Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 06, 1910
Died
Jul 20, 1979
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Credits
138 titles
Kōji Mitsui
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
Foodstand owner
Our Miyo-chan
Yagi
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
Mr. Otagaki
The Greatest Challenge of All
Japan's Longest Day
Old Journalist
Punch Guy
Ohana han
Mizorogi
Red Beard
Heikichi
Salaryman's Medal
A Fugitive from the Past
Motojima
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
Furui
Woman in the Dunes
Village Elder
How to Make Money
The Honest Fool
Legends of Honor
Young Swordsman
Yabe Senjuro
Young Guy in Hawaii
High and Low
Second Reporter
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
The Body
Zoku aizen katsura
Hadashi no hanayome
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Gang vs. Gang
Tokyo Bay
Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
Mother Country
Otoko no Uta
The Inheritance
Drunkard's Paradise
A Roaring Trade
With Wife, Children, and Friends
喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
Furimuita hanayome
Yasunosuke Fukuhara
Koi no gashū
Shuzo, Tomie's father
Hikkoshi yatsure
Epitaph to My Love
Torikie
Aoi kairyū
Killers on Parade
Hijō no otoko
Incidental Murders
Genji
The Last Trump Card
Yaichi Saito
The Bad Sleep Well
Reporter A
Irohanihoheto
Banana
Only She Knows
Hot Corner Murder
Hobara
Floating Weeds
Kichinosuke