Kōji Mitsui
Born March 06, 1910 (Age: 116)
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Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
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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Filmography
Our Miyo-chan
1969
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as Yagi
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Age: 59
Punch Guy
1966
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Age: 56
Ohana han
1966
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as Mizorogi
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Age: 56
Salaryman's Medal
1965
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Age: 54
Legends of Honor
1963
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Age: 53
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
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Age: 53
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
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Age: 52
The Body
1962
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Age: 52
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
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Age: 52
Hadashi no hanayome
1962
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Age: 52
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
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Age: 52
Tokyo Bay
1962
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as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
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Age: 52
Mother Country
1962
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Age: 52
Otoko no Uta
1962
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Age: 52
A Roaring Trade
1962
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Age: 51
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
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Age: 51
喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
1961
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Age: 51
No Image
Furimuita hanayome
1961
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as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
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Age: 51
Koi no gashū
1961
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as Shuzo, Tomie's father
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Age: 51
Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
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Age: 51
Epitaph to My Love
1961
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as Torikie
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Age: 51
Killers on Parade
1961
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Age: 50
Hijō no otoko
1961
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Age: 50
Incidental Murders
1961
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as Genji
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Age: 50
Irohanihoheto
1960
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Age: 50
Only She Knows
1960
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Age: 50
Hot Corner Murder
1960
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as Hobara
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Age: 49
Floating Weeds
1959
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as Kichinosuke
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Age: 49
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
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Age: 49
Thus Another Day
1959
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as Man A
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Age: 49
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
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Age: 49
Fox and Raccoon
1959
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as Hangoro Iizuka
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Age: 49
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
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as Shopkeeper
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Age: 49
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
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Age: 48
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
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as Furuya
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Age: 48
The Hidden Fortress
1958
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as Guard (uncredited)
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Age: 48
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
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Age: 48
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
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Age: 48
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
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Age: 48
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
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Age: 48
No Image
Botchan
1958
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as Nodaiko
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Age: 48
Firefly Light
1958
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Age: 48
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
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Age: 48
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
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Age: 47
Hibi no haishin
1958
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Age: 47
Typhoon
1956
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Age: 46
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
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Age: 46
Seishun no oto
1956
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Age: 46
刑事部屋
1956
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Age: 46
元祿美少年記
1955
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as 父長助
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Age: 45
Iroha Elegy
1955
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Age: 45
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
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as 岡本五郎右衛門
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Age: 45
Chutaro of Banba
1955
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Age: 45
Here Is a Spring
1955
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Age: 44
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
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as 古門前の長次
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Age: 43
Onna no ryūkō
1950
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Age: 39
Sumida River
1942
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Age: 32
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
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Age: 32
There Was a Father
1942
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as Graduate
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Age: 32
No Blood Relation
1932
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as Guy on bike
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Age: 22
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
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Age: 22