Kōji Mitsui
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 6, 1910 (116 years old)
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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
| 1975 | Great Jailbreak | |
| 1972 | Beyond the Rainbow | |
| 1971 | The Battle of Okinawa | |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-denFoodstand owner | |
| 1969 | Our Miyo-chanYagi | |
| 1968 | Nanami: The Inferno of First LoveMr. Otagaki | |
| 1967 | The Greatest Challenge of All | |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest DayOld Journalist | |
| 1966 | Ohana hanMizorogi | |
| 1966 | Punch Guy | |
| 1965 | A Fugitive from the PastMotojima | |
| 1965 | Red BeardHeikichi | |
| 1965 | Salaryman's Medal | |
| 1964 | Woman in the DunesVillage Elder | |
| 1964 | How to Make Money | |
| 1964 | The Honest Fool | |
| 1964 | Japan's No. 1 BraggartFurui | |
| 1963 | High and LowSecond Reporter | |
| 1963 | Young SwordsmanYabe Senjuro | |
| 1963 | Legends of Honor | |
| 1963 | Young Guy in Hawaii | |
| 1962 | Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru | |
| 1962 | Otoko no Uta | |
| 1962 | Zoku aizen katsura | |
| 1962 | The Body | |
| 1962 | Shin kitsune to tanuki | |
| 1962 | A Roaring Trade | |
| 1962 | The Inheritance | |
| 1962 | Gang vs. Gang | |
| 1962 | Tokyo BayNarcotics Control Agent Hayashi | |
| 1962 | Drunkard's Paradise | |
| 1962 | Hadashi no hanayome | |
| 1962 | Mother Country | |
| 1961 | Hikkoshi yatsure | |
| 1961 | Epitaph to My LoveTorikie | |
| 1961 | With Wife, Children, and Friends | |
| 1961 | Furimuita hanayomeYasunosuke Fukuhara | |
| 1961 | Killers on Parade | |
| 1961 | Incidental MurdersGenji | |
| 1961 | Hijō no otoko | |
| 1961 | Koi no gashūShuzo, Tomie's father | |
| 1961 | 喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く | |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep WellReporter A | |
| 1960 | Irohanihoheto | |
| 1960 | Hot Corner MurderHobara | |
| 1960 | Only She Knows | |
| 1959 | The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveFuruya | |
| 1959 | Floating WeedsKichinosuke | |
| 1959 | Koko ni otoko ari | |
| 1959 | Thus Another DayMan A | |
| 1959 | Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in JapanShopkeeper | |
| 1959 | Tokyo Omnibus | |
| 1959 | Lucky Dragon No. 5 | |
| 1959 | Fox and RaccoonHangoro Iizuka | |
| 1958 | The Hidden FortressGuard (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | Tabi sugata nezumi kozō | |
| 1958 | BotchanNodaiko | |
| 1958 | Firefly Light | |
| 1958 | Maria of the Ant Village | |
| 1958 | A Bridge for Two Alone | |
| 1958 | Police Precinct Part 8 | |
| 1958 | Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen | |
| 1958 | Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi | |
| 1958 | Hibi no haishin | |
| 1957 | The Lower DepthsYoshisaburo the Gambler | |
| 1957 | The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) | |
| 1957 | The Unbalanced Wheel | |
| 1957 | Times of Joy and SorrowMr. Kanemaki | |
| 1957 | A Case of Honor | |
| 1956 | I Will Buy YouTamekichi Kurita | |
| 1956 | The Thick-Walled Room | |
| 1956 | The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations | |
| 1956 | Early SpringHirayama | |
| 1956 | Typhoon | |
| 1956 | 刑事部屋 | |
| 1956 | Seishun no oto | |
| 1955 | Ejima and Ikushima岡本五郎右衛門 | |
| 1955 | 元祿美少年記父長助 | |
| 1955 | Here Is a Spring | |
| 1955 | Chutaro of Banba | |
| 1955 | The Vassal's Neck | |
| 1955 | Christ in BronzeIwakichi | |
| 1955 | Iroha Elegy | |
| 1954 | 慶安水滸傳和尚廓念 | |
| 1954 | Beautiful Tengu弥之助 | |
| 1954 | Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery | |
| 1954 | Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido | |
| 1954 | Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass | |
| 1953 | Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha古門前の長次 | |
| 1953 | Love Letter | |
| 1953 | Always in My Heart Part 2 | |
| 1953 | Always in My Heart | |
| 1952 | Tange Sazen | |
| 1952 | Our Chief, Our Doctor | |
| 1951 | The Inner Palace ConspiracyKichitarō | |
| 1951 | Carmen Comes HomeOka | |
| 1951 | Five Men of EdoKodaira | |
| 1951 | Weeping DollShige | |
| 1951 | Fireworks Over the SeaMoriyama | |
| 1950 | ScandalCameraman A | |
| 1950 | Crazy Uproar | |
| 1950 | Onna no ryūkō | |
| 1949 | Ishimatsu of the Forest | |
| 1949 | A Fool's LoveSeki | |
| 1948 | A Hen in the WindHideo | |
| 1948 | Great XYoshioka | |
| 1948 | The Most Beautiful Day of My Life | |
| 1946 | Iki na fûraibôGentarô | |
| 1945 | Victory SongKawanishi | |
| 1944 | Yasen gungakutaiMurakami | |
| 1943 | Our Planes Fly South | |
| 1942 | Sumida River | |
| 1942 | The Spy Has Not Died Yet | |
| 1942 | There Was a FatherGraduate | |
| 1940 | Okinu and Banto | |
| 1939 | Haha o tataeru uta | |
| 1939 | Spring ThunderKensuke Ide | |
| 1938 | Children of the Sun | |
| 1935 | A Hero of TokyoHideo Nemoto | |
| 1935 | Lumberjack and Lady | |
| 1934 | A Story of Floating WeedsShinkichi | |
| 1934 | A Mother Should Be LovedKousaku | |
| 1934 | Street Without EndGuest (at café) | |
| 1934 | The Genealogy of Women | |
| 1933 | Dragnet GirlHiroshi | |
| 1933 | The Boss's Son at CollegeKitamura | |
| 1933 | Happy Times | |
| 1933 | The Layabout and Seabathing | |
| 1933 | Before the Wedding | |
| 1932 | No Blood RelationGuy on bike | |
| 1932 | The Loyal 47 Ronin | |
| 1929 | The Father and His Son |