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) . 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.
Top Filmography
High and Low
1963 // MOVIE
The Hidden Fortress
1958 // MOVIE
Woman in the Dunes
1964 // MOVIE
Red Beard
1965 // MOVIE
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 // MOVIE
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 // MOVIE
Floating Weeds
1959 // MOVIE
Dodes'ka-den
1970 // MOVIE
The Lower Depths
1957 // MOVIE
Scandal
1950 // MOVIE
Early Spring
1956 // MOVIE
There Was a Father
1942 // MOVIE
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934 // MOVIE
A Hen in the Wind
1948 // MOVIE
A Fugitive from the Past
1965 // MOVIE