Seiji Miyaguchi
Actor
- Born
- November 15, 1913 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- April 12, 1985 (age 71)
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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Known for
Seven Samurai
April 26, 1954
Ikiru
October 9, 1952
Throne of Blood
January 15, 1957
Kwaidan
January 6, 1965
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
January 15, 1959
The Bad Sleep Well
September 19, 1960
Early Summer
October 3, 1951
Tokyo Twilight
April 30, 1957
Pale Flower
March 1, 1964
Early Spring
January 29, 1956
The Ballad of Narayama
June 1, 1958
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
May 3, 1945
Acting119
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' as Self
- 1984Farewell to the Ark as Old man
- 1984Antonio Gaudí as Boada (voice)
- 1984Mermaid Legend as Tatsuo
- 1983White Snake Enchantment as Jikan
- 1982Lake of Illusions as Yoshikane Nagao
- 1982The Challenge as Old Man
- 1976Melodies of a White Night
- 1975The Fossil as Sunami
- 1975Aoi sanmyaku as Mr. Okamoto