Kōji Mitsui
Acting
🎂 1910-03-06
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.
Cast credits(124)
Second Reporter
1963
Hangoro Iizuka
1959
Village Elder
1964
Guard (uncredited)
1958
Heikichi
1965
1958
Old Journalist
1967
Foodstand owner
1970
1963
Motojima
1965
1962
Yoshisaburo the Gambler
1957
Moriyama
1951
1943
Furuya
1959
Reporter A
1960
1962
1948
1958
1962
Man A
1959
1962
1964
1972
1958
Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
1962
1958
Yoshioka
1948
Hirayama
1956
Cameraman A
1950
Kichinosuke
1959
1971
1962
1962
Graduate
1942
岡本五郎右衛門
1955
1940
1954
1956
1962
1962
Oka
1951
Shinkichi
1934
1957
1956
Hideo
1948
1967
Nodaiko
1958
和尚廓念
1954
1959
Mr. Otagaki
1968
1949
Seki
1949
1958
1959
1962
1952
1939
1963
1955
弥之助
1954
1955
Guest (at café)
1934
1961
Tamekichi Kurita
1956
1954
Hobara
1960
1961
1960
1975
Hiroshi
1933
Gentarô
1946
1938
1955
1956
Iwakichi
1955
Mizorogi
1966
1961
1955
1942
Kousaku
1934
1958
Kawanishi
1945
Shopkeeper
1959
1962
1957
Yasunosuke Fukuhara
1961
1953
1956
Kensuke Ide
1939
Yabe Senjuro
1963
1961
Yagi
1969
1933
1953
Mr. Kanemaki
1957
1942
1934
父長助
1955
1958
Hideo Nemoto
1935
1964
1957
古門前の長次
1953
Kichitarō
1951
1959
Kodaira
1951
1962
Genji
1961
1953
Shige
1951
1954
Torikie
1961
1958
Kitamura
1933
Guy on bike
1932
1960
Furui
1964
Shuzo, Tomie's father
1961
1950
1933
1935
1952
1965