Kōji Mitsui
Acting
Born: 1910-03-06 in 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
High and Low
Second Reporter
Woman in the Dunes
Village Elder
Red Beard
Heikichi
The Father and His Son
The Hidden Fortress
Guard (uncredited)
Shin kitsune to tanuki
The Unbalanced Wheel
Beautiful Tengu
弥之助
Tokyo Bay
Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
Here Is a Spring
Beyond the Rainbow
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Furuya
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Shopkeeper
Dodes'ka-den
Foodstand owner
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Lumberjack and Lady
There Was a Father
Graduate
Before the Wedding
Love Letter
Aoi kairyū
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Early Spring
Hirayama
I Am a Medical Examiner
Sumida River
The Genealogy of Women
I Will Buy You
Tamekichi Kurita
The Inheritance
Our Chief, Our Doctor
The Bad Sleep Well
Reporter A
Typhoon Furor
Floating Weeds
Kichinosuke
Japan's Longest Day
Old Journalist
The Boss's Son at College
Kitamura
The Battle of Okinawa
Old Man
The Lower Depths
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Our Planes Fly South
Tokyo is a Fine Place
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
Furui
