Seiji Miyaguchi
Acting1913Tokyo, Japan
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
Acting History
1984
1983
White Snake Enchantment
as Jikan
1982
The Challenge
as Old Man
Lake of Illusions
as Yoshikane Nagao
1980
Shōgun
TVas Muraji• 5 eps
1975
Aoi sanmyaku
as Mr. Okamoto
The Fossil
as Sunami
1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as Shukichi
1970
The Militarists
as Shinegori Togo
1968
My Brother, My Love
as Ginsaku Kitagawa
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Den'nosuke Kakishima
Admiral Yamamoto
as Ito
1967
Pomegranate Time
as Naokichi Kuwata
Japan's Longest Day
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
1966
1965
Kwaidan
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Song of Farewell
as Masao Nomura
Samurai Spy
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
as Dr. Gulliver (voice)
The Start of Life
as Tatsugoro Ishiguro
Start Here
as Old Man
1964
Night Scandal in Japan
as Detective Tasaka
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
The Naked Executive
as Heikichi Hamanaka
Samurai from Nowhere
as Tatewaki Komuro
Night Scandal
as Daizo Suzuki
Intentions of Murder
as Genji Miyata
Pale Flower
as Funada
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
as Detective (uncredited)
Raised in a Palace
as Tsukada
1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Takichiro Sada
A House in the Quarter
as Sanzaemon Katagiri
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
as Shūhei Isomura
Escape from Hell
as Usuke
Mother
as Doctor
Youth After School
as Shinkichi Yamaguchi
1962
The Inheritance
as Yoshida
The Broken Commandment
as School master
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
1961
The Human Condition
as Kyôritsu Ô
Miyamoto Musashi
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
1960
1959
A Secret Rendezvous
as Yuichiro
The Most Valuable Wife
as Rintaro Nonomiya
Farewell to Spring
as Akira's father
Someday I'll Know
as Masao Shiroyama
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kyôritsu Ô
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Senjuro Takebe
Stakeout
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
The Ballad of Narayama
as Matayan
1957
Black River
as Kin
Tokyo Twilight
as Policeman
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai
Untamed Woman
as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
1956
Early Spring
as Yuzo Miura
Flowing
as Namie's Uncle
1955
Frame of Snow
as Ishiyama (Engineer)
1954
The Street Without Sun
as Okimi's father
Seven Samurai
as Kyuzo
1953
The Last Embrace
as Gangster
1952
Ikiru
as Yakuza Boss
1951
1945
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
as Kohei Tsuzaki