Our Doctor1952
• Five Men of Edo1951 · as Kodaira
• Fireworks Over the Sea1951 · as Moriyama
• Weeping Doll1951 · as Shige
• Carmen Comes Home1951 · as Oka
• The Inner Palace Conspiracy1951 · as Kichitarō
• Crazy Uproar1950
• Scandal1950 · as Cameraman A
• Onna no ryūkō1950
• A Fool's Love1949 · as Seki
• Ishimatsu of the Forest1949
• Jealousy1949
• The Most Beautiful Day of My Life1948
• A Hen in the Wind1948 · as Hideo
• Great X1948 · as Yoshioka
• Iki na fûraibô1946 · as Gentarô
• Victory Song1945 · as Kawanishi
• Field Army Orchestra1944 · as Murakami
• Our Planes Fly South1943
• Sumida River1942
• The Spy Has Not Died Yet1942
• There Was a Father1942 · as Graduate
• Okinu and Banto1940
• Haha o tataeru uta1939
• Spring Thunder1939 · as Kensuke Ide
• Children of the Sun1938
• A Hero of Tokyo1935 · as Hideo Nemoto
• Lumberjack and Lady1935
• A Story of Floating Weeds1934 · as Shinkichi
• A Mother Should Be Loved1934 · as Kousaku
• Street Without End1934 · as Guest (at café)
• The Genealogy of Women1934
• The Boss's Son at College1933 · as Kitamura
• Happy Times1933
• The Layabout and Seabathing1933
• Before the Wedding1933
• Dragnet Girl1933 · as Hiroshi
• No Blood Relation1932 · as Guy on bike
• The Loyal 47 Ronin1932
• The Father and His Son1929