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Kōji Mitsui

Actor
Born March 6, 1910Died July 20, 1979 (69 years)
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 & Shows on Plex

  • Floating Weeds
  • Scandal
  • Early Spring
  • A Story of Floating Weeds
  • There Was a Father
  • A Hen in the Wind
  • Dragnet Girl

Known For

  • Woman in the Dunes
  • A Story of Floating Weeds
  • Floating Weeds
  • The Lower Depths
  • A Fugitive from the Past
  • Dragnet Girl
  • A Hen in the Wind
  • The Inheritance
  • A Mother Should Be Loved
  • Carmen Comes Home
  • Killers on Parade
  • Times of Joy and Sorrow
  • Gang vs Gang
  • Great Jailbreak
  • Koko ni izumi ari
  • What Is Your Name?
  • The Sandal Keeper

Filmography

1975
1971
1970
Dodes'ka-den · as Foodstand Owner
1969
1968
1967
Japan's Longest Day · as Old Journalist
1965
Red Beard · as Heikichi
1965
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 Reporter
1962
1962
1962
1962
1961
Epitaph to My Love · as Torikie
1961
1961
Aku no hana · as Genji
1960
The Bad Sleep Well · as Reporter A
1959
Floating Weeds · as Kichinosuke
1959
Thus Another Day · as Man A
1959
Kiku to Isamu · as Shopkeeper
1959
1959
1958
The Hidden Fortress · as Guard (uncredited)
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 Hirayama
1955
1953
1953
1953
1951
Five Men of Edo · as Kodaira
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea · as Moriyama
1951
1950
1950
Scandal · as Cameraman A
1948
1945
Victory Song · as Kawanishi
1942
1935
A Hero of Tokyo · as Hideo Nemoto
1934
1934
1934
Street Without End · as Guest (at Café)
1933
Dragnet Girl · as Hiroshi
1932
No Blood Relation · as Guy On Bike

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