Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui in The Bad Sleep Well
Born
Hikohide Mitsui (三井日子秀)

6 March 1910
Died20 April 1979(1979-04-20) (aged 69)
Other namesHideo Mitsui (三井秀男);
慈秀院法弘日正居士
(posthumous name)
OccupationActor
Years active1925–1978
Spouses
  • Fusako Maki, actress
    (divorced)
  • Shinobu Omori, former Takarazuka Revue member under stage name Yae Haruyo
    (m. 1945)
ChildrenOne daughter

Kōji Mitsui (三井弘次, Mitsui Kōji; 6 March 1910 – 20 April 1979) 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.