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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 6, 1910
Died
July 20, 1979
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Also Known As
- 三井秀男
- Кодзи Мицуи
Kōji Mitsui
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Great Jailbreak
1975
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Beyond the Rainbow
1972
7.5
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
7.0
Foodstand owner
Dodes'ka-den
1970
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Yagi
Our Miyo-chan
1969
6.9
Mr. Otagaki
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968
7.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
7.2
Old Journalist
Japan's Longest Day
1967
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Punch Guy
1966
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Mizorogi
Ohana han
1966
Credits
Great Jailbreak
1975
7.0
Beyond the Rainbow
1972
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The Battle of Okinawa
1971
7.5
Dodes'ka-den
as Foodstand owner
1970
7.0
Our Miyo-chan
as Yagi
1969
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Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
as Mr. Otagaki
1968
6.9
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
7.0
Japan's Longest Day
as Old Journalist
1967
7.2
Punch Guy
1966
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Ohana han
as Mizorogi
1966
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Red Beard
as Heikichi
1965
8.1
Salaryman's Medal
1965
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A Fugitive from the Past
as Motojima
1965
7.3
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
as Furui
1964
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Woman in the Dunes
as Village Elder
1964
8.2
How to Make Money
1964
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The Honest Fool
1964
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Legends of Honor
1963
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Young Swordsman
as Yabe Senjuro
1963
6.5
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
6.0
High and Low
as Second Reporter
1963
8.3
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
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The Body
1962
6.5
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
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Hadashi no hanayome
1962
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Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
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Gang vs. Gang
1962
7.0
Tokyo Bay
as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi
1962
7.0
Mother Country
1962
6.5
Otoko no Uta
1962
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The Inheritance
1962
7.2
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
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A Roaring Trade
1962
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With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
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喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
1961
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Furimuita hanayome
as Yasunosuke Fukuhara
1961
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Koi no gashū
as Shuzo, Tomie's father
1961
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Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
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Epitaph to My Love
as Torikie
1961
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Killers on Parade
1961
6.2
Hijō no otoko
1961
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Incidental Murders
as Genji
1961
5.0
The Bad Sleep Well
as Reporter A
1960
7.7
Irohanihoheto
1960
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Only She Knows
1960
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Hot Corner Murder
as Hobara
1960
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Floating Weeds
as Kichinosuke
1959
7.5
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
0.0
Thus Another Day
as Man A
1959
5.3
Koko ni otoko ari
1959
0.0
Fox and Raccoon
as Hangoro Iizuka
1959
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Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Shopkeeper
1959
5.7
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
7.3
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Furuya
1959
8.1
The Hidden Fortress
as Guard (uncredited)
1958
8.0
Maria of the Ant Village
1958
0.0
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
0.0
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1958
0.0
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
0.0
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Botchan
as Nodaiko
1958
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Firefly Light
1958
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Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
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A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
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Hibi no haishin
1958
0.0
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
0.0
The Lower Depths
as Yoshisaburo the Gambler
1957
7.1
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Mr. Kanemaki
1957
9.0
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
1957
6.0
A Case of Honor
1957
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Typhoon
1956
0.0
I Will Buy You
as Tamekichi Kurita
1956
7.0
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
7.1
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
8.0
刑事部屋
1956
0.0
Early Spring
as Hirayama
1956
7.5
元祿美少年記
as 父長助
1955
0.0
Iroha Elegy
1955
0.0
Ejima and Ikushima
as 岡本五郎右衛門
1955
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Christ in Bronze
as Iwakichi
1955
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The Vassal's Neck
1955
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Chutaro of Banba
1955
5.0
Here Is a Spring
1955
7.3
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954
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Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
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Beautiful Tengu
as 弥之助
1954
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Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
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慶安水滸傳
as 和尚廓念
1954
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Love Letter
1953
6.8
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
6.5
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 古門前の長次
1953
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Always in My Heart
1953
6.8
Tange Sazen
1952
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Our Chief, Our Doctor
1952
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Five Men of Edo
as Kodaira
1951
5.0
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Moriyama
1951
4.7
Weeping Doll
as Shige
1951
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Carmen Comes Home
as Oka
1951
6.0
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Kichitarō
1951
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Crazy Uproar
1950
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Scandal
as Cameraman A
1950
6.9
Onna no ryūkō
1950
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A Fool's Love
as Seki
1949
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Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
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The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
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A Hen in the Wind
as Hideo
1948
7.1
Great X
as Yoshioka
1948
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🎬
Iki na fûraibô
as Gentarô
1946
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Victory Song
as Kawanishi
1945
5.2
Yasen gungakutai
as Murakami
1944
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Our Planes Fly South
1943
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Sumida River
1942
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The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
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There Was a Father
as Graduate
1942
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Okinu and Banto
1940
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Haha o tataeru uta
1939
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Spring Thunder
as Kensuke Ide
1939
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Children of the Sun
1938
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A Hero of Tokyo
as Hideo Nemoto
1935
5.0
Lumberjack and Lady
1935
4.0
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Shinkichi
1934
7.1
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Kousaku
1934
5.7
Street Without End
as Guest (at café)
1934
6.6
The Genealogy of Women
1934
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The Boss's Son at College
as Kitamura
1933
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Happy Times
1933
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The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
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Before the Wedding
1933
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Dragnet Girl
as Hiroshi
1933
6.7
No Blood Relation
as Guy on bike
1932
7.1
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
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The Father and His Son
1929
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