Kōji Mitsui
Japanese actor · Japan · On the map · Actors · Lived 1910 to 1979 · aged 69
Kōji Mitsui was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 150 films from 1925 to 1975, including 29 of Kinema Junpo’s annual Top-10 winners and three of its 10 best Japanese films of all time. In 2000 the magazine named him one of the 60 most important Japanese actors of the 20th century.
Kōji Mitsui is read about 38 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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1979Died20 April 19791971
The Battle of OkinawaFilm, Old Man1968
Nanami: The Inferno of First LoveFilm, Mr. Otagaki1965
A Fugitive from the PastFilm, Motojima1964
Woman in the DunesFilm, Village Elder1962
Gang vs. GangFilm1960
The Bad Sleep WellFilm, Reporter A1958Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting ActorAward
The Hidden FortressFilm, 1958Guard (uncredited)1957
The Lower DepthsFilm, Yoshisaburo the Gambler1955
Here Is a SpringFilm1951
Carmen Comes HomeFilm, Oka1948
A Hen in the WindFilm, Hideo1945
Victory SongFilm, Kawanishi1934
A Mother Should Be LovedFilm, Kousaku1932
No Blood RelationFilm, Guy on bike1910Born6 March 1910
The Battle of OkinawaFilm, Old Man1968Nanami: The Inferno of First LoveFilm, Mr. Otagaki1965A Fugitive from the PastFilm, Motojima1964Woman in the DunesFilm, Village Elder1962Gang vs. GangFilm1960The Bad Sleep WellFilm, Reporter A1958Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting ActorAwardThe Hidden FortressFilm, 1958Guard (uncredited)1957The Lower DepthsFilm, Yoshisaburo the Gambler1955Here Is a SpringFilm1951Carmen Comes HomeFilm, Oka1948A Hen in the WindFilm, Hideo1945Victory SongFilm, Kawanishi1934A Mother Should Be LovedFilm, Kousaku1932No Blood RelationFilm, Guy on bike1910Born6 March 1910People around Kōji
Close ties
Yasujirō Ozu Directed Dragnet Girl and There Was a Father
Chishū Ryū Also in A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
Takeshi Sakamoto Also in A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
Akira Kurosawa Directed Scandal and The Lower Depths
Toshiro Mifune Also in Scandal and The Lower Depths
Takashi Shimura Also in Scandal and The Bad Sleep Well
Susumu Fujita Also in The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low
Hideo Oguni Wrote The Lower Depths and The Bad Sleep Well
Eijirō Tōno Also in Early Spring and The Lower Depths
Shuji Sano Also in There Was a Father and Victory Song
Tadao Ikeda Wrote Dragnet Girl and A Mother Should Be Loved
Yoshio Tsuchiya Also in The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low
Eitarō Ozawa Also in The Servant’s Neck and Scandal
Toshiko Kobayashi Also in Carmen Comes Home (1951)
Kyōko Kagawa Also in The Lower Depths and The Bad Sleep Well
Haruko Sugimura Also in Fireworks Over the Sea and Early Spring
Sō Yamamura Also in Japan's Longest Day and Homecoming
Seiji Miyaguchi Also in Early Spring (1956)
Keiji Sada Also in Carmen Comes Home (1951)
Kin Sugai Also in The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low
Kōgo Noda Wrote No Blood Relation (1932)- Yūnosuke Itō Also in I Will Buy You and The Thick-Walled Room
Bokuzen Hidari Also in Scandal and The Lower Depths
Kyū Sazanka Also in I Will Buy You (1956)
Known for
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High and Low 1963
Red Beard 1965
Woman in the Dunes 1964
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959
The Hidden Fortress 1958
Also in Français
Filmography 40
144 credits on file
Media & music
Awards
About this person
Country
Japan
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1979 · aged 69
