
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.

High and Low
MOVIE • 1963

There Was a Father
MOVIE • 1942

Red Beard
MOVIE • 1965

Dodes'ka-den
MOVIE • 1970

The Bad Sleep Well
MOVIE • 1960

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
MOVIE • 1959

The Hidden Fortress
MOVIE • 1958

Woman in the Dunes
MOVIE • 1964

A Fugitive from the Past
MOVIE • 1965

Japan's Longest Day
MOVIE • 1967

The Battle of Okinawa
MOVIE • 1971

The Lower Depths
MOVIE • 1957

Early Spring
MOVIE • 1956

Scandal
MOVIE • 1950

A Story of Floating Weeds
MOVIE • 1934

The Inheritance
MOVIE • 1962

The Boss's Son at College
MOVIE • 1933

A Hen in the Wind
MOVIE • 1948