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