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.

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Biography

High and Low

Woman in the Dunes

Ishimatsu of the Forest

The Unbalanced Wheel

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Red Beard

Epitaph to My Love

Drunkard's Paradise

The Hidden Fortress

Sumida River

Our Chief, Our Doctor

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Weeping Doll

The Bad Sleep Well

Only She Knows

Dodes'ka-den

Lumberjack and Lady

The Battle of Okinawa

Jealousy

Okinu and Banto

A Fugitive from the Past

Floating Weeds

Crazy Uproar

Love Letter

Victory Song

Japan's Longest Day

Five Men of Edo

Seishun no oto

Banana

A Hen in the Wind

A Tale of Dung and Urine

Lucky Dragon No. 5

There Was a Father

Early Spring

The Lower Depths

Scandal

A Story of Floating Weeds

Killers on Parade

Carmen Comes Home

Aoi kairyū

A Case of Honor

Ejima and Ikushima

Dragnet Girl

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love

I Will Buy You

Street Without End

The Thick-Walled Room

Fireworks Over the Sea

The Inheritance

The Body

A Mother Should Be Loved

No Blood Relation

Tokyo Bay

Young Swordsman

Here Is a Spring

Children of the Sun

Fox and Raccoon

The Last Trump Card

Mother Country

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

Times of Joy and Sorrow

Koi no gashū

Ohana han

Our Miyo-chan

Hikkoshi yatsure

A Fool's Love

Young Guy in Hawaii

Thus Another Day

Firefly Light

Punch Guy

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Field Army Orchestra

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

A Roaring Trade

Great Jailbreak

Salaryman's Medal

Irohanihoheto

喜劇金の実る樹に恋が咲く