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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-11-14

Day of Death

1985-04-12 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

宫口精二

Сэйдзи Миягути

Seiji Miyaguchi

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

Acting

Kwaidan

1965

Kwaidan

as

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

Aoi sanmyaku

1975

Aoi sanmyaku

as

Mr. Okamoto

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

The Bad Sleep Well

as

Public Prosecutor Okakura

Youth After School

1963

Youth After School

as

Shinkichi Yamaguchi

Stakeout

1958

Stakeout

as

Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

Mother

1963

Mother

as

Doctor

Pale Flower

1964

Pale Flower

as

Funada

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

1964

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

as

Detective (uncredited)

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

1945

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

as

Kohei Tsuzaki

Japan's Longest Day

1967

Japan's Longest Day

as

Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Samurai Spy

1965

Samurai Spy

as

Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Early Summer

1951

Early Summer

as

Nishiwaki

The Naked Executive

1964

The Naked Executive

as

Heikichi Hamanaka

Night Scandal

1964

Night Scandal

as

Daizo Suzuki

Escape from Hell

1963

Escape from Hell

as

Usuke

Pomegranate Time

1967

Pomegranate Time

as

Naokichi Kuwata

Black River

1957

Black River

as

Kin

Samurai from Nowhere

1964

Samurai from Nowhere

as

Tatewaki Komuro

The Broken Commandment

1962

The Broken Commandment

as

School master

Mermaid Legend

1984

Mermaid Legend

as

Tatsuo

Night Scandal in Japan

1964

Night Scandal in Japan

as

Detective Tasaka

The Militarists

1970

The Militarists

as

Shinegori Togo

A Secret Rendezvous

1959

A Secret Rendezvous

as

Yuichiro

The Challenge

1982

The Challenge

as

Old Man

Ikiru

1952

Ikiru

as

Yakuza Boss

Throne of Blood

1957

Throne of Blood

as

Phantom samurai

Farewell to the Ark

1984

Farewell to the Ark

as

Old man

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

as

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

Flowing

1956

Flowing

as

Namie's Uncle

The Inheritance

1962

The Inheritance

as

Yoshida

Raised in a Palace

1964

Raised in a Palace

as

Tsukada

The Good Fairy

1951

The Good Fairy

as

Assistant editor

Farewell to Spring

1959

Farewell to Spring

as

Akira's father

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

1958

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

as

Senjuro Takebe

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

as

Takichiro Sada

The Last Embrace

1953

The Last Embrace

as

Gangster

Song of Farewell

1965

Song of Farewell

as

Masao Nomura

A House in the Quarter

1963

A House in the Quarter

as

Sanzaemon Katagiri

Goodbye to Glory

1960

Goodbye to Glory

as

Hikocho

Antonio Gaudí

1984

Antonio Gaudí

as

Boada (voice)

Miyamoto Musashi

1961

Miyamoto Musashi

as

Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Get 'em All

1960

Get 'em All

as

Takahashi

The Start of Life

1965

The Start of Life

as

Tatsugoro Ishiguro

The Fossil

1974

The Fossil

as

Sunami

Someday I'll Know

1959

Someday I'll Know

as

Masao Shiroyama

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

1963

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

as

Shūhei Isomura

My Brother, My Love

1968

My Brother, My Love

as

Ginsaku Kitagawa

Intentions of Murder

1964

Intentions of Murder

as

Genji Miyata

The Most Valuable Wife

1959

The Most Valuable Wife

as

Rintaro Nonomiya

Tokyo Twilight

1957

Tokyo Twilight

as

Policeman

Untamed Woman

1957

Untamed Woman

as

Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

as

Gunzo Ishiguro

Seven Samurai

1954

Seven Samurai

as

Kyuzo

Lake of Illusions

1982

Lake of Illusions

as

Yoshikane Nagao

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

1965

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

as

Dr. Gulliver (voice)

The Street Without Sun

1954

The Street Without Sun

as

Okimi's father

Early Spring

1956

Early Spring

as

Yuzo Miura

Jōen

1959

Jōen

as

Shōgun

Shōgun

as

Muraji

Production

Crew

Directing