Seiji Miyaguchi
Born
November 14, 1913
Died
April 12, 1985 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
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.
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
Self
2002
Farewell to the Ark
Old man
1984
Antonio Gaudí
Boada (voice)
1984
Mermaid Legend
Tatsuo
1984
White Snake Enchantment
Jikan
1983
Lake of Illusions
Yoshikane Nagao
1982
The Challenge
Old Man
1982
Shōgun
Muraji · (5 episodes)
1980
Special Crime Investigation Front
(2 episodes)
1977
Melodies of a White Night
1976
Aoi sanmyaku
Mr. Okamoto
1975
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
The Fossil
Sunami
1974
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Shukichi
1972
To Love Again
1971
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
The Militarists
Shinegori Togo
1970
My Brother, My Love
Ginsaku Kitagawa
1968
Admiral Yamamoto
Ito
1968
Pomegranate Time
Naokichi Kuwata
1967
Japan's Longest Day
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
1967
River of Forever
1967
Samurai Spy
Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
1965
The Start of Life
Tatsugoro Ishiguro
1965
Song of Farewell
Masao Nomura
1965
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Dr. Gulliver (voice)
1965
The Dedicated Gunman
1965
Kwaidan
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
1965
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
The Enforcer
1964
Raised in a Palace
Tsukada
1964
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
Detective (uncredited)
1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
1964
Night Scandal
Daizo Suzuki
1964
The Naked Executive
Heikichi Hamanaka
1964
Intentions of Murder
Genji Miyata
1964
Our Happiness Alone
1964
Night Scandal in Japan
Detective Tasaka
1964
Pale Flower
Funada
1964
Samurai from Nowhere
Tatewaki Komuro
1964
Warrior of the Wind
1964
Mother
Doctor
1963
A House in the Quarter
Sanzaemon Katagiri
1963
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
Shūhei Isomura
1963
Youth After School
Shinkichi Yamaguchi
1963
Escape from Hell
Usuke
1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Takichiro Sada
1963
Gekkyū dorobō
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
1962
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
The Broken Commandment
School master
1962
The Inheritance
Yoshida
1962
That Guy and I
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
1961
Enraptured
1961
Get 'em All
Takahashi
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
Public Prosecutor Okakura
1960
Deep River Melody
1960
The Twilight Story
1960
Irohanihoheto
1960
Goodbye to Glory
Hikocho
1960
Ah Special Attack Corps
1960
A Secret Rendezvous
Yuichiro
1959
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Someday I'll Know
Masao Shiroyama
1959
Farewell to Spring
Akira's father
1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Jōen
1959
The Most Valuable Wife
Rintaro Nonomiya
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kyôritsu Ô
1959
Accomplice
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Senjuro Takebe
1958
Shōwa keiji monogatari ore ni makasero
1958
The Ballad of Narayama
Matayan
1958
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Stakeout
Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
1958
Black River
Kin
1957
The Story of Pure Love
1957
A Dangerous Hero
1957
悪魔の顔
1957
Untamed Woman
Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
1957
Tokyo Twilight
Policeman
1957
Night Butterflies
1957
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
1957
Flowing
Namie's Uncle
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Punishment Room
1956
The Underworld
1956
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
Early Spring
Yuzo Miura
1956
The Street Without Sun
Okimi's father
1954
Seven Samurai
Kyuzo
1954
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
The Last Embrace
Gangster
1953
Ikiru
Yakuza Boss
1952
Beauty of Life
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Gunzo Ishiguro
1951
Early Summer
Nishiwaki
1951
The Good Fairy
Assistant editor
1951
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
Kohei Tsuzaki
1945