Seiji Miyaguchi

Personal Info

Birthday

November 14, 1913

Day of Death

1985-04-12

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

宫口精二

Сэйдзи Миягути

Seiji Miyaguchi

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

Seven Samurai

Shōgun

Ikiru

Throne of Blood

Early Spring

Kwaidan

The Bad Sleep Well

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Filmography

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
as Self
1984
Farewell to the Ark
as Old man
Antonio Gaudí
as Boada (voice)
Mermaid Legend
as Tatsuo
1983
White Snake Enchantment
as Jikan
1982
Lake of Illusions
as Yoshikane Nagao
The Challenge
as Old Man
1975
The Fossil
as Sunami
Aoi sanmyaku
as Mr. Okamoto
1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as Shukichi
1970
The Militarists
as Shinegori Togo
1968
My Brother, My Love
as Ginsaku Kitagawa
Admiral Yamamoto
as Ito
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Den'nosuke Kakishima
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
1967
Pomegranate Time
as Naokichi Kuwata
Japan's Longest Day
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
1965
Samurai Spy
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
The Start of Life
as Tatsugoro Ishiguro
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
as Dr. Gulliver (voice)
Song of Farewell
as Masao Nomura
Kwaidan
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
1964
Raised in a Palace
as Tsukada
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
as Detective (uncredited)
Night Scandal
as Daizo Suzuki
The Naked Executive
as Heikichi Hamanaka
Intentions of Murder
as Genji Miyata
Night Scandal in Japan
as Detective Tasaka
Pale Flower
as Funada
Samurai from Nowhere
as Tatewaki Komuro
1963
Mother
as Doctor
A House in the Quarter
as Sanzaemon Katagiri
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
as Shūhei Isomura
Youth After School
as Shinkichi Yamaguchi
Escape from Hell
as Usuke
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Takichiro Sada
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
The Broken Commandment
as School master
The Inheritance
as Yoshida
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
1960
Get 'em All
as Takahashi
The Bad Sleep Well
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
Goodbye to Glory
as Hikocho
1959
A Secret Rendezvous
as Yuichiro
Someday I'll Know
as Masao Shiroyama
Farewell to Spring
as Akira's father
The Most Valuable Wife
as Rintaro Nonomiya
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kyôritsu Ô
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Senjuro Takebe
The Ballad of Narayama
as Matayan
Stakeout
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
1957
Black River
as Kin
Untamed Woman
as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
Tokyo Twilight
as Policeman
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai
1956
Flowing
as Namie's Uncle
Early Spring
as Yuzo Miura
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
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Gunzo Ishiguro
Early Summer
as Nishiwaki
The Good Fairy
as Assistant editor
1945
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
as Kohei Tsuzaki