Seiji Miyaguchi

Nov 15, 1913 - Apr 12, 1985 (71 years old) in Tokyo, Japan

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

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Seven Samurai

Kyuzo

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Shōgun

Muraji

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Ikiru

Yakuza Boss

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Intentions of Murder

Genji Miyata

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The Ballad of Narayama

Matayan

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The Bad Sleep Well

Public Prosecutor Okakura

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Throne of Blood

Phantom samurai

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Kyôritsu Ô

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Special Crime Investigation Front

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Kwaidan

Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Credits

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' 2002

Self

★ 10
Farewell to the Ark 1984

Old man

★ 6.7
Antonio Gaudí 1984

Boada (voice)

★ 7.2
Mermaid Legend 1984

Tatsuo

★ 6.1
White Snake Enchantment 1983

Jikan

★ 4.7
Lake of Illusions 1982

Yoshikane Nagao

★ 1.3
The Challenge 1982

Old Man

★ 5.8
Shōgun 1980

Muraji

★ 7.6
Special Crime Investigation Front 1977

★ 10
Melodies of a White Night 1976

★ 4.5
The Fossil 1975

Sunami

★ 6.8
Aoi sanmyaku 1975

Mr. Okamoto

★ NR
Tora-san's Lovesick 1974

★ 7.3
Tora-san's Dear Old Home 1972

Shukichi

★ 7.5
To Love Again 1971

★ NR
Hajimete no Tabi 1971

★ NR
The Militarists 1970

Shinegori Togo

★ 8
My Brother, My Love 1968

Ginsaku Kitagawa

★ NR
Admiral Yamamoto 1968

Ito

★ 8.3
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant 1968

Den'nosuke Kakishima

★ NR
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa 1968

Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)

★ NR
Pomegranate Time 1967

Naokichi Kuwata

★ NR
Japan's Longest Day 1967

Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

★ 7.2
River of Forever 1967

★ NR
Samurai Spy 1965

Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

★ 6.5
The Start of Life 1965

Tatsugoro Ishiguro

★ NR
Start Here 1965

Old Man

★ NR
Song of Farewell 1965

Masao Nomura

★ NR
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon 1965

Dr. Gulliver (voice)

★ 5.9
The Dedicated Gunman 1965

★ 7
Kwaidan 1965

Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

★ 7.7
The Radish and the Carrot 1965

★ 10
The Enforcer 1964

★ NR
Raised in a Palace 1964

Tsukada

★ 6
Fumiko's Five Benefactors 1964

Detective (uncredited)

★ 6
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers 1964

Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Night Scandal 1964

Daizo Suzuki

★ NR
The Naked Executive 1964

Heikichi Hamanaka

★ NR
Intentions of Murder 1964

Genji Miyata

★ 7
Our Happiness Alone 1964

★ NR
Night Scandal in Japan 1964

Detective Tasaka

★ NR
Pale Flower 1964

Funada

★ 7.3
Samurai from Nowhere 1964

Tatewaki Komuro

★ 7.1
Warrior of the Wind 1964

★ 6.7
Mother 1963

Doctor

★ 6.8
A House in the Quarter 1963

Sanzaemon Katagiri

★ 6
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji 1963

Shūhei Isomura

★ NR
Youth After School 1963

Shinkichi Yamaguchi

★ NR
Escape from Hell 1963

Usuke

★ 6.2
Twin Sisters of Kyoto 1963

Takichiro Sada

★ 6.5
Anything For Success 1962

★ NR
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights 1962

Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

★ 7.4
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi 1962

★ NR
The Broken Commandment 1962

School master

★ 6.6
The Inheritance 1962

Yoshida

★ 7.2
Structure of Hate 1961

★ NR
That Guy and I 1961

★ 10
Miyamoto Musashi 1961

Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

★ 7.3
Enraptured 1961

★ NR
The Human Condition 1961

Kyôritsu Ô

★ NR
Get 'em All 1960

Takahashi

★ 6
最後の切札 1960

★ NR
The Bad Sleep Well 1960

Public Prosecutor Okakura

★ 7.7
Deep River Melody 1960

★ 6
The Twilight Story 1960

★ 8
Irohanihoheto 1960

★ NR
Goodbye to Glory 1960

Hikocho

★ NR
Ah Special Attack Corps 1960

★ NR
A Secret Rendezvous 1959

Yuichiro

★ 4.5
Tokyo Omnibus 1959

★ NR
Someday I'll Know 1959

Masao Shiroyama

★ NR
Farewell to Spring 1959

Akira's father

★ 6.2
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan 1959

★ 5.7
Jōen 1959

★ NR
The Most Valuable Wife 1959

Rintaro Nonomiya

★ 7.5
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959

Kyôritsu Ô

★ 8.1
Accomplice 1958

★ NR
The Spell of the Hidden Gold 1958

Senjuro Takebe

★ 6
In Self-Defense 1958

★ NR
The Ballad of Narayama 1958

Matayan

★ 7.5
The Rickshaw Man 1958

★ 7.2
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen 1958

★ NR
Stakeout 1958

Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

★ 6.9
Black River 1957

Kin

★ 6.8
The Story of Pure Love 1957

★ 6.8
A Dangerous Hero 1957

★ NR
悪魔の顔 1957

★ NR
Untamed Woman 1957

Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

★ 7.4
Hateful Things 1957

★ NR
Tokyo Twilight 1957

Policeman

★ 7.7
Night Butterflies 1957

★ 6.3
Throne of Blood 1957

Phantom samurai

★ 7.9
Flowing 1956

Namie's Uncle

★ 7.1
Will-o'-the-Wisp 1956

★ NR
Punishment Room 1956

★ 6.9
The Underworld 1956

★ NR
Samurai of the Great Earth 1956

★ NR
Early Spring 1956

Yuzo Miura

★ 7.5
Frame of Snow 1955

Ishiyama (Engineer)

★ NR
The Street Without Sun 1954

Okimi's father

★ NR
Seven Samurai 1954

Kyuzo

★ 8.5
An Inlet of Muddy Water 1953

★ 6.1
The Last Embrace 1953

Gangster

★ NR
Ikiru 1952

Yakuza Boss

★ 8.3
Beauty of Life 1951

★ NR
Fireworks Over the Sea 1951

Gunzo Ishiguro

★ 4.7
Early Summer 1951

Nishiwaki

★ 7.8
The Good Fairy 1951

Assistant editor

★ 5.1
Three-Fingered Detective 1947

★ NR
A Descendant of Urashima Taro 1946

★ 6
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two 1945

Kohei Tsuzaki

★ 6.1