Seiji Miyaguchi
Known for Acting · 115 credits
- Born
- 1913-11-15
- Died
- 1985-04-12
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 宫口精二 · Сэйдзи Миягути
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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (113)
Seven Samurai
1954
as Kyuzo
Ikiru
1952
as Yakuza Boss
Throne of Blood
1957
as Phantom samurai
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Kyôritsu Ô
Kwaidan
1965
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as Ito
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
as Matayan
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
as Shukichi
A House in the Quarter
1963
as Sanzaemon Katagiri
Untamed Woman
1957
as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Policeman
White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Jikan
The Challenge
1982
as Old Man
Early Summer
1951
as Nishiwaki
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Kohei Tsuzaki
The Rickshaw Man
1958
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Early Spring
1956
as Yuzo Miura
Pale Flower
1964
as Funada
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
as Takichiro Sada
Lake of Illusions
1982
as Yoshikane Nagao
Farewell to the Ark
1984
as Old man
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Genji Miyata
Night Scandal in Japan
1964
as Detective Tasaka
The Militarists
1970
as Shinegori Togo
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
The Inheritance
1962
as Yoshida
Mermaid Legend
1984
as Tatsuo
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
1965
as Dr. Gulliver (voice)
A Secret Rendezvous
1959
as Yuichiro
Get 'em All
1960
as Takahashi
Samurai Spy
1965
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Flowing
1956
as Namie's Uncle
Warrior of the Wind
1964
Black River
1957
as Kin
The Fossil
1975
as Sunami
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
Escape from Hell
1963
as Usuke
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
as Tatewaki Komuro
The Start of Life
1965
as Tatsugoro Ishiguro
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964
as Detective (uncredited)
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
The Twilight Story
1960
Night Butterflies
1957
Beauty of Life
1951
Someday I'll Know
1959
as Masao Shiroyama
Stakeout
1958
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
Farewell to Spring
1959
as Akira's father
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Gunzo Ishiguro
My Brother, My Love
1968
as Ginsaku Kitagawa
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
as Rintaro Nonomiya
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
Pomegranate Time
1967
as Naokichi Kuwata
Akuma no kao
1957
Song of Farewell
1965
as Masao Nomura
River of Forever
1967
Melodies of a White Night
1976
Ah Special Attack Corps
1960
The Good Fairy
1951
as Assistant editor
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
The Enforcer
1964
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
The Underworld
1956
The Naked Executive
1964
as Heikichi Hamanaka
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Punishment Room
1956
Jōen
1959
Irohanihoheto
1960
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
A Dangerous Hero
1957
Night Scandal
1964
as Daizo Suzuki
That Guy and I
1961
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002
as Self
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Goodbye to Glory
1960
as Hikocho
Anything For Success
1962
Youth After School
1963
as Shinkichi Yamaguchi
Mother
1963
as Doctor
Our Happiness Alone
1964
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Den'nosuke Kakishima
Deep River Melody
1960
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
1963
as Shūhei Isomura
Aoi sanmyaku
1975
as Mr. Okamoto
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
The Broken Commandment
1962
as School master
Raised in a Palace
1964
as Tsukada
The Dedicated Gunman
1965
To Love Again
1971
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
as Senjuro Takebe
Structure of Hate
1961
Antonio Gaudí
1984
as Boada (voice)
The Street Without Sun
1954
as Okimi's father
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
Accomplice
1958
The Last Embrace
1953
as Gangster
In Self-Defense
1958
Enraptured
1961
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Frame of Snow
1955
as Ishiyama (Engineer)
Hateful Things
1957
The Last Trump Card
1960
as Yoshimura
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Tomoki Hisamoto
Start Here
1965
as Old Man
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
Banana
1960
Punch Guy
1966
About Seiji Miyaguchi
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. With 115 credits spanning from 1945 to 2002, Seiji Miyaguchi has appeared in 113 films and 2 TV shows.
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- Seven Samurai (1954) — as Kyuzo
- Ikiru (1952) — as Yakuza Boss
- Throne of Blood (1957) — as Phantom samurai
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — as Kyôritsu Ô
- Kwaidan (1965) — as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
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