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Seiji Miyaguchi

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.

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Born

Nov 15, 1913

Tokyo, Japan

Died

Apr 12, 1985

Known For

Acting

Movies

118 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.2

Known For

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 • as Kyuzo
★ 8.5
Ikiru
Ikiru
1952 • as Yakuza Boss
★ 8.3
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
1957 • as Phantom samurai
★ 7.9
Kwaidan
Kwaidan
1965 • as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
★ 7.7
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
★ 8.2
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 • as Public Prosecutor Okakura
★ 7.7
White Snake Enchantment
White Snake Enchantment
1983 • as Jikan
★ 5.6
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day
1967 • as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
★ 7.3
Early Summer
Early Summer
1951 • as Nishiwaki
★ 7.9
Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto
1968 • as Ito
★ 8.5
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
1958 • as Matayan
★ 7.6
Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight
1957 • as Policeman
★ 7.7
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 • as Yuzo Miura
★ 7.5
Mermaid Legend
Mermaid Legend
1984 • as Tatsuo
★ 6.4
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945 • as Kohei Tsuzaki
★ 6.0
Pale Flower
Pale Flower
1964 • as Funada
★ 7.4
Stakeout
Stakeout
1958 • as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
★ 7.1
The Challenge
The Challenge
1982 • as Old Man
★ 5.9
Intentions of Murder
Intentions of Murder
1964 • as Genji Miyata
★ 7.1
The Rickshaw Man
★ 7.2
Flowing
Flowing
1956 • as Namie's Uncle
★ 7.2
Farewell to the Ark
Farewell to the Ark
1984 • as Old man
★ 7.1
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964 • as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
★ 5.4
A House in the Quarter
A House in the Quarter
1963 • as Sanzaemon Katagiri
★ 6.4
Untamed Woman
Untamed Woman
1957 • as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
★ 7.5
Lake of Illusions
Lake of Illusions
1982 • as Yoshikane Nagao
★ 4.0
The Inheritance
The Inheritance
1962 • as Yoshida
★ 7.3
Fireworks Over the Sea
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 • as Gunzo Ishiguro
★ 5.4
Attack Squadron
Attack Squadron
1963 • as Onishi
★ 7.0
A Dangerous Hero
A Dangerous Hero
1957 • as Sasai
★ 9.0
Samurai Spy
Samurai Spy
1965 • as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
★ 6.4
Samurai from Nowhere
Samurai from Nowhere
1964 • as Tatewaki Komuro
★ 7.1
The Militarists
The Militarists
1970 • as Shinegori Togo
★ 7.5
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 • as Takichiro Sada
★ 6.5
The Broken Commandment
The Broken Commandment
1962 • as School master
★ 6.8
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
1965 • as Dr. Gulliver (voice)
★ 6.3
Deep River Melody
★ 6.0
Aoi sanmyaku
Aoi sanmyaku
1975 • as Mr. Okamoto
Someday I'll Know
Someday I'll Know
1959 • as Masao Shiroyama
★ 9.0
Antonio Gaudí
Antonio Gaudí
1984 • as Boada (voice)
★ 7.1
Young Guy in Rio
★ 6.0
Get 'em All
Get 'em All
1960 • as Takahashi
★ 7.0
Farewell to Spring
Farewell to Spring
1959 • as Akira's father
★ 6.3
That Guy and I
★ 8.5
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
1961 • as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
★ 7.2
Black River
Black River
1957 • as Kin
★ 7.0
A Secret Rendezvous
A Secret Rendezvous
1959 • as Yuichiro
★ 4.5
movie
In Case of One Woman
1956 • as Tomoki Hisamoto
Escape from Hell
Escape from Hell
1963 • as Usuke
★ 6.8
To Love Again
★ 5.0
My Brother, My Love
My Brother, My Love
1968 • as Ginsaku Kitagawa
★ 10.0
The War Without Weapons
The War Without Weapons
1960 • as Mochizuki
The Most Valuable Wife
The Most Valuable Wife
1959 • as Rintaro Nonomiya
★ 8.0
Punishment Room
★ 6.9
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968 • as Den'nosuke Kakishima
★ 7.0
Goodbye to Glory
Goodbye to Glory
1960 • as Hikocho
Tora-san's Lovesick
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974 • as 高见
★ 8.0
Hajimete no Tabi
★ 10.0
River of Forever
★ 9.0
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968 • as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
★ 9.0
Two Bitches
Two Bitches
1964 • as Detective Tasaka
★ 10.0
Youth After School
Youth After School
1963 • as Shinkichi Yamaguchi
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972 • as 修吉
★ 8.3
Night Butterflies
★ 6.5
The Underworld
★ 7.0
The Fossil
The Fossil
1975 • as Sunami
★ 7.2
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962 • as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
★ 7.3
The Street Without Sun
The Street Without Sun
1954 • as Okimi's father
★ 7.0
Mother
Mother
1963 • as Doctor
★ 6.8
Song of Farewell
Song of Farewell
1965 • as Masao Nomura
The Good Fairy
The Good Fairy
1951 • as Assistant editor
★ 5.8
Structure of Hate
★ 7.0
The Start of Life
The Start of Life
1965 • as Tatsugoro Ishiguro
Jōen
Jōen
1959
★ 9.0
Will-o'-the-Wisp
★ 9.0
I Saw the Killer
I Saw the Killer
1956 • as Assassin B
Beauty of Life
★ 10.0
movie
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958 • as Senjuro Takebe
★ 6.5
The Naked Executive
The Naked Executive
1964 • as Heikichi Hamanaka
★ 9.0
Pomegranate Time
Pomegranate Time
1967 • as Naokichi Kuwata
Wedding Day
★ 7.0
The Last Embrace
The Last Embrace
1953 • as Gangster
★ 10.0
Night Scandal
Night Scandal
1964 • as Daizo Suzuki
★ 8.0
The Last Trump Card
The Last Trump Card
1960 • as Yoshimura
★ 5.0
Frame of Snow
Frame of Snow
1955 • as Ishiyama (Engineer)
★ 10.0
movie
★ 8.0
Punch Guy
★ 7.0
movie
Raised in a Palace
Raised in a Palace
1964 • as Tsukada
★ 7.0
Start Here
Start Here
1965 • as Old Man
★ 7.0
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
1963 • as Shūhei Isomura