Seiji Miyaguchi
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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
Credits
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")
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
Actor
The Last Embrace (1953)
as Gangster
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
as Kyôritsu Ô
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
White Snake Enchantment (1983)
as Jikan
Early Summer (1951)
as Nishiwaki
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
as Policeman
In Case of One Woman (1956)
as Tomoki Hisamoto
Pale Flower (1964)
as Funada
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made (1955)
Actor
Enraptured (1961)
Actor
Mother (1963)
as Doctor
The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
as Senjuro Takebe
Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
as Ito
Banana (1960)
Actor
Samurai from Nowhere (1964)
as Tatewaki Komuro
The Good Fairy (1951)
as Assistant editor
Untamed Woman (1957)
as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
as Matayan
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Early Spring (1956)
as Yuzo Miura
Farewell to the Ark (1984)
as Old man
Mermaid Legend (1984)
as Tatsuo
Intentions of Murder (1964)
as Genji Miyata
Flowing (1956)
as Namie's Uncle
The Rickshaw Man (1958)
Actor
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
as Kohei Tsuzaki
Frame of Snow (1955)
as Ishiyama (Engineer)
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)
as Dr. Gulliver (voice)
Stakeout (1958)
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
Night Scandal (1964)
as Daizo Suzuki
Black River (1957)
as Kin
The Street Without Sun (1954)
as Okimi's father
The Broken Commandment (1962)
as School master
Warrior of the Wind (1964)
Actor
Samurai Spy (1965)
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Antonio Gaudí (1984)
as Boada (voice)
The Challenge (1982)
as Old Man
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
The Militarists (1970)
as Shinegori Togo
Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972)
as Shukichi
A Dangerous Hero (1957)
Actor
Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
The Most Valuable Wife (1959)
as Rintaro Nonomiya
Lake of Illusions (1982)
as Yoshikane Nagao
Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)
as Gunzo Ishiguro
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Actor
The Inheritance (1962)
as Yoshida
Punishment Room (1956)
Actor
Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)
as Takichiro Sada
The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
Actor
The Fossil (1975)
as Sunami
The Story of Pure Love (1957)
Actor
Start Here (1965)
as Old Man
A House in the Quarter (1963)
as Sanzaemon Katagiri
Youth After School (1963)
as Shinkichi Yamaguchi
Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)
Actor
Song of Farewell (1965)
as Masao Nomura
Anything For Success (1962)
Actor
The Last Trump Card (1960)
as Yoshimura
Farewell to Spring (1959)
as Akira's father
Jōen (1959)
Actor
Night Scandal in Japan (1964)
as Detective Tasaka
Young Guy in Rio (1968)
Actor
Punch Guy (1966)
Actor
The Twilight Story (1960)
Actor
Night Butterflies (1957)
Actor
Samurai of the Great Earth (1956)
Actor
Irohanihoheto (1960)
Actor
Will-o'-the-Wisp (1956)
Actor
Get 'em All (1960)
as Takahashi
In Self-Defense (1958)
Actor
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji (1963)
as Shūhei Isomura
Pomegranate Time (1967)
as Naokichi Kuwata
Melodies of a White Night (1976)
Actor
The Start of Life (1965)
as Tatsugoro Ishiguro
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958)
Actor
My Brother, My Love (1968)
as Ginsaku Kitagawa
Our Happiness Alone (1964)
Actor
The Enforcer (1964)
Actor
Someday I'll Know (1959)
as Masao Shiroyama
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (1968)
as Den'nosuke Kakishima
Goodbye to Glory (1960)
as Hikocho
A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)
Actor
Hajimete no Tabi (1971)
Actor
The Underworld (1956)
Actor
A Secret Rendezvous (1959)
as Yuichiro
River of Forever (1967)
Actor
Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
Actor
The Dedicated Gunman (1965)
Actor
Deep River Melody (1960)
Actor
Escape from Hell (1963)
as Usuke
Beauty of Life (1951)
Actor
Structure of Hate (1961)
Actor
Three-Fingered Detective (1947)
Actor
That Guy and I (1961)
Actor
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (1968)
as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
Raised in a Palace (1964)
as Tsukada
Hateful Things (1957)
Actor
Ah Special Attack Corps (1960)
Actor
The Naked Executive (1964)
as Heikichi Hamanaka
Akuma no kao (1957)
Actor
To Love Again (1971)
Actor
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' (2002)
as Self
Accomplice (1958)
Actor
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi (1962)
Actor
Aoi sanmyaku (1975)
as Mr. Okamoto
Fumiko's Five Benefactors (1964)
as Detective (uncredited)