Kōji Mitsui
Known for ActingBorn 1910-03-06 — died 1979-07-20Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
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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
High and Low
1963 · as Second Reporter
Red Beard
1965 · as Heikichi
Woman in the Dunes
1964 · as Village Elder
The Hidden Fortress
1958 · as Guard (uncredited)
Dodes'ka-den
1970 · as Foodstand owner
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 · as Reporter A
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · as Furuya
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Japan's Longest Day
1967 · as Old Journalist
Floating Weeds
1959 · as Kichinosuke
The Lower Depths
1957 · as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934 · as Shinkichi
Scandal
1950 · as Cameraman A
Early Spring
1956 · as Hirayama
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959 · as Shopkeeper
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Epitaph to My Love
1961 · as Torikie