Seiji Miyaguchi
Acting
Born: Nov 15, 1913 — Died: Apr 12, 1985
From: Tokyo, Japan
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mermaid Legend | Tatsuo | 1984 | 6.32 |
| Melodies of a White Night | 1976 | 4.85 | |
| Aoi sanmyaku | Mr. Okamoto | 1975 | — |
| Hajimete no Tabi | 1971 | 10.0 | |
| The Militarists | Shinegori Togo | 1970 | 7.5 |
| Japan's Longest Day | Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo | 1967 | 7.242 |
| Pomegranate Time | Naokichi Kuwata | 1967 | — |
| River of Forever | 1967 | 9.0 | |
| Kwaidan | Old Man (segment "In a … | 1965 | 7.722 |
| Samurai Spy | Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa | 1965 | 6.423 |
| Pale Flower | Funada | 1964 | 7.376 |
| Fumiko's Five Benefactors | Detective (uncredited) | 1964 | 6.0 |
| The Naked Executive | Heikichi Hamanaka | 1964 | 9.0 |
| Night Scandal | Daizo Suzuki | 1964 | 8.0 |
| Samurai from Nowhere | Tatewaki Komuro | 1964 | 7.2 |
| Night Scandal in Japan | Detective Tasaka | 1964 | 10.0 |
| Youth After School | Shinkichi Yamaguchi | 1963 | — |
| Mother | Doctor | 1963 | 6.833 |
| Escape from Hell | Usuke | 1963 | 6.833 |
| Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi | 1962 | — | |
| The Broken Commandment | School master | 1962 | 6.75 |
| Anything For Success | 1962 | 7.0 | |
| The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Okakura | 1960 | 7.701 |
| The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Kyôritsu Ô | 1959 | 8.132 |
| Stakeout | Yuji Shimooka, the police detective | 1958 | 7.026 |
| Black River | Kin | 1957 | 6.938 |
| A Dangerous Hero | 1957 | 9.0 | |
| Akuma no kao | 1957 | — | |
| Early Summer | Nishiwaki | 1951 | 7.847 |
| Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two | Kohei Tsuzaki | 1945 | 5.992 |
Quick Facts
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1913 |
| From | Tokyo, Japan |