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