Seiji Miyaguchi

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
- Born
- 1913-11-15 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 1985-04-12
Known for
- Seven Samurai (1954) — Kyuzo
- Ikiru (1952) — Yakuza Boss
- Throne of Blood (1957) — Phantom samurai
- Kwaidan (1965) — Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — Kyôritsu Ô
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — Public Prosecutor Okakura
- Shōgun (1980) — Muraji
- Early Summer (1951) — Nishiwaki
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) — Policeman
- Pale Flower (1964) — Funada
- Early Spring (1956) — Yuzo Miura
- The Ballad of Narayama (1958) — Matayan
- Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) — Kohei Tsuzaki
- Samurai Spy (1965) — Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
- Intentions of Murder (1964) — Genji Miyata
- The Challenge (1982) — Old Man