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.
Movies 144
High and Low
as Second Reporter
1963
Red Beard
as Heikichi
1965
Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
1964
The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
1958
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Furuya
1959
Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
1970
The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
1960
Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
1967
Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
1959
Scandal
as Cameraman A
1950
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
1965
The Battle of Okinawa
as Old Man
1971
There Was a Father
as Graduate
1942
The Thick-Walled Room
as Nishimura
1956
The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
1957
The Inheritance
1962
Tokyo Bay
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
1962
A Hen in the Wind
as Hideo
1948
Love Letter
1953
Dragnet Girl
as Hiroshi
1933
Early Spring
as Hirayama
1956
Here Is a Spring
1955
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
1934
Carmen Comes Home
as Oka
1951
Crazy Uproar
1950
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
Spring Thunder
as Kensuke Ide
1939
Weeping Doll
as Shige
1951
元祿美少年記
as 父長助
1955
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
as Furui
1964
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Moriyama
1951
The Body
1962
Ejima and Ikushima
as 岡本五郎右衛門
1955
Horeruna Yanpachi
1956
Always in My Heart
1953
I Will Buy You
as Tamekichi Kurita
1956
Firefly Light
1958
Avalanche
1952
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Mr. Kanemaki
1957
Legends of Honor
1963
Victory Song
as Kawanishi
1945
Epitaph to My Love
as Torikie
1961
A Roaring Trade
1962
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
Street Without End
as Guest (at café)
1934
Great Jailbreak
1975
No Blood Relation
as Guy on bike
1932
Killers on Parade
1961
Jōen no hatoba
1951
A Case of Honor
1957
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Shopkeeper
1959
Sound of Youth
1956
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Beyond the Rainbow
1972
Banana
1960
Punch Guy
1966
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Our Miyo-chan
as Yagi
1969
Hot Corner Murder
as Hobara
1960
A Hero of Tokyo
as Hideo Nemoto
1935
Irohanihoheto
1960
The Actress and the Detective
1950
Ohana han
as Mizorogi
1966
Fox and Raccoon
as Hangoro Iizuka
1959
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Gang vs. Gang
1962
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
Hibi no haishin
1958
Tokyo is a Fine Place
1957
Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952
Salaryman's Medal
1965
A Fool's Love
as Seki
1949
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Kousaku
1934
Great X
as Yoshioka
1948
Five Men of Edo
as Kodaira
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Kichitarō
1951
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
Incidental Murders
as Genji
1961
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
as Mr. Otagaki
1968
Thus Another Day
as Man A
1959
Hadashi no hanayome
1962
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Okinu and Banto
1940
Iroha Elegy
1955
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957
Tange Sazen
1952
Jealousy
1949
慶安水滸傳
as 和尚廓念
1954
Lumberjack and Lady
1935
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
1954
Haha o tataeru uta
1939
Sumida River
1942
Chutaro of Banba
1955
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Headquarters of Crime Detection
1956
Hijō no otoko
1961
Mother Country
1962
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954
Christ in Bronze
as Iwakichi
1955
The Vassal's Neck
1955
Beautiful Tengu
as 弥之助
1954
Our Planes Fly South
1943
Typhoon Furor
1956
Before the Wedding
1933
I Am a Medical Examiner
1964
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Young Swordsman
as Yabe Senjuro
1963
Otoko no Uta
1962
The Genealogy of Women
1934
The Last Trump Card
as Yaichi Saito
1960
The Boss's Son at College
as Kitamura
1933
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
Botchan
as Nodaiko
1958
Koi no gashū
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
1961
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
The Father and His Son
1929
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
Onna no ryūkō
1950
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 古門前の長次
1953
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
Happy Times
1933
Only She Knows
1960
The Honest Fool
1964
Iki na fûraibô
as Gentarô
1946
Umon Detective Story: Rare Change
1954
Furimuita hanayome
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
1961
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Aoi kairyū
1961
Children of the Sun
1938
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Field Army Orchestra
as Murakami
1944
Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku
1961