
Seiji Miyaguchi
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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
Credits

Seven Samurai (1954)
as Kyuzo

Ikiru (1952)
as Yakuza Boss

Throne of Blood (1957)
as Phantom samurai

Kwaidan (1965)
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

To Love Again (1971)
Actor

The Challenge (1982)
as Old Man

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
as Kyôritsu Ô

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
as Public Prosecutor Okakura

Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
as Ito

White Snake Enchantment (1983)
as Jikan

Tokyo Twilight (1957)
as Policeman

The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
as Matayan

Early Spring (1956)
as Yuzo Miura

Mermaid Legend (1984)
as Tatsuo

Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Pale Flower (1964)
as Funada

The Inheritance (1962)
as Yoshida

Early Summer (1951)
as Nishiwaki

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)

Japan's Longest Day (1967)
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
Actor

The Last Embrace (1953)
as Gangster

The Broken Commandment (1962)
as School master

Stakeout (1958)
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

A House in the Quarter (1963)
as Sanzaemon Katagiri

The Rickshaw Man (1958)
Actor

Lake of Illusions (1982)
as Yoshikane Nagao

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)
as Dr. Gulliver (voice)

An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Actor

The Militarists (1970)
as Shinegori Togo

Untamed Woman (1957)
as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

Farewell to the Ark (1984)
as Old man

Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)
as Takichiro Sada

Get 'em All (1960)
as Takahashi

Intentions of Murder (1964)
as Genji Miyata

Flowing (1956)
as Namie's Uncle

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
as Kohei Tsuzaki

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

The War Without Weapons (1960)
as Mochizuki

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958)
Actor

The Fossil (1975)
as Sunami

Black River (1957)
as Kin

Attack Squadron (1963)
as Onishi

Samurai Spy (1965)
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972)
as Shukichi

The Street Without Sun (1954)
as Okimi's father

The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
Actor

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (1968)
as Den'nosuke Kakishima

Akuma no kao (1957)
Actor

A Secret Rendezvous (1959)
as Yuichiro

A Dangerous Hero (1957)
as Sasai

The Dedicated Gunman (1965)
Actor

Samurai of the Great Earth (1956)
Actor

Punishment Room (1956)
Actor

Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)
Actor

Deep River Melody (1960)
Actor

Samurai from Nowhere (1964)
as Tatewaki Komuro

Irohanihoheto (1960)
Actor

The Naked Executive (1964)
as Heikichi Hamanaka

Will-o'-the-Wisp (1956)
Actor

The Twilight Story (1960)
Actor

Youth After School (1963)
as Shinkichi Yamaguchi

The Story of Pure Love (1957)
Actor

Aoi sanmyaku (1975)
as Mr. Okamoto

Someday I'll Know (1959)
as Masao Shiroyama

The Last Trump Card (1960)
as Yoshimura

Warrior of the Wind (1964)
Actor

Escape from Hell (1963)
as Usuke

The Most Valuable Wife (1959)
as Rintaro Nonomiya

Accomplice (1958)
Actor

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' (2002)
as Self

Night Scandal in Japan (1964)
as Detective Tasaka

Beauty of Life (1951)
Actor

Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)
as Gunzo Ishiguro

That Guy and I (1961)
Actor

The Underworld (1956)
Actor

Song of Farewell (1965)
as Masao Nomura

The Good Fairy (1951)
as Assistant editor

A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)
Actor

La Fée Diabolique (1963)
Actor

Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
Actor

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
as Boada (voice)

Hateful Things (1957)
Actor

Raised in a Palace (1964)
as Tsukada

Our Happiness Alone (1964)
Actor

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi (1962)
Actor

Night Butterflies (1957)
Actor

Three-Fingered Detective (1947)
Actor

Night Scandal (1964)
as Daizo Suzuki

My Brother, My Love (1968)
as Ginsaku Kitagawa

Punch Guy (1966)
Actor

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji (1963)
as Shūhei Isomura

Frame of Snow (1955)
as Ishiyama (Engineer)

In Self-Defense (1958)
Actor

Hajimete no Tabi (1971)
Actor

River of Forever (1967)
Actor

Melodies of a White Night (1976)
Actor
In Case of One Woman (1956)
as Tomoki Hisamoto
The Enforcer (1964)
Actor

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (1968)
as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)

Pomegranate Time (1967)
as Naokichi Kuwata

Young Guy in Rio (1968)
Actor

Mother (1963)
as Doctor

Goodbye to Glory (1960)
as Hikocho

The Start of Life (1965)
as Tatsugoro Ishiguro

Farewell to Spring (1959)
as Akira's father

Structure of Hate (1961)
Actor
The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
as Senjuro Takebe

Banana (1960)
Actor

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made (1955)
Actor

Anything For Success (1962)
Actor
Enraptured (1961)
Actor

Fumiko's Five Benefactors (1964)
as Detective (uncredited)

Ah Special Attack Corps (1960)
Actor

Jōen (1959)
Actor

Start Here (1965)
as Old Man





