Seiji Miyaguchi

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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.

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Known For

Seven Samurai

Kyuzo

Ikiru

Yakuza Boss

Throne of Blood

Phantom samurai

Kwaidan

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

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Kyôritsu Ô

The Bad Sleep Well

Public Prosecutor Okakura

Shōgun

Muraji

Early Summer

Nishiwaki

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2002	Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' MOVIE	Self
1984	Farewell to the Ark MOVIE	Old man
1984	Antonio Gaudí MOVIE	Boada (voice)
1984	Mermaid Legend MOVIE	Tatsuo
1983	White Snake Enchantment MOVIE	Jikan
1982	Lake of Illusions MOVIE	Yoshikane Nagao
1982	The Challenge MOVIE	Old Man
1980	Shōgun TV	Muraji
1977	Special Crime Investigation Front TV	Self
1976	Melodies of a White Night MOVIE	Self
1975	The Fossil MOVIE	Sunami
1975	Aoi sanmyaku MOVIE	Mr. Okamoto
1974	Tora-san's Lovesick MOVIE	Self
1972	Tora-san's Dear Old Home MOVIE	Shukichi
1971	To Love Again MOVIE	Self
1971	Hajimete no Tabi MOVIE	Self
1970	The Militarists MOVIE	Shinegori Togo
1968	My Brother, My Love MOVIE	Ginsaku Kitagawa
1968	Admiral Yamamoto MOVIE	Ito
1968	Young Guy in Rio MOVIE	Self
1968	Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant MOVIE	Den'nosuke Kakishima
1968	Five Gents and Karate Grandpa MOVIE	Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
1967	Pomegranate Time MOVIE	Naokichi Kuwata
1967	Japan's Longest Day MOVIE	Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
1967	River of Forever MOVIE	Self
1966	Punch Guy MOVIE	Self
1965	Samurai Spy MOVIE	Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
1965	The Start of Life MOVIE	Tatsugoro Ishiguro
1965	Start Here MOVIE	Old Man
1965	Song of Farewell MOVIE	Masao Nomura
1965	Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon MOVIE	Dr. Gulliver (voice)
1965	The Dedicated Gunman MOVIE	Self
1965	Kwaidan MOVIE	Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
1965	The Radish and the Carrot MOVIE	Self
1964	The Enforcer MOVIE	Self
1964	Raised in a Palace MOVIE	Tsukada
1964	Fumiko's Five Benefactors MOVIE	Detective (uncredited)
1964	The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers MOVIE	Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
1964	Night Scandal MOVIE	Daizo Suzuki
1964	The Naked Executive MOVIE	Heikichi Hamanaka
1964	Intentions of Murder MOVIE	Genji Miyata
1964	Our Happiness Alone MOVIE	Self
1964	Night Scandal in Japan MOVIE	Detective Tasaka
1964	Pale Flower MOVIE	Funada
1964	Samurai from Nowhere MOVIE	Tatewaki Komuro
1964	Warrior of the Wind MOVIE	Self
1963	Mother MOVIE	Doctor
1963	A House in the Quarter MOVIE	Sanzaemon Katagiri
1963	The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji MOVIE	Shūhei Isomura
1963	Youth After School MOVIE	Shinkichi Yamaguchi
1963	Escape from Hell MOVIE	Usuke
1963	Twin Sisters of Kyoto MOVIE	Takichiro Sada
1962	Anything For Success MOVIE	Self
1962	Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights MOVIE	Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
1962	Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi MOVIE	Self
1962	The Broken Commandment MOVIE	School master
1962	The Inheritance MOVIE	Yoshida
1961	Structure of Hate MOVIE	Self
1961	That Guy and I MOVIE	Self
1961	Miyamoto Musashi MOVIE	Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
1961	Enraptured MOVIE	Self
1960	Get 'em All MOVIE	Takahashi
1960	最後の切札 MOVIE	Self
1960	The Bad Sleep Well MOVIE	Public Prosecutor Okakura
1960	Deep River Melody MOVIE	Self
1960	The Twilight Story MOVIE	Self
1960	Irohanihoheto MOVIE	Self
1960	Goodbye to Glory MOVIE	Hikocho
1960	Ah Special Attack Corps MOVIE	Self
1959	A Secret Rendezvous MOVIE	Yuichiro
1959	Tokyo Omnibus MOVIE	Self
1959	Someday I'll Know MOVIE	Masao Shiroyama
1959	Farewell to Spring MOVIE	Akira's father
1959	Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan MOVIE	Self
1959	Jōen MOVIE	Self
1959	The Most Valuable Wife MOVIE	Rintaro Nonomiya
1959	The Human Condition I: No Greater Love MOVIE	Kyôritsu Ô
1958	Accomplice MOVIE	Self
1958	The Spell of the Hidden Gold MOVIE	Senjuro Takebe
1958	In Self-Defense MOVIE	Self
1958	The Ballad of Narayama MOVIE	Matayan
1958	The Rickshaw Man MOVIE	Self
1958	Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen MOVIE	Self
1958	Stakeout MOVIE	Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
1957	Black River MOVIE	Kin
1957	The Story of Pure Love MOVIE	Self
1957	A Dangerous Hero MOVIE	Self
1957	悪魔の顔 MOVIE	Self
1957	Untamed Woman MOVIE	Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
1957	Hateful Things MOVIE	Self
1957	Tokyo Twilight MOVIE	Policeman
1957	Night Butterflies MOVIE	Self
1957	Throne of Blood MOVIE	Phantom samurai
1956	Flowing MOVIE	Namie's Uncle
1956	Will-o'-the-Wisp MOVIE	Self
1956	Punishment Room MOVIE	Self
1956	The Underworld MOVIE	Self
1956	Samurai of the Great Earth MOVIE	Self
1956	Early Spring MOVIE	Yuzo Miura
1955	Frame of Snow MOVIE	Ishiyama (Engineer)
1954	The Street Without Sun MOVIE	Okimi's father
1954	Seven Samurai MOVIE	Kyuzo
1953	An Inlet of Muddy Water MOVIE	Self
1953	The Last Embrace MOVIE	Gangster
1952	Ikiru MOVIE	Yakuza Boss
1951	Beauty of Life MOVIE	Self
1951	Fireworks Over the Sea MOVIE	Gunzo Ishiguro
1951	Early Summer MOVIE	Nishiwaki
1951	The Good Fairy MOVIE	Assistant editor
1947	Three-Fingered Detective MOVIE	Self
1946	A Descendant of Urashima Taro MOVIE	Self
1945	Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two MOVIE	Kohei Tsuzaki

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