Kōji Mitsui

Personal Info

Birthday

March 6, 1910

Day of Death

1979-07-20

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

三井秀男

Кодзи Мицуи

Kōji Mitsui

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) .

Known For

High and Low

Woman in the Dunes

The Hidden Fortress

Floating Weeds

Early Spring

Red Beard

The Bad Sleep Well

Scandal

Filmography

1970
Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
1969
Our Miyo-chan
as Yagi
1968
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
as Mr. Otagaki
1967
Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
1966
Ohana han
as Mizorogi
1965
Red Beard
as Heikichi
A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
1964
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
as Furui
Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
1963
Young Swordsman
as Yabe Senjuro
High and Low
as Second Reporter
1962
Tokyo Bay
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
1961
Furimuita hanayome
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
Koi no gashū
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
Epitaph to My Love
as Torikie
Incidental Murders
as Genji
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
Hot Corner Murder
as Hobara
1959
Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
Thus Another Day
as Man A
Fox and Raccoon
as Hangoro Iizuka
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Shopkeeper
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Furuya
1958
The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
Botchan
as Nodaiko
1957
The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Mr. Kanemaki
1956
I Will Buy You
as Tamekichi Kurita
Early Spring
as Hirayama
1955
元祿美少年記
as 父長助

Ejima and Ikushima
as 岡本五郎右衛門

Christ in Bronze
as Iwakichi
1954
Beautiful Tengu
as 弥之助

慶安水滸傳
as 和尚廓念
1953
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 古門前の長次
1951
Five Men of Edo
as Kodaira
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Moriyama
Weeping Doll
as Shige
Carmen Comes Home
as Oka
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Kichitarō
1950
Scandal
as Cameraman A
1949
A Fool's Love
as Seki
1948
A Hen in the Wind
as Hideo
Great X
as Yoshioka
1946
Iki na fûraibô
as Gentarô
1945
Victory Song
as Kawanishi
1942
There Was a Father
as Graduate
1939
Spring Thunder
as Kensuke Ide
1935
A Hero of Tokyo
as Hideo Nemoto
1934
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Kousaku
Street Without End
as Guest (at café)
1933
The Boss's Son at College
as Kitamura
Dragnet Girl
as Hiroshi
1932
No Blood Relation
as Guy on bike