Seiji Miyaguchi
Known for
Acting
Life
1913 – 1985 (aged 71)
Born in
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
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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.
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Known For
Seven Samurai
26 Apr 1954
Ikiru
09 Oct 1952
Throne of Blood
15 Jan 1957
Kwaidan
06 Jan 1965
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
15 Jan 1959
The Bad Sleep Well
19 Sep 1960
Shōgun
15 Sep 1980
Early Summer
03 Oct 1951
Filmography
1984
- Farewell to the Arkas Old man
- Antonio Gaudías Boada (voice)
- Mermaid Legendas Tatsuo
1983
- White Snake Enchantmentas Jikan
1982
- Lake of Illusionsas Yoshikane Nagao
- The Challengeas Old Man
1980
- Shōgunas Muraji5 episodes
1977
- Special Crime Investigation Front2 episodes
1975
- The Fossilas Sunami
- Aoi sanmyakuas Mr. Okamoto
1972
- Tora-san's Dear Old Homeas Shukichi
1970
- The Militaristsas Shinegori Togo
1968
- My Brother, My Loveas Ginsaku Kitagawa
- Admiral Yamamotoas Ito
- Young Guy in Rio
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchantas Den'nosuke Kakishima
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpaas Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
1967
- Pomegranate Timeas Naokichi Kuwata
- Japan's Longest Dayas Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
- River of Forever
1966
1965
- Samurai Spyas Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
- The Start of Lifeas Tatsugoro Ishiguro
- Start Hereas Old Man
- Song of Farewellas Masao Nomura
- Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moonas Dr. Gulliver (voice)
- The Dedicated Gunman
- Kwaidanas Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- The Radish and the Carrot
1964
- The Enforcer
- Raised in a Palaceas Tsukada
- Fumiko's Five Benefactorsas Detective (uncredited)
- The World's Most Beautiful Swindlersas Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
- Night Scandalas Daizo Suzuki
- The Naked Executiveas Heikichi Hamanaka
- Intentions of Murderas Genji Miyata
- Our Happiness Alone
- Night Scandal in Japanas Detective Tasaka
- Pale Floweras Funada
- Samurai from Nowhereas Tatewaki Komuro
- Warrior of the Wind
1963
- Motheras Doctor
- A House in the Quarteras Sanzaemon Katagiri
- The White Peaks of Mt. Fujias Shūhei Isomura
- Youth After Schoolas Shinkichi Yamaguchi
- La Fée Diabolique
- Escape from Hellas Usuke
- Twin Sisters of Kyotoas Takichiro Sada
- Attack Squadronas Onishi
1962
- Anything For Success
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heightsas Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
- Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
- The Broken Commandmentas School master
- The Inheritanceas Yoshida
1961
- Structure of Hate
- That Guy and I
- Miyamoto Musashias Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
- Enraptured
1960
- Get 'em Allas Takahashi
- The War Without Weaponsas Mochizuki
- The Last Trump Cardas Yoshimura
- The Bad Sleep Wellas Public Prosecutor Okakura
- Deep River Melody
- The Twilight Story
- Irohanihoheto
- Banana
- Goodbye to Gloryas Hikocho
- Ah Special Attack Corps
1959
- A Secret Rendezvousas Yuichiro
- Tokyo Omnibus
- Someday I'll Knowas Masao Shiroyama
- Farewell to Springas Akira's father
- Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
- Jōen
- The Most Valuable Wifeas Rintaro Nonomiya
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Loveas Kyôritsu Ô
1958
- Accomplice
- The Spell of the Hidden Goldas Senjuro Takebe
- In Self-Defense
- The Ballad of Narayamaas Matayan
- The Rickshaw Man
- Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
- Stakeoutas Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
1957
- Black Riveras Kin
- The Story of Pure Love
- A Dangerous Heroas Sasai
- Akuma no kao
- Untamed Womanas Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
- Hateful Things
- Tokyo Twilightas Policeman
- Night Butterflies
- Throne of Bloodas Phantom samurai
1956
- Flowingas Namie's Uncle
- In Case of One Womanas Tomoki Hisamoto
- Will-o'-the-Wisp
- Punishment Room
- The Underworld
- Samurai of the Great Earth
- Early Springas Yuzo Miura
1955
- Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
- Frame of Snowas Ishiyama (Engineer)
1954
- The Street Without Sunas Okimi's father
- Seven Samuraias Kyuzo
1953
- An Inlet of Muddy Water
- The Last Embraceas Gangster
1952
- Ikiruas Yakuza Boss
1951
- Beauty of Life
- Fireworks Over the Seaas Gunzo Ishiguro
- Early Summeras Nishiwaki
- The Good Fairyas Assistant editor
1945
- Sanshiro Sugata, Part Twoas Kohei Tsuzaki