Acting
Kōji Mitsui
JA cinema · 144 credits
Born
6 March 1910
Died
20 July 1979 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Also known as 三井秀男 · Кодзи Мицуи · Mitsui Hideo
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
The Battle of Okinawa
as Old Man
Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
as Mr. Otagaki
Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
Ohana han
as Mizorogi
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
Red Beard
as Heikichi
Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
High and Low
as Second Reporter
Young Swordsman
as Yabe Senjuro
The Body
Actor
Tokyo Bay
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
Epitaph to My Love
as Torikie
ふりむいた花嫁
1961
Furimuita hanayome
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
Incidental Murders
as Genji
Koi no gashū
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
Hot Corner Murder
as Hobara
The Last Trump Card
as Yaichi Saito
Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
Thus Another Day
as Man A
Fox and Raccoon
as Hangoro Iizuka
The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
坊っちゃん
1958
Botchan
as Nodaiko
The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Mr. Kanemaki
I Will Buy You
as Tamekichi Kurita
The Thick-Walled Room
as Nishimura
Early Spring
as Hirayama
Ejima and Ikushima
as 岡本五郎右衛門
元祿美少年記
as 父長助
Christ in Bronze
as Iwakichi
慶安水滸傳
as 和尚廓念
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Kichitarō
Five Men of Edo
as Kodaira
Weeping Doll
as Shige
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Moriyama
Scandal
as Cameraman A
A Fool's Love
as Seki
A Hen in the Wind
as Hideo
Great X
as Yoshioka
Victory Song
as Kawanishi
Field Army Orchestra
as Murakami
There Was a Father
as Graduate
Spring Thunder
as Kensuke Ide
A Hero of Tokyo
as Hideo Nemoto
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Kousaku
Street Without End
as Guest (at café)
Dragnet Girl
as Hiroshi
The Boss's Son at College
as Kitamura
No Blood Relation
as Guy on bike
