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 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.
136 acting credits
Acting · 136
High and Low
1963
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Red Beard
1965
Woman in the Dunes
1964
The Hidden Fortress
1958
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
The Lower Depths
1957
Dodes'ka-den
1970
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Scandal
1950
Floating Weeds
1959
Japan's Longest Day
1967
The Inheritance
1962
Early Spring
1956
There Was a Father
1942
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
A Hen in the Wind
1948
Here Is a Spring
1955
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
Great Jailbreak
1975
Street Without End
1934
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Otoko no Uta
1962
Always in My Heart
1953
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Young Swordsman
1963
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
The Genealogy of Women
1934
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
The Body
1962
Happy Times
1933
Dragnet Girl
1933
慶安水滸傳
1954
Irohanihoheto
1960
Typhoon Furor
1956
Firefly Light
1958
Love Letter
1953
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
Chutaro of Banba
1955
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
Children of the Sun
1938
Christ in Bronze
1955
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
Iki na fûraibô
1946
Spring Thunder
1939
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Beautiful Tengu
1954
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
1964
Fox and Raccoon
1959
Killers on Parade
1961
Our Miyo-chan
1969
Incidental Murders
1961
Great X
1948
I Will Buy You
1956
元祿美少年記
1955
Hijō no otoko
1961
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
Hadashi no hanayome
1962
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
A Roaring Trade
1962
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968
A Fool's Love
1949
Tange Sazen
1952
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Thus Another Day
1959
The Father and His Son
1929
No Blood Relation
1932
Legends of Honor
1963
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
Ohana han
1966
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Furimuita hanayome
1961
Salaryman's Medal
1965
Tokyo Bay
1962
How to Make Money
1964
The Vassal's Neck
1955
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
A Hero of Tokyo
1935
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954
Beyond the Rainbow
1972
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
Mother Country
1962
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Our Planes Fly South
1943
Botchan
1958
The Honest Fool
1964
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Hibi no haishin
1958
The Boss's Son at College
1933
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Koi no gashū
1961
Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
刑事部屋
1956
Five Men of Edo
1951
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Iroha Elegy
1955
Epitaph to My Love
1961
Victory Song
1945
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
The Last Trump Card
1960
Hot Corner Murder
1960
Haha o tataeru uta
1939
Only She Knows
1960
Gang vs. Gang
1962
Crazy Uproar
1950
Sumida River
1942
A Case of Honor
1957
Jealousy
1949
Weeping Doll
1951
Onna no ryūkō
1950
Before the Wedding
1933
Yasen gungakutai
1944
Punch Guy
1966
Lumberjack and Lady
1935
Okinu and Banto
1940
Seishun no oto
1956
Aoi kairyū
1961
喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
1961
Banana
1960