Kōji Mitsui
Known For
Acting
Born
1910-03-06 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died
1979-07-20
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.
Most Known For
High and Low
as Second Reporter
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Furuya
Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
Love Letter
The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
The Battle of Okinawa
Red Beard
as Heikichi
Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
The Inheritance
Scandal
as Cameraman A
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
Early Spring
as Hirayama
Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
There Was a Father
as Graduate
The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
Carmen Comes Home
as Oka
