Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 15, 1913
Died
Apr 12, 1985
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
115 titles
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
Filmography
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
Self
Farewell to the Ark
Old man
Antonio Gaudí
Boada (voice)
Mermaid Legend
Tatsuo
White Snake Enchantment
Jikan
Lake of Illusions
Yoshikane Nagao
The Challenge
Old Man
Shōgun
Muraji
Special Crime Investigation Front
Melodies of a White Night
The Fossil
Sunami
Aoi sanmyaku
Mr. Okamoto
Tora-san's Lovesick
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Shukichi
To Love Again
Hajimete no Tabi
The Militarists
Shinegori Togo
My Brother, My Love
Ginsaku Kitagawa
Admiral Yamamoto
Ito
Young Guy in Rio
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Den'nosuke Kakishima
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
Pomegranate Time
Naokichi Kuwata
Japan's Longest Day
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
River of Forever
Punch Guy
Samurai Spy
Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
The Start of Life
Tatsugoro Ishiguro
Start Here
Old Man
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Dr. Gulliver (voice)
Song of Farewell
Masao Nomura
The Dedicated Gunman
Kwaidan
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
The Radish and the Carrot
The Enforcer
Raised in a Palace
Tsukada
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
Detective (uncredited)
Night Scandal
Daizo Suzuki
The Naked Executive
Heikichi Hamanaka
Intentions of Murder
Genji Miyata
Our Happiness Alone
Night Scandal in Japan
Detective Tasaka
Pale Flower
Funada
Samurai from Nowhere
Tatewaki Komuro
Warrior of the Wind
Mother
Doctor
A House in the Quarter
Sanzaemon Katagiri
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
Shūhei Isomura
Youth After School
Shinkichi Yamaguchi