About

Known credits:
99
Birthday:
1913-11-14
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
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Seiji Miyaguchi

Overview

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
2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' Actor Self 59
Average
1984 Farewell to the Ark Actor Old man 59
Average
1984 Antonio Gaudí Actor Boada (voice) 59
Average
1984 Mermaid Legend Actor Tatsuo 59
Average
1983 White Snake Enchantment Actor Jikan 59
Average
1982 Lake of Illusions Actor Yoshikane Nagao 58
Average
1982 The Challenge Actor Old Man 58
Average
1980 Shōgun Actor Muraji 74
Good
1976 Melodies of a White Night Actor 58
Average
1975 The Fossil Actor Sunami 59
Average
1975 Aoi sanmyaku Actor Mr. Okamoto N/A
N/A
1974 Tora-san's Lovesick Actor 59
Average
1972 Tora-san's Dear Old Home Actor Shukichi 59
Average
1971 To Love Again Actor N/A
N/A
1971 Hajimete no Tabi Actor N/A
N/A
1970 The Militarists Actor Shinegori Togo 59
Average
1968 My Brother, My Love Actor Ginsaku Kitagawa N/A
N/A
1968 Admiral Yamamoto Actor Ito 59
Average
1967 Pomegranate Time Actor Naokichi Kuwata N/A
N/A
1967 Japan's Longest Day Actor Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo 59
Average
1967 River of Forever Actor N/A
N/A
1965 Samurai Spy Actor Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa 59
Average
1965 The Start of Life Actor Tatsugoro Ishiguro N/A
N/A
1965 Song of Farewell Actor Masao Nomura N/A
N/A
1965 Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon Actor Dr. Gulliver (voice) 59
Average
1965 The Dedicated Gunman Actor N/A
N/A
1965 Kwaidan Actor Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea") 66
Fair
1965 The Radish and the Carrot Actor 59
Average
1964 The Enforcer Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Raised in a Palace Actor Tsukada 59
Average
1964 Fumiko's Five Benefactors Actor Detective (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1964 The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Actor Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited) 58
Average
1964 Night Scandal Actor Daizo Suzuki N/A
N/A
1964 The Naked Executive Actor Heikichi Hamanaka N/A
N/A
1964 Intentions of Murder Actor Genji Miyata 60
Fair
1964 Samurai from Nowhere Actor Tatewaki Komuro 59
Average
1964 Our Happiness Alone Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Night Scandal in Japan Actor Detective Tasaka N/A
N/A
1964 Pale Flower Actor Funada 61
Fair
1964 Warrior of the Wind Actor 59
Average
1963 Mother Actor Doctor 59
Average
1963 A House in the Quarter Actor Sanzaemon Katagiri 59
Average
1963 The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji Actor Shūhei Isomura N/A
N/A
1963 Youth After School Actor Shinkichi Yamaguchi N/A
N/A
1963 Escape from Hell Actor Usuke 59
Average
1963 Twin Sisters of Kyoto Actor Takichiro Sada 59
Average
1962 Gekkyū dorobō Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights Actor Bamboo craftsman Kisuke 59
Average
1962 Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi Actor N/A
N/A
1962 The Broken Commandment Actor School master 59
Average
1962 The Inheritance Actor Yoshida 59
Average
1961 That Guy and I Actor 59
Average
1961 Miyamoto Musashi Actor Bamboo craftsman Kisuke 59
Average
1961 Enraptured Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Get 'em All Actor Takahashi 59
Average
1960 The Bad Sleep Well Actor Public Prosecutor Okakura 64
Fair
1960 Deep River Melody Actor 58
Average
1960 The Twilight Story Actor 59
Average
1960 Irohanihoheto Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Goodbye to Glory Actor Hikocho N/A
N/A
1960 Ah Special Attack Corps Actor N/A
N/A
1959 A Secret Rendezvous Actor Yuichiro 59
Average
1959 Tokyo Omnibus Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Someday I'll Know Actor Masao Shiroyama N/A
N/A
1959 Farewell to Spring Actor Akira's father 59
Average
1959 Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan Actor 59
Average
1959 The Most Valuable Wife Actor Rintaro Nonomiya 59
Average
1959 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Actor Kyôritsu Ô 65
Fair
1958 Accomplice Actor N/A
N/A
1958 The Spell of the Hidden Gold Actor Senjuro Takebe 59
Average
1958 The Ballad of Narayama Actor Matayan 60
Fair
1958 The Rickshaw Man Actor 59
Average
1958 Stakeout Actor Yuji Shimooka, the police detective 59
Average
1957 Black River Actor Kin 59
Average
1957 The Story of Pure Love Actor 59
Average
1957 A Dangerous Hero Actor N/A
N/A
1957 悪魔の顔 Actor N/A
N/A
1957 Untamed Woman Actor Sotaro, Oshima's older brother 59
Average
1957 Tokyo Twilight Actor Policeman 62
Fair
1957 Night Butterflies Actor 58
Average
1957 Throne of Blood Actor Phantom samurai 71
Good
1956 Flowing Actor Namie's Uncle 59
Average
1956 Will-o'-the-Wisp Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Punishment Room Actor 59
Average
1956 The Underworld Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Samurai of the Great Earth Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Early Spring Actor Yuzo Miura 61
Fair
1954 The Street Without Sun Actor Okimi's father N/A
N/A
1954 Seven Samurai Actor Kyuzo 81
Very good
1953 An Inlet of Muddy Water Actor 59
Average
1953 The Last Embrace Actor Gangster N/A
N/A
1952 Ikiru Actor Yakuza Boss 75
Good
1951 Beauty of Life Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Fireworks Over the Sea Actor Gunzo Ishiguro 58
Average
1951 Early Summer Actor Nishiwaki 63
Fair
1951 The Good Fairy Actor Assistant editor 59
Average
1947 Three-Fingered Detective Actor N/A
N/A
1946 A Descendant of Urashima Taro Actor 59
Average
1945 Sanshiro Sugata Part Two Actor Kohei Tsuzaki 59
Average