Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Acting • Born 1913-11-15 – Died 1985-04-12

Acting1Tokyo, 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.

Filmography

112 credits
Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Movie • 1965

Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Aoi sanmyaku

Aoi sanmyaku

Movie • 1975

Mr. Okamoto

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Movie • 1959

Kyôritsu Ô

The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

Movie • 1960

Public Prosecutor Okakura

Youth After School

Youth After School

Movie • 1963

Shinkichi Yamaguchi

Stakeout

Stakeout

Movie • 1958

Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

Mother

Mother

Movie • 1963

Doctor

Pale Flower

Pale Flower

Movie • 1964

Funada

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

Movie • 1964

Detective (uncredited)

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

Movie • 1945

Kohei Tsuzaki

Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day

Movie • 1967

Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Samurai Spy

Samurai Spy

Movie • 1965

Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Melodies of a White Night

Melodies of a White Night

Movie • 1976

Early Summer

Early Summer

Movie • 1951

Nishiwaki

The Naked Executive

The Naked Executive

Movie • 1964

Heikichi Hamanaka

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

Movie • 1962

Night Scandal

Night Scandal

Movie • 1964

Daizo Suzuki

Escape from Hell

Escape from Hell

Movie • 1963

Usuke

Pomegranate Time

Pomegranate Time

Movie • 1967

Naokichi Kuwata

Black River

Black River

Movie • 1957

Kin

Samurai from Nowhere

Samurai from Nowhere

Movie • 1964

Tatewaki Komuro

The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment

Movie • 1962

School master

Hajimete no Tabi

Hajimete no Tabi

Movie • 1971

Mermaid Legend

Mermaid Legend

Movie • 1984

Tatsuo

Night Scandal in Japan

Night Scandal in Japan

Movie • 1964

Detective Tasaka

The Militarists

The Militarists

Movie • 1970

Shinegori Togo

A Dangerous Hero

A Dangerous Hero

Movie • 1957

悪魔の顔

悪魔の顔

Movie • 1957

River of Forever

River of Forever

Movie • 1967

Anything For Success

Anything For Success

Movie • 1962

A Secret Rendezvous

A Secret Rendezvous

Movie • 1959

Yuichiro

The Challenge

The Challenge

Movie • 1982

Old Man

Ikiru

Ikiru

Movie • 1952

Yakuza Boss

Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

Movie • 1957

Phantom samurai

Samurai of the Great Earth

Samurai of the Great Earth

Movie • 1956

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Movie • 1956

Farewell to the Ark

Farewell to the Ark

Movie • 1984

Old man

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

Movie • 1964

Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)

Flowing

Flowing

Movie • 1956

Namie's Uncle

The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

Movie • 1958

Matayan

White Snake Enchantment

White Snake Enchantment

Movie • 1983

Jikan

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

Movie • 1962

Yoshida

To Love Again

To Love Again

Movie • 1971

Irohanihoheto

Irohanihoheto

Movie • 1960

Night Butterflies

Night Butterflies

Movie • 1957

Raised in a Palace

Raised in a Palace

Movie • 1964

Tsukada

The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy

Movie • 1951

Assistant editor

Farewell to Spring

Farewell to Spring

Movie • 1959

Akira's father

Deep River Melody

Deep River Melody

Movie • 1960

The Twilight Story

The Twilight Story

Movie • 1960

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

Movie • 1958

Senjuro Takebe

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Movie • 1963

Takichiro Sada

The Last Embrace

The Last Embrace

Movie • 1953

Gangster

Enraptured

Enraptured

Movie • 1961

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Movie • 1959

Punishment Room

Punishment Room

Movie • 1956

Song of Farewell

Song of Farewell

Movie • 1965

Masao Nomura

A House in the Quarter

A House in the Quarter

Movie • 1963

Sanzaemon Katagiri

Goodbye to Glory

Goodbye to Glory

Movie • 1960

Hikocho

Warrior of the Wind

Warrior of the Wind

Movie • 1964

Antonio Gaudí

Antonio Gaudí

Movie • 1984

Boada (voice)

Our Happiness Alone

Our Happiness Alone

Movie • 1964

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi

Movie • 1961

Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

Movie • 1962

Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

Movie • 1972

Shukichi

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

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

Movie • 2002

Self

The Underworld

The Underworld

Movie • 1956

Accomplice

Accomplice

Movie • 1958

Get 'em All

Get 'em All

Movie • 1960

Takahashi

Tokyo Omnibus

Tokyo Omnibus

Movie • 1959

The Start of Life

The Start of Life

Movie • 1965

Tatsugoro Ishiguro

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Movie • 1946

The Radish and the Carrot

The Radish and the Carrot

Movie • 1965

The Fossil

The Fossil

Movie • 1975

Sunami

Someday I'll Know

Someday I'll Know

Movie • 1959

Masao Shiroyama

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

Movie • 1963

Shūhei Isomura

My Brother, My Love

My Brother, My Love

Movie • 1968

Ginsaku Kitagawa

Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

Movie • 1964

Genji Miyata

The Most Valuable Wife

The Most Valuable Wife

Movie • 1959

Rintaro Nonomiya

The Enforcer

The Enforcer

Movie • 1964

Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

Movie • 1957

Policeman

The Story of Pure Love

The Story of Pure Love

Movie • 1957

Untamed Woman

Untamed Woman

Movie • 1957

Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

The Rickshaw Man

The Rickshaw Man

Movie • 1958

Fireworks Over the Sea

Fireworks Over the Sea

Movie • 1951

Gunzo Ishiguro

That Guy and I

That Guy and I

Movie • 1961

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

Movie • 1954

Kyuzo

Tora-san's Lovesick

Tora-san's Lovesick

Movie • 1974

Lake of Illusions

Lake of Illusions

Movie • 1982

Yoshikane Nagao

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

Movie • 1965

Dr. Gulliver (voice)

Admiral Yamamoto

Admiral Yamamoto

Movie • 1968

Ito

The Street Without Sun

The Street Without Sun

Movie • 1954

Okimi's father

Early Spring

Early Spring

Movie • 1956

Yuzo Miura

Three-Fingered Detective

Three-Fingered Detective

Movie • 1947

An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water

Movie • 1953

Beauty of Life

Beauty of Life

Movie • 1951

The Dedicated Gunman

The Dedicated Gunman

Movie • 1965

Ah Special Attack Corps

Ah Special Attack Corps

Movie • 1960

Jōen

Jōen

Movie • 1959

In Self-Defense

In Self-Defense

Movie • 1958

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

Movie • 1958

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

Movie • 1968

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

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

Movie • 1968

Den'nosuke Kakishima

Structure of Hate

Structure of Hate

Movie • 1961

最後の切札

最後の切札

Movie • 1960

Hateful Things

Hateful Things

Movie • 1957

Start Here

Start Here

Movie • 1965

Old Man

Frame of Snow

Frame of Snow

Movie • 1955

Ishiyama (Engineer)

Punch Guy

Punch Guy

Movie • 1966

Young Guy in Rio

Young Guy in Rio

Movie • 1968

Special Crime Investigation Front

Special Crime Investigation Front

TV • 1977

Shōgun

Shōgun

TV • 1980

Muraji

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