Kōji Mitsui
143 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 6, 1910
- Died
- Jul 20, 1979 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as
- 三井秀男 · Кодзи Мицуи · Mitsui Hideo
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.
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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.
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Known for
Kōji Mitsui: movies and TV shows
Acting (143)
- 1975
- 1972
- 1971 The Battle of Okinawa
as Old Man
- 1970 Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
- 1969 Our Miyo-chan
as Yagi
- 1968 Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
as Mr. Otagaki
- 1967
- 1967 Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
- 1966
- 1966 Ohana han
as Mizorogi
- 1965 Red Beard
as Heikichi
- 1965
- 1965 A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
- 1964 Japan's No. 1 Braggart
as Furui
- 1964
- 1964 Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963 Young Swordsman
as Yabe Senjuro
- 1963
- 1963 High and Low
as Second Reporter
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Tokyo Bay
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Furimuita hanayome
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
- 1961 Koi no gashū
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
- 1961
- 1961 Epitaph to My Love
as Torikie
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Incidental Murders
as Genji
- 1960 The Last Trump Card
as Yaichi Saito
- 1960 The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Hot Corner Murder
as Hobara
- 1959 Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
- 1959
- 1959 Thus Another Day
as Man A
- 1959
- 1959 Fox and Raccoon
as Hangoro Iizuka
- 1959 Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Shopkeeper
- 1959
- 1959 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Furuya
- 1958 The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Botchan
as Nodaiko
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957 The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
- 1957 Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Mr. Kanemaki
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956
- 1956 I Will Buy You
as Tamekichi Kurita
- 1956 The Thick-Walled Room
as Nishimura
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Early Spring
as Hirayama
- 1955 元祿美少年記
as 父長助
- 1955
- 1955 Ejima and Ikushima
as 岡本五郎右衛門
- 1955 Christ in Bronze
as Iwakichi
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Beautiful Tengu
as 弥之助
- 1954
- 1954 慶安水滸傳
as 和尚廓念
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 古門前の長次
- 1953
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1951 Five Men of Edo
as Kodaira
- 1951 Fireworks Over the Sea
as Moriyama
- 1951
- 1951 Weeping Doll
as Shige
- 1951 Carmen Comes Home
as Oka
- 1951 The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Kichitarō
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 Scandal
as Cameraman A
- 1950
- 1949 A Fool's Love
as Seki
- 1949
- 1949
- 1948
- 1948 A Hen in the Wind
as Hideo
- 1948 Great X
as Yoshioka
- 1946 Iki na fûraibô
as Gentarô
- 1945 Victory Song
as Kawanishi
- 1944 Field Army Orchestra
as Murakami
- 1943
- 1942
- 1942
- 1942 There Was a Father
as Graduate
- 1940
- 1939
- 1939 Spring Thunder
as Kensuke Ide
- 1938
- 1935 A Hero of Tokyo
as Hideo Nemoto
- 1935
- 1934 A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
- 1934 A Mother Should Be Loved
as Kousaku
- 1934 Street Without End
as Guest (at café)
- 1934
- 1933 The Boss's Son at College
as Kitamura
- 1933
- 1933
- 1933
- 1933 Dragnet Girl
as Hiroshi
- 1932 No Blood Relation
as Guy on bike
- 1932
- 1929