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

Early Summer

Nishiwaki

Film

Shōgun

Muraji

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (111)

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

as Self

Mermaid Legend

as Tatsuo

Farewell to the Ark

as Old man

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

1976

4.5

Aoi sanmyaku

1975

as Mr. Okamoto

The Fossil

as Sunami

Tora-san's Lovesick

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

as Shukichi

To Love Again

Hajimete no Tabi

The Militarists

as Shinegori Togo

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

1968

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

Admiral Yamamoto

1968

as Ito

8.3

My Brother, My Love

1968

as Ginsaku Kitagawa

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

1968

as Den'nosuke Kakishima

Young Guy in Rio

1968

6.0

Pomegranate Time

1967

as Naokichi Kuwata

Japan's Longest Day

1967

as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

River of Forever

Punch Guy

Kwaidan

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

7.7

Samurai Spy

1965

as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

The Dedicated Gunman

Song of Farewell

as Masao Nomura

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

1965

as Dr. Gulliver (voice)

5.9

The Radish and the Carrot

1965

10.0

Start Here

1965

as Old Man

The Start of Life

1965

as Tatsugoro Ishiguro

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964

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

Intentions of Murder

as Genji Miyata

Pale Flower

as Funada

Our Happiness Alone

The Enforcer

Warrior of the Wind

Night Scandal in Japan

1964

as Detective Tasaka

Samurai from Nowhere

as Tatewaki Komuro

Raised in a Palace

as Tsukada

Night Scandal

as Daizo Suzuki

The Naked Executive

1964

as Heikichi Hamanaka

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

1964

as Detective (uncredited)

6.0

A House in the Quarter

1963

as Sanzaemon Katagiri

6.0

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963

as Takichiro Sada

6.5

Youth After School

1963

as Shinkichi Yamaguchi

Escape from Hell

1963

as Usuke

6.2

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

1963

as Shūhei Isomura

Mother

1963

as Doctor

6.8

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

1962

as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Anything For Success

The Inheritance

as Yoshida

The Broken Commandment

1962

as School master

6.6

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

1962

Miyamoto Musashi

1961

as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

That Guy and I

Structure of Hate

Enraptured

The Human Condition

as Kyôritsu Ô

The Bad Sleep Well

as Public Prosecutor Okakura

最後の切札

The Twilight Story

Irohanihoheto

Get 'em All

as Takahashi

Ah Special Attack Corps

1960

Goodbye to Glory

1960

as Hikocho

Deep River Melody

1960

6.0

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Kyôritsu Ô

Jōen

A Secret Rendezvous

as Yuichiro

Farewell to Spring

as Akira's father

Someday I'll Know

as Masao Shiroyama

The Most Valuable Wife

1959

as Rintaro Nonomiya

7.5

Tokyo Omnibus

1959

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

1959

5.7

The Ballad of Narayama

1958

as Matayan

7.5

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

1958

as Senjuro Takebe

6.0

Stakeout

1958

as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

Accomplice

The Rickshaw Man

In Self-Defense

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

Tokyo Twilight

as Policeman

Throne of Blood

as Phantom samurai

The Story of Pure Love

1957

6.8

Untamed Woman

1957

as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

Black River

as Kin

悪魔の顔

Night Butterflies

A Dangerous Hero

Hateful Things

Early Spring

as Yuzo Miura

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Samurai of the Great Earth

Flowing

as Namie's Uncle

The Underworld

Punishment Room

Frame of Snow

as Ishiyama (Engineer)

Seven Samurai

1954

as Kyuzo

8.5

The Street Without Sun

1954

as Okimi's father

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

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

1946

6.0

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945

as Kohei Tsuzaki

5.9

Television (2)

Shōgun

1980

as Muraji

7.6

Special Crime Investigation Front

1977

10.0