Seiji Miyaguchi
Department: Acting
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
Kwaidan
1965
Aoi sanmyaku
1975
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Youth After School
1963
Stakeout
1958
Mother
1963
Pale Flower
1964
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Samurai Spy
1965
Melodies of a White Night
1976
Early Summer
1951
The Naked Executive
1964
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
Night Scandal
1964
Escape from Hell
1963
Pomegranate Time
1967
Black River
1957
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
The Broken Commandment
1962
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
Mermaid Legend
1984
Night Scandal in Japan
1964
The Militarists
1970
A Dangerous Hero
1957
悪魔の顔
1957
River of Forever
1967
Anything For Success
1962
A Secret Rendezvous
1959
The Challenge
1982
Ikiru
1952
Throne of Blood
1957
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Farewell to the Ark
1984
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
Flowing
1956
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
White Snake Enchantment
1983
The Inheritance
1962
To Love Again
1971
Irohanihoheto
1960
Night Butterflies
1957
Raised in a Palace
1964
The Good Fairy
1951
Farewell to Spring
1959
Deep River Melody
1960
The Twilight Story
1960
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
The Last Embrace
1953
Enraptured
1961
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Punishment Room
1956
Song of Farewell
1965
A House in the Quarter
1963
Goodbye to Glory
1960
Warrior of the Wind
1964
Antonio Gaudí
1984
Our Happiness Alone
1964
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002
The Underworld
1956
Accomplice
1958
Get 'em All
1960
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
The Start of Life
1965
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
The Fossil
1975
Someday I'll Know
1959
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
1963
My Brother, My Love
1968
Intentions of Murder
1964
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
The Enforcer
1964
Tokyo Twilight
1957
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Untamed Woman
1957
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
That Guy and I
1961
Seven Samurai
1954
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
Lake of Illusions
1982
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
1965
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
The Street Without Sun
1954
Early Spring
1956
Three-Fingered Detective
1947
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Beauty of Life
1951
The Dedicated Gunman
1965
Ah Special Attack Corps
1960
Jōen
1959
In Self-Defense
1958
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
Structure of Hate
1961
最後の切札
1960
Hateful Things
1957
Start Here
1965
Frame of Snow
1955
Punch Guy
1966
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Special Crime Investigation Front
1977
Shōgun
1980