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