Seiji Miyaguchi
Actor
Biography
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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Filmography
Ikiru
as Yakuza Boss 1952
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai 1957
Kwaidan
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea") 1965
The Bad Sleep Well
as Public Prosecutor Okakura 1960
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kyôritsu Ô 1959
Early Summer
as Nishiwaki 1951
Tokyo Twilight
as Policeman 1957
Pale Flower
as Funada 1964
Early Spring
as Yuzo Miura 1956
The Ballad of Narayama
as Matayan 1958
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
as Kohei Tsuzaki 1945
Intentions of Murder
as Genji Miyata 1964
The Challenge
as Old Man 1982
Samurai Spy
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa 1965
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Flowing
as Namie's Uncle 1956