Seiji Miyaguchi
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002
as Self
Mermaid Legend
1984
as Tatsuo
Farewell to the Ark
1984
as Old man
Antonio Gaudí
1984
as Boada (voice)
White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Jikan
The Challenge
1982
as Old Man
Lake of Illusions
1982
as Yoshikane Nagao
Shōgun
1980
as Muraji
Special Crime Investigation Front
1977
Melodies of a White Night
1976
Aoi sanmyaku
1975
as Mr. Okamoto
The Fossil
1975
as Sunami
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
as 高见
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
as 修吉
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
To Love Again
1971
The Militarists
1970
as Shinegori Togo
My Brother, My Love
1968
as Ginsaku Kitagawa
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as Ito
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Den'nosuke Kakishima
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Pomegranate Time
1967
as Naokichi Kuwata
River of Forever
1967
Punch Guy
1966
Kwaidan
1965
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Samurai Spy
1965
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Song of Farewell
1965
as Masao Nomura
The Start of Life
1965
as Tatsugoro Ishiguro
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
1965
as Dr. Gulliver (voice)
The Dedicated Gunman
1965
Start Here
1965
as Old Man
Pale Flower
1964
as Funada
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964
as Detective (uncredited)
The Naked Executive
1964
as Heikichi Hamanaka
Night Scandal
1964
as Daizo Suzuki
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
as Tatewaki Komuro
Night Scandal in Japan
1964
as Detective Tasaka
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Raised in a Palace
1964
as Tsukada
Warrior of the Wind
1964
Our Happiness Alone
1964
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Genji Miyata
The Enforcer
1964
Youth After School
1963
as Shinkichi Yamaguchi
Mother
1963
as Doctor
Escape from Hell
1963
as Usuke
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
as Takichiro Sada
A House in the Quarter
1963
as Sanzaemon Katagiri
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
1963
as Shūhei Isomura
La Fée Diabolique
1963
Attack Squadron
1963
as Onishi
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
The Broken Commandment
1962
as School master
Anything For Success
1962
The Inheritance
1962
as Yoshida
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
Enraptured
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
That Guy and I
1961
Structure of Hate
1961
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
Irohanihoheto
1960
Deep River Melody
1960
The Twilight Story
1960
Goodbye to Glory
1960
as Hikocho
Get 'em All
1960
as Takahashi
Ah Special Attack Corps
1960
The Last Trump Card
1960
as Yoshimura
Banana
1960
The War Without Weapons
1960
as Mochizuki
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Kyôritsu Ô
A Secret Rendezvous
1959
as Yuichiro
Farewell to Spring
1959
as Akira's father
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Someday I'll Know
1959
as Masao Shiroyama
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
as Rintaro Nonomiya
Jōen
1959
Stakeout
1958
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
as Matayan
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
as Senjuro Takebe
Accomplice
1958
The Rickshaw Man
1958
In Self-Defense
1958
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Black River
1957
as Kin
A Dangerous Hero
1957
as Sasai
Akuma no kao
1957
Throne of Blood
1957
as Phantom samurai
Night Butterflies
1957
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Policeman
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Untamed Woman
1957
as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
Hateful Things
1957
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Flowing
1956
as Namie's Uncle
Punishment Room
1956
The Underworld
1956
Early Spring
1956
as Yuzo Miura
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Tomoki Hisamoto
Frame of Snow
1955
as Ishiyama (Engineer)
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
Seven Samurai
1954
as Kyuzo
The Street Without Sun
1954
as Okimi's father
The Last Embrace
1953
as Gangster
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Ikiru
1952
as Yakuza Boss
Early Summer
1951
as Nishiwaki
The Good Fairy
1951
as Assistant editor
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Gunzo Ishiguro
Beauty of Life
1951
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Kohei Tsuzaki