Kōji Mitsui
Acting
- Born:
- 1910-03-06
- Died:
- 1979-07-20
- Place of birth:
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Known For
Filmography
Great Jailbreak
Beyond the Rainbow
The Battle of Okinawa
Dodes'ka-den
Our Miyo-chan
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
The Greatest Challenge of All
Japan's Longest Day
Punch Guy
Ohana han
Red Beard
Salaryman's Medal
A Fugitive from the Past
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
I Am a Medical Examiner
Woman in the Dunes
How to Make Money
The Honest Fool
Legends of Honor
Young Swordsman
Young Guy in Hawaii
High and Low
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
The Body
Zoku aizen katsura
Hadashi no hanayome
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Gang vs. Gang
Tokyo Bay
Mother Country
Otoko no Uta
The Inheritance
Drunkard's Paradise
A Roaring Trade
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku
Furimuita hanayome
Koi no gashū
Hikkoshi yatsure
Epitaph to My Love
Aoi kairyū
Killers on Parade
Hijō no otoko
Incidental Murders
The Last Trump Card
The Bad Sleep Well
Irohanihoheto
Banana
Only She Knows
Hot Corner Murder
Floating Weeds
Tokyo Omnibus
Thus Another Day
Koko ni otoko ari
Fox and Raccoon
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Lucky Dragon No. 5
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Hidden Fortress
Maria of the Ant Village
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Police Precinct Part 8
Botchan
Firefly Light
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
A Bridge for Two Alone
Hibi no haishin
The Unbalanced Wheel
The Lower Depths
Times of Joy and Sorrow
A Tale of Dung and Urine
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
A Case of Honor
Tokyo is a Fine Place
Typhoon Furor
I Will Buy You
The Thick-Walled Room
Horeruna Yanpachi
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
Sound of Youth
Headquarters of Crime Detection
Early Spring
元祿美少年記
Iroha Elegy
Ejima and Ikushima
Christ in Bronze
The Vassal's Neck
Chutaro of Banba
Here Is a Spring
Umon Detective Story: Rare Change
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Beautiful Tengu
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
慶安水滸傳
Love Letter
Always in My Heart Part 2
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
Always in My Heart
Tange Sazen
Avalanche
Our Chief, Our Doctor
Five Men of Edo
Fireworks Over the Sea
Jōen no hatoba
Weeping Doll
Carmen Comes Home
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
The Actress and the Detective
Crazy Uproar
Scandal
Onna no ryūkō
A Fool's Love
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Jealousy
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
A Hen in the Wind
Great X
Iki na fûraibô
Victory Song
Field Army Orchestra
Our Planes Fly South
Sumida River
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
There Was a Father
Okinu and Banto
Haha o tataeru uta
Spring Thunder
Children of the Sun
A Hero of Tokyo
Lumberjack and Lady
A Story of Floating Weeds
A Mother Should Be Loved
Street Without End
The Genealogy of Women
The Boss's Son at College
Happy Times
The Layabout and Seabathing
Before the Wedding
Dragnet Girl
No Blood Relation
The Loyal 47 Ronin
The Father and His Son