Acting
Kōji Mitsui
Born 1910-03-06
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
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High and Low
1963
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The Hidden Fortress
1958
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Woman in the Dunes
1964
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Red Beard
1965
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
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The Bad Sleep Well
1960
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Floating Weeds
1959
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Dodes'ka-den
1970
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The Lower Depths
1957
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Early Spring
1956
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (142 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Great Jailbreak | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Beyond the Rainbow | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Battle of Okinawa | Old Man | Movie | 1971 |
 | Dodes'ka-den | Foodstand owner | Movie | 1970 |
 | Our Miyo-chan | Yagi | Movie | 1969 |
 | Nanami: The Inferno of First Love | Mr. Otagaki | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Greatest Challenge of All | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Japan's Longest Day | Old Journalist | Movie | 1967 |
 | Punch Guy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Ohana han | Mizorogi | Movie | 1966 |
 | Red Beard | Heikichi | Movie | 1965 |
 | Salaryman's Medal | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | A Fugitive from the Past | Motojima | Movie | 1965 |
 | Japan's No. 1 Braggart | Furui | Movie | 1964 |
| I Am a Medical Examiner | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 | |
 | Woman in the Dunes | Village Elder | Movie | 1964 |
 | How to Make Money | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Honest Fool | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Legends of Honor | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Young Swordsman | Yabe Senjuro | Movie | 1963 |
 | Young Guy in Hawaii | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | High and Low | Second Reporter | Movie | 1963 |
 | Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Body | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Zoku aizen katsura | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Hadashi no hanayome | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Shin kitsune to tanuki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Gang vs. Gang | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Tokyo Bay | Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi | Movie | 1962 |
 | Mother Country | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Otoko no Uta | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Inheritance | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Drunkard's Paradise | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | A Roaring Trade | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | With Wife, Children, and Friends | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
| Furimuita hanayome | Yasunosuke Fukuhara | Movie | 1961 | |
 | Koi no gashū | Shuzo, Tomie's father | Movie | 1961 |
 | Hikkoshi yatsure | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Epitaph to My Love | Torikie | Movie | 1961 |
 | Aoi kairyū | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Killers on Parade | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Hijō no otoko | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Incidental Murders | Genji | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Last Trump Card | Yaichi Saito | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Bad Sleep Well | Reporter A | Movie | 1960 |
 | Irohanihoheto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Banana | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Only She Knows | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Hot Corner Murder | Hobara | Movie | 1960 |
 | Floating Weeds | Kichinosuke | Movie | 1959 |
 | Tokyo Omnibus | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Thus Another Day | Man A | Movie | 1959 |
 | Koko ni otoko ari | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Fox and Raccoon | Hangoro Iizuka | Movie | 1959 |
 | Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan | Shopkeeper | Movie | 1959 |
 | Lucky Dragon No. 5 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Furuya | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Hidden Fortress | Guard (uncredited) | Movie | 1958 |
 | Maria of the Ant Village | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Tabi sugata nezumi kozō | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Police Precinct Part 8 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
| Botchan | Nodaiko | Movie | 1958 | |
 | Firefly Light | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | A Bridge for Two Alone | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Hibi no haishin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Unbalanced Wheel | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Lower Depths | Yoshisaburo the Gambler | Movie | 1957 |
 | Times of Joy and Sorrow | Mr. Kanemaki | Movie | 1957 |
 | A Tale of Dung and Urine | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | A Case of Honor | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Tokyo is a Fine Place | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Typhoon Furor | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | I Will Buy You | Tamekichi Kurita | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Thick-Walled Room | Nishimura | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Sound of Youth | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Headquarters of Crime Detection | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Early Spring | Hirayama | Movie | 1956 |
 | 元祿美少年記 | 父長助 | Movie | 1955 |
 | Iroha Elegy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Ejima and Ikushima | 岡本五郎右衛門 | Movie | 1955 |
 | Christ in Bronze | Iwakichi | Movie | 1955 |
| The Vassal's Neck | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 | |
 | Chutaro of Banba | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Here Is a Spring | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Beautiful Tengu | 弥之助 | Movie | 1954 |
 | Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | 慶安水滸傳 | 和尚廓念 | Movie | 1954 |
 | Love Letter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Always in My Heart Part 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha | 古門前の長次 | Movie | 1953 |
 | Always in My Heart | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Tange Sazen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
| Avalanche | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 | |
 | Our Chief, Our Doctor | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
 | Five Men of Edo | Kodaira | Movie | 1951 |
 | Fireworks Over the Sea | Moriyama | Movie | 1951 |
 | Jōen no hatoba | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Weeping Doll | Shige | Movie | 1951 |
 | Carmen Comes Home | Oka | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Inner Palace Conspiracy | Kichitarō | Movie | 1951 |
| The Actress and the Detective | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1950 | |
 | Crazy Uproar | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1950 |
 | Scandal | Cameraman A | Movie | 1950 |
 | Onna no ryūkō | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1950 |
 | A Fool's Love | Seki | Movie | 1949 |
 | Ishimatsu of the Forest | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | Jealousy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Most Beautiful Day of My Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 |
 | A Hen in the Wind | Hideo | Movie | 1948 |
 | Great X | Yoshioka | Movie | 1948 |
| Iki na fûraibô | Gentarô | Movie | 1946 | |
 | Victory Song | Kawanishi | Movie | 1945 |
 | Field Army Orchestra | Murakami | Movie | 1944 |
 | Our Planes Fly South | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1943 |
 | Sumida River | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Spy Has Not Died Yet | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1942 |
 | There Was a Father | Graduate | Movie | 1942 |
 | Okinu and Banto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1940 |
 | Haha o tataeru uta | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1939 |
 | Spring Thunder | Kensuke Ide | Movie | 1939 |
| Children of the Sun | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 | |
 | A Hero of Tokyo | Hideo Nemoto | Movie | 1935 |
 | Lumberjack and Lady | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1935 |
 | A Story of Floating Weeds | Shinkichi | Movie | 1934 |
 | A Mother Should Be Loved | Kousaku | Movie | 1934 |
 | Street Without End | Guest (at café) | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Genealogy of Women | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Boss's Son at College | Kitamura | Movie | 1933 |
 | Happy Times | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Layabout and Seabathing | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 |
 | Before the Wedding | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 |
 | Dragnet Girl | Hiroshi | Movie | 1933 |
 | No Blood Relation | Guy on bike | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Loyal 47 Ronin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 |
| The Father and His Son | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1929 |