Kōji Mitsui
俳優
1910年3月6日 — 1979年7月20日 (69年)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 1975 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den · as Foodstand Owner |
| 1969 | Miyo-chan no tame nara zen'in shûgô!! · as Yagi |
| 1968 | Nanami: The Inferno of First Love · as Mr. Otagaki |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day · as Old Journalist |
| 1967 | |
| 1965 | Red Beard · as Heikichi |
| 1965 | A Fugitive from the Past · as Motojima |
| 1964 | Woman in the Dunes · as Village Elder |
| 1964 | The Sandal Keeper · as Furui |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | The Secret Sword · as Yabe Senjuro |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | High and Low · as Second ReporterPlex上 |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay · as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Epitaph to My Love · as Torikie |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well · as Reporter A |
| 1960 | Dangan taisho · as Cast |
| 1959 | Floating Weeds · as KichinosukePlex上 |
| 1959 | Thus Another Day · as Man A |
| 1959 | Kiku to Isamu · as Shopkeeper |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love · as Furuya |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress · as Guard (uncredited)Plex上 |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths · as Yoshisaburo The Gambler |
| 1957 | Times of Joy and Sorrow · as Mr. Kanemaki |
| 1956 | I Will Buy You · as Tamekichi Kurita |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Early Spring · as HirayamaPlex上 |
| 1955 | Christ in Bronze · as Iwakichi |
| 1955 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1951 | Five Men of Edo · as Kodaira |
| 1951 | Fireworks Over the Sea · as Moriyama |
| 1951 | Carmen Comes Home · as Oka |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Scandal · as Cameraman APlex上 |
| 1948 | A Hen in the Wind · as HideoPlex上 |
| 1945 | Victory Song · as Kawanishi |
| 1942 | There Was a Father · as GraduatePlex上 |
| 1935 | A Hero of Tokyo · as Hideo Nemoto |
| 1934 | A Story of Floating Weeds · as ShinkichiPlex上 |
| 1934 | A Mother Should Be Loved · as Kousaku |
| 1934 | Street Without End · as Guest (at Café) |
| 1933 | Dragnet Girl · as HiroshiPlex上 |
| 1932 | No Blood Relation · as Guy On Bike |