9.0
9.0
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
as Mr. Kanemaki
Kōji Mitsui
Also known as: Koji Mitsui
Acting
Born:March 6, 1910
Died:July 20, 1979(aged 69)
Birthplace:Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japan
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (124 movies)
8.4
8.4
High and Low
1963
as Second Reporter
8.2
8.2
Woman in the Dunes
1964
as Village Elder
8.2
8.2
Red Beard
1965
as Heikichi
8.1
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Furuya
8.0
8.0
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
8.0
8.0
The Hidden Fortress
1958
as Guard (uncredited)
7.5
7.5
Early Spring
1956
as Hirayama
7.4
7.4
Floating Weeds
1959
as Kichinosuke
7.3
7.3
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
as Motojima
7.3
7.3
Here Is a Spring
1955
7.3
7.3
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
7.2
7.2
The Inheritance
1962
7.1
7.1
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
as Shinkichi
7.1
7.1
No Blood Relation
1932
as Guy on bike
7.1
7.1
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
7.1
7.1
A Hen in the Wind
1948
as Hideo
7.1
7.1
The Lower Depths
1957
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
7.0
7.0
The Boss's Son at College
1933
as Kitamura
7.0
7.0
I Will Buy You
1956
as Tamekichi Kurita
7.0
7.0
Epitaph to My Love
1961
as Torikie
7.0
7.0
Tokyo Bay
1962
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
7.0
7.0
Gang vs. Gang
1962
7.0
7.0
Great Jailbreak
1975
7.0
7.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
7.0
7.0
There Was a Father
1942
as Graduate
6.9
6.9
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968
as Mr. Otagaki
6.9
6.9
Scandal
1950
as Cameraman A
6.8
6.8
Always in My Heart
1953
6.8
6.8
Dragnet Girl
1933
as Hiroshi
6.6
6.6
Street Without End
1934
as Guest (at café)
6.5
6.5
Young Swordsman
1963
as Yabe Senjuro
6.5
6.5
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
6.5
6.5
Mother Country
1962
6.5
6.5
The Body
1962
6.2
6.2
Killers on Parade
1961
6.0
6.0
Carmen Comes Home
1951
as Oka
6.0
6.0
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
6.0
6.0
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
5.7
5.7
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
as Kousaku
5.7
5.7
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
as Shopkeeper
5.3
5.3
Thus Another Day
1959
as Man A
5.2
5.2
Victory Song
1945
as Kawanishi
5.0
5.0
A Hero of Tokyo
1935
as Hideo Nemoto
5.0
5.0
Incidental Murders
1961
as Genji
5.0
5.0
Chutaro of Banba
1955
5.0
5.0
Five Men of Edo
1951
as Kodaira
4.7
4.7
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Moriyama
4.0
4.0
Lumberjack and Lady
1935
Otoko no Uta
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
as 古門前の長次
慶安水滸傳
1954
as 和尚廓念
Beautiful Tengu
1954
as 弥之助
元祿美少年記
1955
as 父長助
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Haha o tataeru uta
1939
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
Our Planes Fly South
1943
Irohanihoheto
1960
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
Koi no gashū
1961
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
刑事部屋
1956
Hijō no otoko
1961
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
Fox and Raccoon
1959
as Hangoro Iizuka
喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
1961
The Father and His Son
1929
Onna no ryūkō
1950
Yasen gungakutai
1944
as Murakami
Before the Wedding
1933
The Human Condition
1961
as Furuya
Salaryman's Medal
1965
Ohana han
1966
as Mizorogi
Okinu and Banto
1940
Our Miyo-chan
1969
as Yagi
Christ in Bronze
1955
as Iwakichi
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
Iki na fûraibô
1946
as Gentarô
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Children of the Sun
1938
Botchan
1958
as Nodaiko
Firefly Light
1958
Furimuita hanayome
1961
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
The Vassal's Neck
1955
Happy Times
1933
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Great X
1948
as Yoshioka
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
How to Make Money
1964
Legends of Honor
1963
Hot Corner Murder
1960
as Hobara
Hadashi no hanayome
1962
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Weeping Doll
1951
as Shige
Only She Knows
1960
Tange Sazen
1952
A Fool's Love
1949
as Seki
The Honest Fool
1964
A Case of Honor
1957
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Crazy Uproar
1950
Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952
Spring Thunder
1939
as Kensuke Ide
Iroha Elegy
1955
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
1964
as Furui
Beyond the Rainbow
1972
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
Typhoon
1956
A Roaring Trade
1962
The Genealogy of Women
1934
Sumida River
1942
Hibi no haishin
1958
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
as Kichitarō
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
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