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

Special Crime Investigation Front

Seven Samurai

Shōgun

Ikiru

Kwaidan

Throne of Blood

White Snake Enchantment

The Bad Sleep Well

All Movies (113)

• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'2002 · as Self
• Farewell to the Ark1984 · as Old man
• Antonio Gaudí1984 · as Boada (voice)
• Mermaid Legend1984 · as Tatsuo
• White Snake Enchantment1983 · as Jikan
• Lake of Illusions1982 · as Yoshikane Nagao
• The Challenge1982 · as Old Man
• Melodies of a White Night1976
• The Fossil1975 · as Sunami
• Aoi sanmyaku1975 · as Mr. Okamoto
• Tora-san's Lovesick1974
• Tora-san's Dear Old Home1972 · as Shukichi
• To Love Again1971
• Hajimete no Tabi1971
• The Militarists1970 · as Shinegori Togo
• My Brother, My Love1968 · as Ginsaku Kitagawa
• Admiral Yamamoto1968 · as Ito
• Young Guy in Rio1968
• Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant1968 · as Den'nosuke Kakishima
• Five Gents and Karate Grandpa1968 · as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
• Pomegranate Time1967 · as Naokichi Kuwata
• Japan's Longest Day1967 · as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
• River of Forever1967
• Punch Guy1966
• Samurai Spy1965 · as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
• The Start of Life1965 · as Tatsugoro Ishiguro
• Start Here1965 · as Old Man
• Song of Farewell1965 · as Masao Nomura
• Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon1965 · as Dr. Gulliver (voice)
• The Dedicated Gunman1965
• Kwaidan1965 · as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
• The Radish and the Carrot1965
• The Enforcer1964
• Raised in a Palace1964 · as Tsukada
• Fumiko's Five Benefactors1964 · as Detective (uncredited)
• The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers1964 · as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
• Night Scandal1964 · as Daizo Suzuki
• The Naked Executive1964 · as Heikichi Hamanaka
• Intentions of Murder1964 · as Genji Miyata
• Our Happiness Alone1964
• Night Scandal in Japan1964 · as Detective Tasaka
• Pale Flower1964 · as Funada
• Samurai from Nowhere1964 · as Tatewaki Komuro
• Warrior of the Wind1964
• Mother1963 · as Doctor
• A House in the Quarter1963 · as Sanzaemon Katagiri
• The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji1963 · as Shūhei Isomura
• Youth After School1963 · as Shinkichi Yamaguchi
• Escape from Hell1963 · as Usuke
• Twin Sisters of Kyoto1963 · as Takichiro Sada
• Anything For Success1962
• Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights1962 · as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
• Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi1962
• The Broken Commandment1962 · as School master
• The Inheritance1962 · as Yoshida
• Structure of Hate1961
• That Guy and I1961
• Miyamoto Musashi1961 · as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
• Enraptured1961
• Get 'em All1960 · as Takahashi
• The Last Trump Card1960 · as Yoshimura
• The Bad Sleep Well1960 · as Public Prosecutor Okakura
• Deep River Melody1960
• The Twilight Story1960
• Irohanihoheto1960
• Banana1960
• Goodbye to Glory1960 · as Hikocho
• Ah Special Attack Corps1960
• A Secret Rendezvous1959 · as Yuichiro
• Tokyo Omnibus1959
• Someday I'll Know1959 · as Masao Shiroyama
• Farewell to Spring1959 · as Akira's father
• Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan1959
• Jōen1959
• The Most Valuable Wife1959 · as Rintaro Nonomiya
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · as Kyôritsu Ô
• Accomplice1958
• The Spell of the Hidden Gold1958 · as Senjuro Takebe
• In Self-Defense1958
• The Ballad of Narayama1958 · as Matayan
• The Rickshaw Man1958
• Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen1958
• Stakeout1958 · as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
• Black River1957 · as Kin
• The Story of Pure Love1957
• A Dangerous Hero1957
• Akuma no kao1957
• Untamed Woman1957 · as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
• Hateful Things1957
• Tokyo Twilight1957 · as Policeman
• Night Butterflies1957
• Throne of Blood1957 · as Phantom samurai
• Flowing1956 · as Namie's Uncle
• In Case of One Woman1956 · as Tomoki Hisamoto
• Will-o'-the-Wisp1956
• Punishment Room1956
• The Underworld1956
• Samurai of the Great Earth1956
• Early Spring1956 · as Yuzo Miura
• Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made1955
• Frame of Snow1955 · as Ishiyama (Engineer)
• The Street Without Sun1954 · as Okimi's father
• Seven Samurai1954 · as Kyuzo
• An Inlet of Muddy Water1953
• The Last Embrace1953 · as Gangster
• Ikiru1952 · as Yakuza Boss
• Beauty of Life1951
• Fireworks Over the Sea1951 · as Gunzo Ishiguro
• Early Summer1951 · as Nishiwaki
• The Good Fairy1951 · as Assistant editor
• Three-Fingered Detective1947
• A Descendant of Urashima Taro1946
• Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two1945 · as Kohei Tsuzaki

All TV Shows (2)

• Shōgun1980 · as Muraji
• Special Crime Investigation Front1977