Kōji Mitsui
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.
Acting
Movie
High and Low
as Second Reporter
1963
Movie
The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
1958
Movie
Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
1964
Movie
Red Beard
as Heikichi
1965
Movie
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Furuya
1959
Movie
The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
1960
Movie
Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
1959
Movie
Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
1970
Movie
The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
1957
Movie
Scandal
as Cameraman A
1950
Movie
Early Spring
as Hirayama
1956
Movie
There Was a Father
as Graduate
1942
Movie
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
1934
Movie
A Hen in the Wind
as Hideo
1948
Movie
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
1965
Movie
Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
1967
Movie
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
as Mr. Otagaki
1968
Movie
Love Letter
1953
Movie
The Inheritance
1962
Movie
Dragnet Girl
as Hiroshi
1933
Movie
Carmen Comes Home
as Oka
1951
Movie
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
Movie
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Kousaku
1934
Movie
No Blood Relation
as Guy on bike
1932