Seiji Miyaguchi
Acting
Born: 1913-11-15 in 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
Shōgun
Muraji
Seven Samurai
Kyuzo
Ikiru
Yakuza Boss
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Kwaidan
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
An Inlet of Muddy Water
The Most Valuable Wife
Rintaro Nonomiya
Tokyo Twilight
Policeman
Intentions of Murder
Genji Miyata
A House in the Quarter
Sanzaemon Katagiri
Song of Farewell
Masao Nomura
A Secret Rendezvous
Yuichiro
Punishment Room
Night Butterflies
Mermaid Legend
Tatsuo
Special Crime Investigation Front
That Guy and I
The War Without Weapons
Mochizuki
Samurai from Nowhere
Tatewaki Komuro
White Snake Enchantment
Jikan
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kyôritsu Ô
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Pale Flower
Funada
The Challenge
Old Man
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Den'nosuke Kakishima
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Dr. Gulliver (voice)
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Takichiro Sada
Early Spring
Yuzo Miura
The Inheritance
Yoshida
The Ballad of Narayama
Matayan
The Bad Sleep Well
Public Prosecutor Okakura
Japan's Longest Day
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Warrior of the Wind
Early Summer
Nishiwaki
Akuma no kao
Enraptured
The Street Without Sun
Okimi's father
Stakeout
Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
The Militarists
Shinegori Togo
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)