Seiji Miyaguchi

Actor Nov 15 (died age 71) Tokyo, Japan 1945–2002 (57 year career)

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Biography

Seiji Miyaguchi (宮口精二 Miyaguchi Seiji, November 15, 1913–April 12, 1985) was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as Kyuzo, the master swordsman) despite the actor's confession to have never handled a sword before the role, Ikiru as a yakuza boss from "restaurant row," and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan. He died of lung cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Seiji Miyaguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Seven Samurai

Kyuzo

Film

Ikiru

Yakuza Boss

Film

Throne of Blood

Phantom samurai

Film

Kwaidan

Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Film

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Kyôritsu Ô

Film

The Bad Sleep Well

Public Prosecutor Okakura

Film

Shōgun

Muraji

Film

Early Summer

Nishiwaki

Filmography

Acting (119)

Movies (117)

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

as Self

Farewell to the Ark

as Old man

Mermaid Legend

as Tatsuo

Antonio Gaudí

as Boada (voice)

White Snake Enchantment

as Jikan

Lake of Illusions

as Yoshikane Nagao

The Challenge

as Old Man

Melodies of a White Night

The Fossil

as Sunami

Aoi sanmyaku

as Mr. Okamoto

Tora-san's Lovesick

1974

8.0

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

as Shukichi

To Love Again

Hajimete no Tabi

The Militarists

as Shinegori Togo

Admiral Yamamoto

as Ito

Young Guy in Rio

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

1968

as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)

9.0

My Brother, My Love

1968

as Ginsaku Kitagawa

10.0

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

1968

as Den'nosuke Kakishima

River of Forever

1967

9.0

Pomegranate Time

1967

as Naokichi Kuwata

Japan's Longest Day

1967

as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

7.2

Punch Guy

1966

Kwaidan

1965

as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

7.7

Song of Farewell

1965

as Masao Nomura

Samurai Spy

1965

as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

6.4

The Start of Life

1965

as Tatsugoro Ishiguro

The Radish and the Carrot

1965

9.0

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

1965

as Dr. Gulliver (voice)

6.2

Start Here

1965

as Old Man

The Dedicated Gunman

Pale Flower

as Funada

The Enforcer

Warrior of the Wind

Intentions of Murder

as Genji Miyata

Raised in a Palace

as Tsukada

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964

as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)

5.4

Night Scandal

1964

as Daizo Suzuki

Samurai from Nowhere

as Tatewaki Komuro

Our Happiness Alone

The Naked Executive

as Heikichi Hamanaka

Night Scandal in Japan

1964

as Detective Tasaka

10.0

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

1964

as Detective (uncredited)

Attack Squadron

as Onishi

Youth After School

as Shinkichi Yamaguchi

A House in the Quarter

1963

as Sanzaemon Katagiri

Escape from Hell

as Usuke

Mother

as Doctor

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

1963

as Shūhei Isomura

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

as Takichiro Sada

La Fée Diabolique

The Inheritance

as Yoshida

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

1962

as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

7.5

The Broken Commandment

as School master

Anything For Success

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

1962

Miyamoto Musashi

1961

as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Structure of Hate

Enraptured

That Guy and I

The Human Condition

as Kyôritsu Ô

The Bad Sleep Well

as Public Prosecutor Okakura

7.7

Irohanihoheto

1960

Ah Special Attack Corps

1960

Goodbye to Glory

1960

as Hikocho

Get 'em All

1960

as Takahashi

7.0

The War Without Weapons

1960

as Mochizuki

The Twilight Story

Deep River Melody

The Last Trump Card

Banana

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

as Kyôritsu Ô

8.1

The Most Valuable Wife

as Rintaro Nonomiya

Jōen

A Secret Rendezvous

as Yuichiro

Someday I'll Know

as Masao Shiroyama

Farewell to Spring

as Akira's father

Tokyo Omnibus

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

1959

5.7

Stakeout

1958

as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

6.9

The Ballad of Narayama

1958

as Matayan

7.5

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

as Senjuro Takebe

The Rickshaw Man

Accomplice

In Self-Defense

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

1958

Throne of Blood

1957

as Phantom samurai

7.9

The Story of Pure Love

1957

6.8

Untamed Woman

1957

as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

Black River

as Kin

A Dangerous Hero

Akuma no kao

Tokyo Twilight

as Policeman

Hateful Things

Night Butterflies

Early Spring

as Yuzo Miura

Samurai of the Great Earth

Punishment Room

The Underworld

Flowing

as Namie's Uncle

Will-o'-the-Wisp

In Case of One Woman

as Tomoki Hisamoto

Frame of Snow

1955

as Ishiyama (Engineer)

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made

1955

Seven Samurai

1954

as Kyuzo

8.5

The Street Without Sun

1954

as Okimi's father

7.0

An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953

6.1

The Last Embrace

1953

as Gangster

Ikiru

as Yakuza Boss

Early Summer

as Nishiwaki

Beauty of Life

Fireworks Over the Sea

as Gunzo Ishiguro

The Good Fairy

as Assistant editor

Three-Fingered Detective

1947

7.0

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

1946

6.0

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945

as Kohei Tsuzaki

6.0

Television (2)

Shōgun

1980

as Muraji

7.7

Special Crime Investigation Front

1977

10.0