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Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Acting

March 6, 1910 – July 20, 1979 (died at 69)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Male
137 Movies

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.

Woman in the Dunes
Woman in the Dunes

Woman in the Dunes

1964 8.2

as Village Elder

Age 53 (now 69)
The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

1958 8.0

as Guard (uncredited)

Age 48 (now 69)
A Story of Floating Weeds
A Story of Floating Weeds

A Story of Floating Weeds

1934 7.2

as Shinkichi

Age 24 (now 69)
A Fugitive from the Past
A Fugitive from the Past

A Fugitive from the Past

1965 7.3

as Motojima

Age 54 (now 69)
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds

1959 7.5

as Kichinosuke

Age 49 (now 69)
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love

1968 7.0

as Mr. Otagaki

Age 58 (now 69)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959 8.1

as Furuya

Age 48 (now 69)
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

1957 7.1

as Yoshisaburo the Gambler

Age 47 (now 69)
High and Low
High and Low

High and Low

1963 8.4

as Second Reporter

Age 52 (now 69)
Scandal
Scandal

Scandal

1950 6.9

as Cameraman A

Age 40 (now 69)
Dragnet Girl
Dragnet Girl

Dragnet Girl

1933 6.7

as Hiroshi

Age 23 (now 69)
Red Beard
Red Beard

Red Beard

1965 8.2

as Heikichi

Age 54 (now 69)
Early Spring
Early Spring

Early Spring

1956 7.5

as Hirayama

Age 45 (now 69)
A Mother Should Be Loved
A Mother Should Be Loved

A Mother Should Be Loved

1934 5.9

as Kousaku

Age 24 (now 69)
The Inheritance
The Inheritance

The Inheritance

1962 7.2
Age 51 (now 69)
There Was a Father
There Was a Father

There Was a Father

1942 7.0

as Graduate

Age 32 (now 69)