--- name: "Kōji Mitsui" canonical: "https://film.one/person/koji-mitsui" fi1m_id: "koji-mitsui" imdb_id: "nm0594062" tmdb_id: 96804 wikidata_id: "Q11354269" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 March 1910" died: "20 July 1979" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 87 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-25T08:59:28.566583+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kōji Mitsui ## Identity Kōji Mitsui - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/koji-mitsui - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** koji-mitsui - **IMDb ID:** nm0594062 - **TMDB ID:** 96804 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11354269 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Mitsui, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11354269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96804 Actor. Born 6 March 1910 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Died 20 July 1979. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 March 1910, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan - **Died:** 20 July 1979 - **Active:** 1959–1963 - **Also known as:** 三井秀男, Кодзи Мицуи, Mitsui Hideo - **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 84 (1), 1960s 90 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Mitsui, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11354269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96804 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Floating Weeds*](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Kōji Mitsui (also credited as Hideo Mitsui or Mitsui Hideo) was a Japanese actor. Born Hikohide Mitsui in Yokohama in 1910, he joined the Shochiku studio in 1924 while a student and made his film debut in 1925 under the stage name Hideo Mitsui. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1925 and 1975, initially in youthful roles in silent and early sound pictures, including several directed by Yasujirō Ozu. After the war he changed his stage name to Kōji Mitsui in 1948 and became a noted supporting actor in films by Ozu and Akira Kurosawa. His performance as Yoshisaburō the gambler in Kurosawa's *The Lower Depths* (1957) won him Best Supporting Actor awards at the Mainichi Film Awards and Blue Ribbon Awards. Mitsui's later credits include *Floating Weeds* (1959), in which he was cast in the role of Kichinosuke, *High and Low* (1963), *Woman in the Dunes* (1964) and *Red Beard* (1965). He worked in television and on stage after going freelance, and died in Kamakura in 1979. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, as Second Reporter — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) - *Floating Weeds* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Kichinosuke — [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) ## Complete filmography (143) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Great Jailbreak* (1975), Actor - *Beyond the Rainbow* (1972), Actor - *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), as Old Man - *Dodes'ka-den* (1970), as Foodstand owner - *Our Miyo-chan* (1969), as Yagi - *Nanami: The Inferno of First Love* (1968), as Mr. Otagaki - *The Greatest Challenge of All* (1967), Actor - *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), as Old Journalist - *Punch Guy* (1966), Actor - *Ohana han* (1966), as Mizorogi - *Red Beard* (1965), as Heikichi - *Salaryman's Medal* (1965), Actor - *A Fugitive from the Past* (1965), as Motojima - *Japan's No. 1 Braggart* (1964), as Furui - *I Am a Medical Examiner* (1964), Actor - *Woman in the Dunes* (1964), as Village Elder - *How to Make Money* (1964), Actor - *The Honest Fool* (1964), Actor - *Legends of Honor* (1963), Actor - *Young Swordsman* (1963), as Yabe Senjuro - *Young Guy in Hawaii* (1963), Actor - *High and Low* (1963), as Second Reporter — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) - *Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru* (1962), Actor - *The Body* (1962), Actor - *Hadashi no hanayome* (1962), Actor - *Zoku aizen katsura* (1962), Actor - *Shin kitsune to tanuki* (1962), Actor - *Gang vs. Gang* (1962), Actor - *Tokyo Bay* (1962), as Narcotics Control Agent Hayashi - *Mother Country* (1962), Actor - *Otoko no Uta* (1962), Actor - *The Inheritance* (1962), Actor - *Drunkard's Paradise* (1962), Actor - *A Roaring Trade* (1962), Actor - *With Wife, Children, and Friends* (1961), Actor - *Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku* (1961), Actor - *Furimuita hanayome* (1961), as Yasunosuke Fukuhara - *Koi no gashū* (1961), as Shuzo, Tomie's father - *Hikkoshi yatsure* (1961), Actor - *Epitaph to My Love* (1961), as Torikie - *Aoi kairyū* (1961), Actor - *Killers on Parade* (1961), Actor - *Hijō no otoko* (1961), Actor - *Incidental Murders* (1961), as Genji - *The Last Trump Card* (1960), as Yaichi Saito - *The Bad Sleep Well* (1960), as Reporter A - *Irohanihoheto* (1960), Actor - *Banana* (1960), Actor - *Only She Knows* (1960), Actor - *Hot Corner Murder* (1960), as Hobara - *Floating Weeds* (1959), as Kichinosuke — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) - *Tokyo Omnibus* (1959), Actor - *Thus Another Day* (1959), as Man A - *Koko ni otoko ari* (1959), Actor - *Fox and Raccoon* (1959), as Hangoro Iizuka - *Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan* (1959), as Shopkeeper - *Lucky Dragon No. 5* (1959), Actor - *The Human Condition I: No Greater Love* (1959), as Furuya - *The Hidden Fortress* (1958), as Guard (uncredited) - *Maria of the Ant Village* (1958), Actor - *Tabi sugata nezumi kozō* (1958), Actor - *Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi* (1958), Actor - *Police Precinct Part 8* (1958), Actor - *Botchan* (1958), as Nodaiko - *Firefly Light* (1958), Actor - *Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen* (1958), Actor - *A Bridge for Two Alone* (1958), Actor - *Hibi no haishin* (1958), Actor - *The Unbalanced Wheel* (1957), Actor - *The Lower Depths* (1957), as Yoshisaburo the Gambler - *Times of Joy and Sorrow* (1957), as Mr. Kanemaki - *A Tale of Dung and Urine* (1957), Actor - *The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)* (1957), Actor - *A Case of Honor* (1957), Actor - *Tokyo is a Fine Place* (1957), Actor - *Typhoon Furor* (1956), Actor - *I Will Buy You* (1956), as Tamekichi Kurita - *The Thick-Walled Room* (1956), as Nishimura - *Horeruna Yanpachi* (1956), Actor - *The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations* (1956), Actor - *Sound of Youth* (1956), Actor - *Headquarters of Crime Detection* (1956), Actor - *Early Spring* (1956), as Hirayama - *元祿美少年記* (1955), as 父長助 - *Iroha Elegy* (1955), Actor - *Ejima and Ikushima* (1955), as 岡本五郎右衛門 - *Christ in Bronze* (1955), as Iwakichi - *The Vassal's Neck* (1955), Actor - *Chutaro of Banba* (1955), Actor - *Here Is a Spring* (1955), Actor - *Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery* (1954), Actor - *Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido* (1954), Actor - *Beautiful Tengu* (1954), as 弥之助 - *Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass* (1954), Actor - *慶安水滸傳* (1954), as 和尚廓念 - *Love Letter* (1953), Actor - *Always in My Heart Part 2* (1953), Actor - *Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha* (1953), as 古門前の長次 - *Always in My Heart* (1953), Actor - *Tange Sazen* (1952), Actor - *Avalanche* (1952), Actor - *Our Chief, Our Doctor* (1952), Actor - *Five Men of Edo* (1951), as Kodaira - *Fireworks Over the Sea* (1951), as Moriyama - *Jōen no hatoba* (1951), Actor - *Weeping Doll* (1951), as Shige - *Carmen Comes Home* (1951), as Oka - *The Inner Palace Conspiracy* (1951), as Kichitarō - *The Actress and the Detective* (1950), Actor - *Crazy Uproar* (1950), Actor - *Scandal* (1950), as Cameraman A - *Onna no ryūkō* (1950), Actor - *A Fool's Love* (1949), as Seki - *Ishimatsu of the Forest* (1949), Actor - *Jealousy* (1949), Actor - *The Most Beautiful Day of My Life* (1948), Actor - *A Hen in the Wind* (1948), as Hideo - *Great X* (1948), as Yoshioka - *Iki na fûraibô* (1946), as Gentarô - *Victory Song* (1945), as Kawanishi - *Field Army Orchestra* (1944), as Murakami - *Our Planes Fly South* (1943), Actor - *Sumida River* (1942), Actor - *The Spy Has Not Died Yet* (1942), Actor - *There Was a Father* (1942), as Graduate - *Okinu and Banto* (1940), Actor - *Haha o tataeru uta* (1939), Actor - *Spring Thunder* (1939), as Kensuke Ide - *Children of the Sun* (1938), Actor - *A Hero of Tokyo* (1935), as Hideo Nemoto - *Lumberjack and Lady* (1935), Actor - *A Story of Floating Weeds* (1934), as Shinkichi - *A Mother Should Be Loved* (1934), as Kousaku - *Street Without End* (1934), as Guest (at café) - *The Genealogy of Women* (1934), Actor - *The Boss's Son at College* (1933), as Kitamura - *Happy Times* (1933), Actor - *The Layabout and Seabathing* (1933), Actor - *Before the Wedding* (1933), Actor - *Dragnet Girl* (1933), as Hiroshi - *No Blood Relation* (1932), as Guy on bike - *The Loyal 47 Ronin* (1932), Actor - *The Father and His Son* (1929), Actor ## Gallery - ![Kōji Mitsui](https://film.one/media/person/382979/gallery-a0268d7d751f.jpg) Kōji Mitsui — Shōchiku, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/K%C5%8Dji_Mitsui_in_Ukikusa_monogatari%2C_1934.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Kōji Mitsui and Chōko Iida in Ukikusa monogatari (浮草物語) directed by Yasujirō Ozu, 1934](https://film.one/media/person/382979/gallery-ceec5e105f6a.jpg) Kōji Mitsui and Chōko Iida in Ukikusa monogatari (浮草物語) directed by Yasujirō Ozu, 1934 — Shōchiku, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/K%C5%8Dji_Mitsui_and_Ch%C5%8Dko_Iida_in_Ukikusa_monogatari%2C_1934.jpg/1280px-K%C5%8Dji_Mitsui_and_Ch%C5%8Dko_Iida_in_Ukikusa_monogatari%2C_1934.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor 1958: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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