Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Known for
Acting
Born
November 15, 1913
Died
April 12, 1985 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

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

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

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

Movie · as Self

1984
Mermaid Legend poster

Mermaid Legend

Movie · as Tatsuo

1984
Farewell to the Ark poster

Farewell to the Ark

Movie · as Old man

1984
Antonio Gaudí poster

Antonio Gaudí

Movie · as Boada (voice)

1983
White Snake Enchantment poster

White Snake Enchantment

Movie · as Jikan

1982
The Challenge poster

The Challenge

Movie · as Old Man

1982
Lake of Illusions poster

Lake of Illusions

Movie · as Yoshikane Nagao

1980
Shōgun poster

Shōgun

TV · as Muraji · 5 eps

1977
Special Crime Investigation Front poster

Special Crime Investigation Front

TV · 2 eps

1976
Melodies of a White Night poster

Melodies of a White Night

Movie

1975
Aoi sanmyaku poster

Aoi sanmyaku

Movie · as Mr. Okamoto

1975
The Fossil poster

The Fossil

Movie · as Sunami

1974
Tora-san's Lovesick poster

Tora-san's Lovesick

Movie · as 高见

1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home poster

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

Movie · as 修吉

1971
Hajimete no Tabi poster

Hajimete no Tabi

Movie

1971
To Love Again poster

To Love Again

Movie

1970
The Militarists poster

The Militarists

Movie · as Shinegori Togo

1968
My Brother, My Love poster

My Brother, My Love

Movie · as Ginsaku Kitagawa

1968
Admiral Yamamoto poster

Admiral Yamamoto

Movie · as Ito

1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa poster

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

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

1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant poster

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

Movie · as Den'nosuke Kakishima

1968
Young Guy in Rio poster

Young Guy in Rio

Movie

1967
Japan's Longest Day poster

Japan's Longest Day

Movie · as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

1967
Pomegranate Time poster

Pomegranate Time

Movie · as Naokichi Kuwata

1967
River of Forever poster

River of Forever

Movie

1966
Punch Guy poster

Punch Guy

Movie

1965
Kwaidan poster

Kwaidan

Movie · as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

1965
Samurai Spy poster

Samurai Spy

Movie · as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

1965
Song of Farewell poster

Song of Farewell

Movie · as Masao Nomura

1965
The Start of Life poster

The Start of Life

Movie · as Tatsugoro Ishiguro

1965
The Radish and the Carrot poster

The Radish and the Carrot

Movie

1965
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon poster

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

Movie · as Dr. Gulliver (voice)

1965
The Dedicated Gunman poster

The Dedicated Gunman

Movie

1965
Start Here poster

Start Here

Movie · as Old Man

1964
Pale Flower poster

Pale Flower

Movie · as Funada

1964
The Naked Executive poster

The Naked Executive

Movie · as Heikichi Hamanaka

1964
Night Scandal poster

Night Scandal

Movie · as Daizo Suzuki

1964
Samurai from Nowhere poster

Samurai from Nowhere

Movie · as Tatewaki Komuro

1964
Two Bitches poster

Two Bitches

Movie · as Detective Tasaka

1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers poster

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Movie · as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)

1964
Raised in a Palace poster

Raised in a Palace

Movie · as Tsukada

1964
Warrior of the Wind poster

Warrior of the Wind

Movie

1964
Our Happiness Alone poster

Our Happiness Alone

Movie

1964
Intentions of Murder poster

Intentions of Murder

Movie · as Genji Miyata

1964
The Enforcer

The Enforcer

Movie

1963
Youth After School poster

Youth After School

Movie · as Shinkichi Yamaguchi

1963
Mother poster

Mother

Movie · as Doctor

1963
Escape from Hell poster

Escape from Hell

Movie · as Usuke

1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto poster

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Movie · as Takichiro Sada

1963
A House in the Quarter poster

A House in the Quarter

Movie · as Sanzaemon Katagiri

1963
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji poster

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

Movie · as Shūhei Isomura

1963
La Fée Diabolique poster

La Fée Diabolique

Movie

1963
Attack Squadron poster

Attack Squadron

Movie · as Onishi

1962
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi poster

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

Movie

1962
The Broken Commandment poster

The Broken Commandment

Movie · as School master

1962
Anything For Success poster

Anything For Success

Movie

1962
The Inheritance poster

The Inheritance

Movie · as Yoshida

1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights poster

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

Movie · as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

1961
Enraptured

Enraptured

Movie

1961
Miyamoto Musashi poster

Miyamoto Musashi

Movie · as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

1961
That Guy and I poster

That Guy and I

Movie

1961
Structure of Hate poster

Structure of Hate

Movie

1960
The Bad Sleep Well poster

The Bad Sleep Well

Movie · as Public Prosecutor Okakura

1960
Irohanihoheto poster

Irohanihoheto

Movie

1960
Deep River Melody poster

Deep River Melody

Movie

1960
The Twilight Story poster

The Twilight Story

Movie

1960
Goodbye to Glory poster

Goodbye to Glory

Movie · as Hikocho

1960
Get 'em All poster

Get 'em All

Movie · as Takahashi

1960
Ah Special Attack Corps poster

Ah Special Attack Corps

Movie

1960
The Last Trump Card poster

The Last Trump Card

Movie · as Yoshimura

1960
Banana poster

Banana

Movie

1960
The War Without Weapons poster

The War Without Weapons

Movie · as Mochizuki

1960
Ore no namida wa amakunai poster

Ore no namida wa amakunai

Movie

1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love poster

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Movie · as Kyôritsu Ô

1959
A Secret Rendezvous poster

A Secret Rendezvous

Movie · as Yuichiro

1959
Farewell to Spring poster

Farewell to Spring

Movie · as Akira's father

1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan poster

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Movie

1959
Tokyo Omnibus poster

Tokyo Omnibus

Movie

1959
Someday I'll Know poster

Someday I'll Know

Movie · as Masao Shiroyama

1959
The Most Valuable Wife poster

The Most Valuable Wife

Movie · as Rintaro Nonomiya

1959
Jōen poster

Jōen

Movie

1958
Stakeout poster

Stakeout

Movie · as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

1958
The Ballad of Narayama poster

The Ballad of Narayama

Movie · as Matayan

1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

Movie · as Senjuro Takebe

1958
Accomplice poster

Accomplice

Movie

1958
The Rickshaw Man poster

The Rickshaw Man

Movie

1958
In Self-Defense poster

In Self-Defense

Movie

1958
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen poster

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

Movie

1957
Black River poster

Black River

Movie · as Kin

1957
A Dangerous Hero poster

A Dangerous Hero

Movie · as Sasai

1957
Akuma no kao poster

Akuma no kao

Movie

1957
Throne of Blood poster

Throne of Blood

Movie · as Phantom samurai

1957
Night Butterflies poster

Night Butterflies

Movie

1957
Tokyo Twilight poster

Tokyo Twilight

Movie · as Policeman

1957
The Story of Pure Love poster

The Story of Pure Love

Movie

1957
Untamed Woman poster

Untamed Woman

Movie · as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

1957
Hateful Things poster

Hateful Things

Movie

1956
Samurai of the Great Earth poster

Samurai of the Great Earth

Movie

1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp poster

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Movie

1956
Flowing poster

Flowing

Movie · as Namie's Uncle

1956
Punishment Room poster

Punishment Room

Movie

1956
The Underworld poster

The Underworld

Movie

1956
Early Spring poster

Early Spring

Movie · as Yuzo Miura

1956
In Case of One Woman

In Case of One Woman

Movie · as Tomoki Hisamoto

1956
I Saw the Killer poster

I Saw the Killer

Movie · as Assassin B

1956
Wedding Day poster

Wedding Day

Movie

1955
Frame of Snow poster

Frame of Snow

Movie · as Ishiyama (Engineer)

1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made poster

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made

Movie

1954
Seven Samurai poster

Seven Samurai

Movie · as Kyuzo

1954
The Street Without Sun poster

The Street Without Sun

Movie · as Okimi's father

1953
The Last Embrace poster

The Last Embrace

Movie · as Gangster

1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water poster

An Inlet of Muddy Water

Movie

1952
Ikiru poster

Ikiru

Movie · as Yakuza Boss

1951
Early Summer poster

Early Summer

Movie · as Nishiwaki

1951
The Good Fairy poster

The Good Fairy

Movie · as Assistant editor

1951
Fireworks Over the Sea poster

Fireworks Over the Sea

Movie · as Gunzo Ishiguro

1951
Beauty of Life poster

Beauty of Life

Movie

1947
Three-Fingered Detective poster

Three-Fingered Detective

Movie

1946
A Descendant of Urashima Taro poster

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Movie

1945
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two poster

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

Movie · as Kohei Tsuzaki