Seiji Miyaguchi

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Seiji Miyaguchi

Acting November 15, 1913

Tokyo, Japan

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 s…

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Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

8.5 1954 Movie
Ikiru

Ikiru

8.3 1952 Movie
Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

7.9 1957 Movie
Kwaidan

Kwaidan

7.7 1965 Movie
Shōgun

Shōgun

7.6 1980 TV Show
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

8.1 1959 Movie
The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

7.7 1960 Movie
Early Summer

Early Summer

7.8 1951 Movie
Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

7.7 1957 Movie
Pale Flower

Pale Flower

7.4 1964 Movie
Early Spring

Early Spring

7.5 1956 Movie
The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

7.5 1958 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

    Movie Self

  2. 1984
    Farewell to the Ark

    Movie Old man

  3. 1984
    Antonio Gaudí

    Movie Boada (voice)

  4. 1984
    Mermaid Legend

    Movie Tatsuo

  5. 1983
    White Snake Enchantment

    Movie Jikan

  6. 1982
    Lake of Illusions

    Movie Yoshikane Nagao

  7. 1982
    The Challenge

    Movie Old Man

  8. 1980
    Shōgun

    TV show Muraji

  9. 1977
    Special Crime Investigation Front

    TV show

  10. 1976
    Melodies of a White Night

    Movie

  11. 1975
    The Fossil

    Movie Sunami

  12. 1975
    Aoi sanmyaku

    Movie Mr. Okamoto

  13. 1974
    Tora-san's Lovesick

    Movie 高见

  14. 1972
    Tora-san's Dear Old Home

    Movie 修吉

  15. 1971
    To Love Again

    Movie

  16. 1971
    Hajimete no Tabi

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1970
    The Militarists

    Movie Shinegori Togo

  2. 1968
    My Brother, My Love

    Movie Ginsaku Kitagawa

  3. 1968
    Admiral Yamamoto

    Movie Ito

  4. 1968
    Young Guy in Rio

    Movie

  5. 1968
    Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

    Movie Den'nosuke Kakishima

  6. 1968
    Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

    Movie Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)

  7. 1967
    Pomegranate Time

    Movie Naokichi Kuwata

  8. 1967
    Japan's Longest Day

    Movie Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

  9. 1967
    River of Forever

    Movie

  10. 1966
    Punch Guy

    Movie

  11. 1965
    Samurai Spy

    Movie Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

  12. 1965
    The Start of Life

    Movie Tatsugoro Ishiguro

  13. 1965
    Start Here

    Movie Old Man

  14. 1965
    Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

    Movie Dr. Gulliver (voice)

  15. 1965
    Song of Farewell

    Movie Masao Nomura

  16. 1965
    The Dedicated Gunman

    Movie

  17. 1965
    Kwaidan

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

  18. 1965
    The Radish and the Carrot

    Movie

  19. 1964
    The Enforcer

    Movie

  20. 1964
    Raised in a Palace

    Movie Tsukada

  21. 1964
    The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

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

  22. 1964
    Fumiko's Five Benefactors

    Movie Detective (uncredited)

  23. 1964
    Night Scandal

    Movie Daizo Suzuki

  24. 1964
    The Naked Executive

    Movie Heikichi Hamanaka