Seiji Miyaguchi

Acting

November 15, 1913 – April 12, 1985 (died at 71)

Tokyo, Japan

Male

113 Movies

2 TV Shows

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.

Seven Samurai

1954 8.4

as Kyuzo

Age 40 (now 71)

The Ballad of Narayama

1958 7.5

as Matayan

Age 44 (now 71)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959 8.1

as Kyôritsu Ô

Age 45 (now 71)

Japan's Longest Day

1967 7.3

as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Age 53 (now 71)

Antonio Gaudí

1984 7.2

as Boada (voice)

Age 70 (now 71)

Pale Flower

1964 7.4

as Funada

Age 50 (now 71)

Early Summer

1951 7.8

as Nishiwaki

Age 37 (now 71)

The Inheritance

1962 7.2

as Yoshida

Age 48 (now 71)

Tokyo Twilight

1957 7.7

as Policeman

Age 43 (now 71)

Black River

1957 6.9

as Kin

Age 43 (now 71)

Stakeout

1958 7.0

as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

Age 44 (now 71)

Shōgun

1980 7.7

as Muraji

Age 66 (now 71) 5 eps

5 eps

Mermaid Legend

1984 6.3

as Tatsuo

Age 70 (now 71)

Ikiru

1952 8.3

as Yakuza Boss

Age 38 (now 71)

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945 6.0

as Kohei Tsuzaki

Age 31 (now 71)

Samurai Spy

1965 6.4

as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Age 51 (now 71)

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

2002 10.0

as Self

Age 88 (now 71)

Farewell to the Ark

1984 6.9

as Old man

Age 70 (now 71)

Antonio Gaudí

1984 7.2

as Boada (voice)

Age 70 (now 71)

Mermaid Legend

1984 6.3

as Tatsuo

Age 70 (now 71)

White Snake Enchantment

1983 5.5

as Jikan

Age 69 (now 71)

Lake of Illusions

1982 3.0

as Yoshikane Nagao

Age 68 (now 71)

The Challenge

1982 5.9

as Old Man

Age 68 (now 71)

Melodies of a White Night

1976 4.8

Age 63 (now 71)

The Fossil

1975 7.0

as Sunami

Age 61 (now 71)

Aoi sanmyaku

1975

as Mr. Okamoto

Age 61 (now 71)

Tora-san's Lovesick

1974 8.0

Age 60 (now 71)

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

1972 8.3

as Shukichi

Age 58 (now 71)

To Love Again

1971 5.0

Age 57 (now 71)

Hajimete no Tabi

1971 10.0

Age 57 (now 71)

The Militarists

1970 7.5

as Shinegori Togo

Age 56 (now 71)

My Brother, My Love

1968 10.0

as Ginsaku Kitagawa

Age 54 (now 71)

Admiral Yamamoto

1968 8.5

as Ito

Age 54 (now 71)

Young Guy in Rio

1968 6.0

Age 54 (now 71)

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

1968 7.0

as Den'nosuke Kakishima

Age 54 (now 71)

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

1968 9.0

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

Age 54 (now 71)

Pomegranate Time

1967

as Naokichi Kuwata

Age 53 (now 71)

Japan's Longest Day

1967 7.3

as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Age 53 (now 71)

River of Forever

1967 9.0

Age 53 (now 71)

Punch Guy

1966 7.0

Age 52 (now 71)

Samurai Spy

1965 6.4

as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa

Age 51 (now 71)

The Start of Life

1965

as Tatsugoro Ishiguro

Age 51 (now 71)

Start Here

1965 7.0

as Old Man

Age 51 (now 71)

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

1965 6.2

as Dr. Gulliver (voice)

Age 51 (now 71)

Song of Farewell

1965

as Masao Nomura

Age 51 (now 71)

The Dedicated Gunman

1965 7.0

Age 51 (now 71)

Kwaidan

1965 7.7

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

Age 51 (now 71)

The Radish and the Carrot

1965 9.0

Age 51 (now 71)

The Enforcer

1964 8.0

Age 50 (now 71)

Raised in a Palace

1964 7.0

as Tsukada

Age 50 (now 71)

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964 5.4

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

Age 50 (now 71)

Fumiko's Five Benefactors

1964 6.0

as Detective (uncredited)

Age 50 (now 71)

Night Scandal

1964 8.0

as Daizo Suzuki

Age 50 (now 71)

The Naked Executive

1964 9.0

as Heikichi Hamanaka

Age 50 (now 71)

Intentions of Murder

1964 7.0

as Genji Miyata

Age 50 (now 71)

Our Happiness Alone

1964

Age 50 (now 71)

Night Scandal in Japan

1964 10.0

as Detective Tasaka

Age 50 (now 71)

Pale Flower

1964 7.4

as Funada

Age 50 (now 71)

Warrior of the Wind

1964 7.1

Age 50 (now 71)

Samurai from Nowhere

1964 7.2

as Tatewaki Komuro

Age 50 (now 71)

Mother

1963 6.8

as Doctor

Age 49 (now 71)

A House in the Quarter

1963 6.4

as Sanzaemon Katagiri

Age 49 (now 71)

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

1963

as Shūhei Isomura

Age 49 (now 71)

Youth After School

1963

as Shinkichi Yamaguchi

Age 49 (now 71)

Escape from Hell

1963 6.8

as Usuke

Age 49 (now 71)

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963 6.5

as Takichiro Sada

Age 49 (now 71)

Anything For Success

1962 7.0

Age 49 (now 71)

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

1962 7.5

as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Age 49 (now 71)

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

1962

Age 48 (now 71)

The Broken Commandment

1962 6.8

as School master

Age 48 (now 71)

The Inheritance

1962 7.2

as Yoshida

Age 48 (now 71)

Structure of Hate

1961 7.0

Age 47 (now 71)

That Guy and I

1961 8.5

Age 47 (now 71)

Miyamoto Musashi

1961 7.3

as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Age 47 (now 71)

Enraptured

1961

Age 47 (now 71)

Get 'em All

1960 7.0

as Takahashi

Age 47 (now 71)

The Last Trump Card

1960

as Yoshimura

Age 46 (now 71)

The Bad Sleep Well

1960 7.7

as Public Prosecutor Okakura

Age 46 (now 71)

Deep River Melody

1960 6.0

Age 46 (now 71)

The Twilight Story

1960 8.5

Age 46 (now 71)

Irohanihoheto

1960

Age 46 (now 71)

Banana

1960

Age 46 (now 71)

Goodbye to Glory

1960

as Hikocho

Age 46 (now 71)

Ah Special Attack Corps

1960

Age 46 (now 71)

A Secret Rendezvous

1959 4.5

as Yuichiro

Age 45 (now 71)

Tokyo Omnibus

1959

Age 45 (now 71)

Someday I'll Know

1959 9.0

as Masao Shiroyama

Age 45 (now 71)

Farewell to Spring

1959 6.3

as Akira's father

Age 45 (now 71)

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

1959 5.9

Age 45 (now 71)

Jōen

1959 9.0

Age 45 (now 71)

The Most Valuable Wife

1959 8.0

as Rintaro Nonomiya

Age 45 (now 71)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959 8.1

as Kyôritsu Ô

Age 45 (now 71)

Accomplice

1958

Age 44 (now 71)

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

1958 6.5

as Senjuro Takebe

Age 44 (now 71)

In Self-Defense

1958

Age 44 (now 71)

The Ballad of Narayama

1958 7.5

as Matayan

Age 44 (now 71)

The Rickshaw Man

1958 7.2

Age 44 (now 71)

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

1958

Age 44 (now 71)

Stakeout

1958 7.0

as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

Age 44 (now 71)

Black River

1957 6.9

as Kin

Age 43 (now 71)

The Story of Pure Love

1957 6.8

Age 43 (now 71)

A Dangerous Hero

1957 9.0

Age 43 (now 71)

Akuma no kao

1957

Age 43 (now 71)

Untamed Woman

1957 7.5

as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother

Age 43 (now 71)

Hateful Things

1957

Age 43 (now 71)

Tokyo Twilight

1957 7.7

as Policeman

Age 43 (now 71)

Night Butterflies

1957 6.5

Age 43 (now 71)

Throne of Blood

1957 7.9

as Phantom samurai

Age 43 (now 71)

Flowing

1956 7.2

as Namie's Uncle

Age 43 (now 71)

In Case of One Woman

1956

as Tomoki Hisamoto

Age 42 (now 71)

Will-o'-the-Wisp

1956 9.0

Age 42 (now 71)

Punishment Room

1956 6.9

Age 42 (now 71)

The Underworld

1956 7.0

Age 42 (now 71)

Early Spring

1956 7.5

as Yuzo Miura

Age 42 (now 71)

Samurai of the Great Earth

1956 7.0

Age 42 (now 71)

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made

1955

Age 41 (now 71)

Frame of Snow

1955 10.0

as Ishiyama (Engineer)

Age 41 (now 71)

The Street Without Sun

1954 7.0

as Okimi's father

Age 40 (now 71)

Seven Samurai

1954 8.4

as Kyuzo

Age 40 (now 71)

An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953 6.3

Age 40 (now 71)

The Last Embrace

1953 10.0

as Gangster

Age 39 (now 71)

Ikiru

1952 8.3

as Yakuza Boss

Age 38 (now 71)

Beauty of Life

1951 10.0

Age 38 (now 71)

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951 5.4

as Gunzo Ishiguro

Age 37 (now 71)

Early Summer

1951 7.8

as Nishiwaki

Age 37 (now 71)

The Good Fairy

1951 5.8

as Assistant editor

Age 37 (now 71)

Three-Fingered Detective

1947 7.0

Age 34 (now 71)

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

1946 7.5

Age 32 (now 71)

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945 6.0

as Kohei Tsuzaki

Age 31 (now 71)