
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")

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
as Public Prosecutor Okakura

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

White Snake Enchantment (1983)
as Jikan

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

A House in the Quarter (1963)
as Sanzaemon Katagiri

Intentions of Murder (1964)
as Genji Miyata

The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
as Matayan

Early Summer (1951)
as Nishiwaki

Tokyo Twilight (1957)
as Policeman

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

Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
as Ito

Stakeout (1958)
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

Pale Flower (1964)
as Funada

The Challenge (1982)
as Old Man

Early Spring (1956)
as Yuzo Miura

The Rickshaw Man (1958)
Actor

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
as Kohei Tsuzaki

Farewell to the Ark (1984)
as Old man

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

The Inheritance (1962)
as Yoshida

Accomplice (1958)
Actor

Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Lake of Illusions (1982)
as Yoshikane Nagao

Samurai Spy (1965)
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Black River (1957)
as Kin

The Militarists (1970)
as Shinegori Togo

Punishment Room (1956)
Actor

Mermaid Legend (1984)
as Tatsuo

Flowing (1956)
as Namie's Uncle

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

My Brother, My Love (1968)
as Ginsaku Kitagawa

An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Actor

Escape from Hell (1963)
as Usuke

The Start of Life (1965)
as Tatsugoro Ishiguro

The Most Valuable Wife (1959)
as Rintaro Nonomiya

A Secret Rendezvous (1959)
as Yuichiro

The Fossil (1975)
as Sunami

Samurai from Nowhere (1964)
as Tatewaki Komuro

Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)
as Takichiro Sada

The Naked Executive (1964)
as Heikichi Hamanaka

The Story of Pure Love (1957)
Actor

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

The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
Actor

Night Butterflies (1957)
Actor

Warrior of the Wind (1964)
Actor

The Broken Commandment (1962)
as School master

The Twilight Story (1960)
Actor

Aoi sanmyaku (1975)
as Mr. Okamoto

A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)
Actor

Song of Farewell (1965)
as Masao Nomura

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

Pomegranate Time (1967)
as Naokichi Kuwata

Deep River Melody (1960)
Actor

Beauty of Life (1951)
Actor
The Enforcer (1964)
Actor

Someday I'll Know (1959)
as Masao Shiroyama

Get 'em All (1960)
as Takahashi

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

Night Scandal in Japan (1964)
as Detective Tasaka

Farewell to Spring (1959)
as Akira's father

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

Akuma no kao (1957)
Actor

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958)
Actor

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi (1962)
Actor

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

Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
Actor

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

Three-Fingered Detective (1947)
Actor

Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)
Actor

Ah Special Attack Corps (1960)
Actor

Hajimete no Tabi (1971)
Actor

Youth After School (1963)
as Shinkichi Yamaguchi

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

To Love Again (1971)
Actor

Samurai of the Great Earth (1956)
Actor

Irohanihoheto (1960)
Actor

Structure of Hate (1961)
Actor

Melodies of a White Night (1976)
Actor

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

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
as Boada (voice)

Mother (1963)
as Doctor

The Last Embrace (1953)
as Gangster

The Good Fairy (1951)
as Assistant editor
The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
as Senjuro Takebe

Anything For Success (1962)
Actor

Raised in a Palace (1964)
as Tsukada

Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)
as Gunzo Ishiguro

That Guy and I (1961)
Actor

A Dangerous Hero (1957)
Actor

The Last Trump Card (1960)
as Yoshimura

River of Forever (1967)
Actor

The Underworld (1956)
Actor

Jōen (1959)
Actor

The Dedicated Gunman (1965)
Actor

Our Happiness Alone (1964)
Actor
Enraptured (1961)
Actor
In Case of One Woman (1956)
as Tomoki Hisamoto

In Self-Defense (1958)
Actor

Goodbye to Glory (1960)
as Hikocho

Young Guy in Rio (1968)
Actor

Night Scandal (1964)
as Daizo Suzuki

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

Hateful Things (1957)
Actor

Punch Guy (1966)
Actor

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made (1955)
Actor

Banana (1960)
Actor

Frame of Snow (1955)
as Ishiyama (Engineer)

Start Here (1965)
as Old Man

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





