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