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Kōji Mitsui
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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 …
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Kōji Mitsui's Filmography
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Great Jailbreak
Beyond the Rainbow
The Battle of Okinawa
as Old Man
Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
Our Miyo-chan
as Yagi
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
as Mr. Otagaki
The Greatest Challenge of All
Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
Punch Guy
Ohana han
as Mizorogi
Red Beard
as Heikichi
Salaryman's Medal
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
as Furui
No Poster
I Am a Medical Examiner
Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
How to Make Money
The Honest Fool
Legends of Honor
Young Swordsman
as Yabe Senjuro
Young Guy in Hawaii
High and Low
as Second Reporter
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
The Body
Zoku aizen katsura
Hadashi no hanayome
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Gang vs. Gang
Tokyo Bay
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
Mother Country
Otoko no Uta
The Inheritance
Drunkard's Paradise
A Roaring Trade
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku
No Poster
Furimuita hanayome
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
Koi no gashū
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
Hikkoshi yatsure
Epitaph to My Love
as Torikie
Aoi kairyū
Killers on Parade
Hijō no otoko
Incidental Murders
as Genji
The Last Trump Card
as Yaichi Saito
The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
Irohanihoheto
Banana
Only She Knows
Hot Corner Murder
as Hobara
Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
Tokyo Omnibus
Thus Another Day
as Man A
Koko ni otoko ari
Fox and Raccoon
as Hangoro Iizuka
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Shopkeeper
Lucky Dragon No. 5
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Furuya
The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
Maria of the Ant Village
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Police Precinct Part 8
No Poster
Botchan
as Nodaiko
Firefly Light
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
A Bridge for Two Alone
Hibi no haishin
The Unbalanced Wheel
The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Mr. Kanemaki
A Tale of Dung and Urine
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
A Case of Honor
Tokyo is a Fine Place
Typhoon Furor
I Will Buy You
as Tamekichi Kurita
The Thick-Walled Room
as Nishimura
Horeruna Yanpachi
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
Sound of Youth
Headquarters of Crime Detection
Early Spring
as Hirayama
元祿美少年記
as 父長助
Iroha Elegy
Ejima and Ikushima
as 岡本五郎右衛門
Christ in Bronze
as Iwakichi
No Poster
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
as 弥之助
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
慶安水滸傳
as 和尚廓念
Love Letter
Always in My Heart Part 2
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 古門前の長次
Always in My Heart
Tange Sazen
No Poster
Avalanche
Our Chief, Our Doctor
Five Men of Edo
as Kodaira
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Moriyama
Jōen no hatoba
Weeping Doll
as Shige
Carmen Comes Home
as Oka
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Kichitarō
No Poster
The Actress and the Detective
Crazy Uproar
Scandal
as Cameraman A
Onna no ryūkō
A Fool's Love
as Seki
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Jealousy
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
A Hen in the Wind
as Hideo
Great X
as Yoshioka
No Poster
Iki na fûraibô
as Gentarô
Victory Song
as Kawanishi
Field Army Orchestra
as Murakami
Our Planes Fly South
Sumida River
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
There Was a Father
as Graduate
Okinu and Banto
Haha o tataeru uta
Spring Thunder
as Kensuke Ide
No Poster
Children of the Sun
A Hero of Tokyo
as Hideo Nemoto
Lumberjack and Lady
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Kousaku
Street Without End
as Guest (at café)
The Genealogy of Women
The Boss's Son at College
as Kitamura
Happy Times
The Layabout and Seabathing
Before the Wedding
Dragnet Girl
as Hiroshi
No Blood Relation
as Guy on bike
The Loyal 47 Ronin
No Poster