Seiji Miyaguchi
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as Kyuzo Seven Samurai 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
Seven Samurai
as Kyuzo
Ikiru
as Yakuza Boss
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai
Kwaidan
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kyôritsu Ô
The Bad Sleep Well
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
Early Summer
as Nishiwaki
Tokyo Twilight
as Policeman
Pale Flower
as Funada
Early Spring
as Yuzo Miura
The Ballad of Narayama
as Matayan
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
as Kohei Tsuzaki
Samurai Spy
as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
The Challenge
as Old Man
Intentions of Murder
as Genji Miyata
Flowing
as Namie's Uncle
Antonio Gaudí
as Boada (voice)
Black River
as Kin
Japan's Longest Day
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo