Kōji Mitsui
Known for: Acting
Born: March 6, 1910
Died: July 20, 1979
Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
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Filmography
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7.0
Great Jailbreak
1975
NR
Beyond the Rainbow
1972
7.8
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
7.1
Dodes'ka-den
1970
NR
Our Miyo-chan
1969
7.0
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968
7.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
7.3
Japan's Longest Day
1967
7.0
Punch Guy
1966
NR
Ohana han
1966
8.2
Red Beard
1965
NR
Salaryman's Medal
1965
7.3
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
8.0
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
1964NR
I Am a Medical Examiner
1964
8.2
Woman in the Dunes
1964
NR
How to Make Money
1964
8.0
The Honest Fool
1964
9.0
Legends of Honor
1963
6.7
Young Swordsman
1963
6.5
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
8.4
High and Low
1963
NR
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
7.3
The Body
1962
NR
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
NR
Hadashi no hanayome
1962
7.0
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
7.3
Gang vs. Gang
1962
7.0
Tokyo Bay
1962
6.8
Mother Country
1962
NR
Otoko no Uta
1962
7.3
The Inheritance
1962
NR
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
NR
A Roaring Trade
1962
NR
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
NR
Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku
1961NR
Furimuita hanayome
1961
NR
Koi no gashū
1961
NR
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
7.8
Epitaph to My Love
1961
NR
Aoi kairyū
1961
6.5
Killers on Parade
1961
NR
Hijō no otoko
1961
5.0
Incidental Murders
1961
5.0
The Last Trump Card
1960
7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
NR
Irohanihoheto
1960
NR
Banana
1960
NR
Only She Knows
1960
NR
Hot Corner Murder
1960
7.5
Floating Weeds
1959
NR
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
5.7
Thus Another Day
1959
NR
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
9.0
Fox and Raccoon
1959
5.9
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
7.5
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
8.0
The Hidden Fortress
1958
8.0
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
9.0
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
NR
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
NR
Police Precinct Part 8
1958NR
Botchan
1958
9.0
Firefly Light
1958
NR
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
NR
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
NR
Hibi no haishin
1958
7.0
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
7.1
The Lower Depths
1957
9.0
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
NR
A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957
8.0
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
NR
A Case of Honor
1957
NR
Tokyo is a Fine Place
1957
10.0
Typhoon Furor
1956
7.1
I Will Buy You
1956
7.2
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
8.0
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
9.0
Sound of Youth
1956
NR
刑事部屋
1956
7.5
Early Spring
1956
10.0
元祿美少年記
1955
NR
Iroha Elegy
1955
NR
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
9.0
Christ in Bronze
19558.5
The Vassal's Neck
1955
5.0
Chutaro of Banba
1955
8.2
Here Is a Spring
1955
NR
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954
NR
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
NR
Beautiful Tengu
1954
NR
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
NR
慶安水滸傳
1954
6.8
Love Letter
1953
6.5
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
NR
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
6.8
Always in My Heart
1953
10.0
Tange Sazen
1952NR
Avalanche
1952
8.0
Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952
6.0
Five Men of Edo
1951
5.4
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
NR
Jōen no hatoba
1951
NR
Weeping Doll
1951
6.2
Carmen Comes Home
1951
8.0
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951NR
The Actress and the Detective
1950
9.0
Crazy Uproar
1950
6.9
Scandal
1950
9.0
Onna no ryūkō
1950
9.0
A Fool's Love
1949
7.0
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
NR
Jealousy
1949
9.0
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
7.1
A Hen in the Wind
1948
NR
Great X
1948NR
Iki na fûraibô
1946
5.7
Victory Song
1945
7.0
Field Army Orchestra
1944
NR
Our Planes Fly South
1943
NR
Sumida River
1942
NR
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
7.0
There Was a Father
1942
10.0
Okinu and Banto
1940
NR
Haha o tataeru uta
1939
NR
Spring Thunder
19399.0
Children of the Sun
1938
7.0
A Hero of Tokyo
1935
7.0
Lumberjack and Lady
1935
7.2
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
5.8
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
6.6
Street Without End
1934
10.0
The Genealogy of Women
1934
7.5
The Boss's Son at College
1933
7.0
Happy Times
1933
8.0
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
NR
Before the Wedding
1933
6.6
Dragnet Girl
1933
7.3
No Blood Relation
1932
NR
The Loyal 47 Ronin
193210.0
The Father and His Son
1929