
Seiji Miyaguchi
Known for Acting · 115 credits
- Born
- 1913-11-15
- Died
- 1985-04-12
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 宫口精二 · Сэйдзи Миягути
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (113)

Seven Samurai
1954
as Kyuzo

Ikiru
1952
as Yakuza Boss

Throne of Blood
1957
as Phantom samurai

Kwaidan
1965
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Kyôritsu Ô

The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Public Prosecutor Okakura

Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Jikan

The Ballad of Narayama
1958
as Matayan

Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as Ito

Farewell to the Ark
1984
as Old man

Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Policeman

The Challenge
1982
as Old Man

Pale Flower
1964
as Funada

Early Summer
1951
as Nishiwaki

Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
as Shukichi

Untamed Woman
1957
as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

Intentions of Murder
1964
as Genji Miyata

Farewell to Spring
1959
as Akira's father

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
1965
as Dr. Gulliver (voice)

The Rickshaw Man
1958

The Militarists
1970
as Shinegori Togo

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)

Samurai Spy
1965
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953

Night Scandal in Japan
1964
as Detective Tasaka

Samurai from Nowhere
1964
as Tatewaki Komuro

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
as Takichiro Sada

A House in the Quarter
1963
as Sanzaemon Katagiri

Lake of Illusions
1982
as Yoshikane Nagao

Early Spring
1956
as Yuzo Miura

Black River
1957
as Kin

A Secret Rendezvous
1959
as Yuichiro

Samurai of the Great Earth
1956

Stakeout
1958
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

The Inheritance
1962
as Yoshida

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Kohei Tsuzaki

The Last Embrace
1953
as Gangster

Warrior of the Wind
1964

The Story of Pure Love
1957

Flowing
1956
as Namie's Uncle

Mermaid Legend
1984
as Tatsuo

The Broken Commandment
1962
as School master

Three-Fingered Detective
1947

The Radish and the Carrot
1965

My Brother, My Love
1968
as Ginsaku Kitagawa

A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946

Miyamoto Musashi
1961
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

The Fossil
1975
as Sunami

The Good Fairy
1951
as Assistant editor

Someday I'll Know
1959
as Masao Shiroyama

The Start of Life
1965
as Tatsugoro Ishiguro

Mother
1963
as Doctor
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
as Senjuro Takebe

The Street Without Sun
1954
as Okimi's father

Tokyo Omnibus
1959

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

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

The Twilight Story
1960

Escape from Hell
1963
as Usuke

Jōen
1959

Night Scandal
1964
as Daizo Suzuki

Ah Special Attack Corps
1960

Goodbye to Glory
1960
as Hikocho

Hajimete no Tabi
1971

Raised in a Palace
1964
as Tsukada
Enraptured
1961

Get 'em All
1960
as Takahashi

That Guy and I
1961

Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Gunzo Ishiguro

The Underworld
1956

Youth After School
1963
as Shinkichi Yamaguchi

Song of Farewell
1965
as Masao Nomura

Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Den'nosuke Kakishima

Melodies of a White Night
1976

Antonio Gaudí
1984
as Boada (voice)

Punishment Room
1956

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959

A Dangerous Hero
1957

Akuma no kao
1957

Pomegranate Time
1967
as Naokichi Kuwata

River of Forever
1967

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)

Beauty of Life
1951

Tora-san's Lovesick
1974

Night Butterflies
1957

Our Happiness Alone
1964

The Naked Executive
1964
as Heikichi Hamanaka

The Dedicated Gunman
1965

The Most Valuable Wife
1959
as Rintaro Nonomiya

Anything For Success
1962
The Enforcer
1964

To Love Again
1971
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Tomoki Hisamoto

Irohanihoheto
1960

Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964
as Detective (uncredited)

Aoi sanmyaku
1975
as Mr. Okamoto

Deep River Melody
1960

Structure of Hate
1961

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
1963
as Shūhei Isomura

The Last Trump Card
1960
as Yoshimura

In Self-Defense
1958

Young Guy in Rio
1968

Accomplice
1958

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962

Frame of Snow
1955
as Ishiyama (Engineer)

Start Here
1965
as Old Man

Hateful Things
1957

Banana
1960

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955

Punch Guy
1966
About Seiji Miyaguchi
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. With 115 credits spanning from 1945 to 2002, Seiji Miyaguchi has appeared in 113 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Seiji Miyaguchi Movies
- Seven Samurai (1954) — as Kyuzo
- Ikiru (1952) — as Yakuza Boss
- Throne of Blood (1957) — as Phantom samurai
- Kwaidan (1965) — as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — as Kyôritsu Ô
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