Cast
Kōji Mitsui
Acting
Cast
Kōji Mitsui
Known for
Acting
Born
1910-03-06
From
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died
1979-07-20
Also known as 三井秀男, Кодзи Мицуи
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.
High and Low
as Second Reporter
Red Beard
as Heikichi
Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Furuya
The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
Scandal
as Cameraman A
The Battle of Okinawa
Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
Early Spring
as Hirayama
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
There Was a Father
as Graduate
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
Ejima and Ikushima
as 岡本五郎右衛門
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
Always in My Heart
Love Letter
Maria of the Ant Village
Chutaro of Banba
Dragnet Girl
as Hiroshi
Great X
as Yoshioka
The Thick-Walled Room
Five Men of Edo
as Kodaira
The Inheritance
I Will Buy You
as Tamekichi Kurita
Drunkard's Paradise
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Shopkeeper
Thus Another Day
as Man A
Only She Knows
Epitaph to My Love
as Torikie
Street Without End
as Guest (at café)
Crazy Uproar
Carmen Comes Home
as Oka
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Kousaku
The Body
A Hen in the Wind
as Hideo
Zoku aizen katsura
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Moriyama
Killers on Parade
No Blood Relation
as Guy on bike
Great Jailbreak
Firefly Light
Tokyo Bay
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
Okinu and Banto
Sumida River
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Police Precinct Part 8
Tokyo Omnibus
Weeping Doll
as Shige
Ohana han
as Mizorogi
The Unbalanced Wheel
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
as Furui
Hot Corner Murder
as Hobara
Here Is a Spring
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Our Chief, Our Doctor
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Otoko no Uta
Mother Country
Victory Song
as Kawanishi
Furimuita hanayome
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Children of the Sun
The Loyal 47 Ronin
A Fool's Love
as Seki
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Kichitarō
Beyond the Rainbow
Beautiful Tengu
as 弥之助
Christ in Bronze
as Iwakichi
Hijō no otoko
Irohanihoheto
A Bridge for Two Alone
刑事部屋
A Case of Honor
Tange Sazen
元祿美少年記
as 父長助
The Greatest Challenge of All
Always in My Heart Part 2
Salaryman's Medal
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
The Honest Fool
How to Make Money
Legends of Honor
Our Planes Fly South
Hibi no haishin
A Roaring Trade
Our Miyo-chan
as Yagi
The Last Trump Card
as Yaichi Saito
Gang vs. Gang
Onna no ryūkō
Young Swordsman
as Yabe Senjuro
Young Guy in Hawaii
Fox and Raccoon
as Hangoro Iizuka
Iki na fûraibô
as Gentarô
The Boss's Son at College
as Kitamura
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Mr. Kanemaki
The Layabout and Seabathing
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
as Mr. Otagaki
Koko ni otoko ari
慶安水滸傳
as 和尚廓念
Happy Times
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 古門前の長次
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
Iroha Elegy
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
Hadashi no hanayome
Spring Thunder
as Kensuke Ide
The Vassal's Neck
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
A Hero of Tokyo
as Hideo Nemoto
Koi no gashū
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Botchan
as Nodaiko
Lumberjack and Lady
The Genealogy of Women
Hikkoshi yatsure
Shin kitsune to tanuki
喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
Yasen gungakutai
as Murakami
Incidental Murders
as Genji
Typhoon Furor
The Father and His Son
Jealousy
Banana
Before the Wedding
Haha o tataeru uta
Seishun no oto
Punch Guy
