Cast

Kōji Mitsui

1910 – 1979

Active years (films on this site)

1934–1964

Genres

DramaComedyThriller

Schools and movements

Japanese Golden AgeJapanese New WaveHorror and the Uncanny

Directors worked with

Yasujiro Ozu2 filmsKeisuke Kinoshita1 filmAkira Kurosawa1 filmKaneto Shindo1 filmHiroshi Teshigahara1 film

Biography

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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

National / local

• Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor 1958

6 films on this site

1. A Story of Floating Weeds 1934 · Yasujiro Ozu · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
2. Carmen Comes Home 1951 · Keisuke Kinoshita · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
3. The Lower Depths (1957) 1957 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
4. Floating Weeds 1959 · Yasujiro Ozu · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
5. Lucky Dragon No. 5 1959 · Kaneto Shindo · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
6. Woman in the Dunes 1964 · Hiroshi Teshigahara · IMDb 8.4 · Cast