Seiji Miyaguchi
Known for Acting
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
1954
as Kyuzo
Ikiru
1952
as Yakuza Boss
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Throne of Blood
1957
as Phantom samurai
Kwaidan
1965
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Kyôritsu Ô
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Policeman
Pale Flower
1964
as Funada
Early Spring
1956
as Yuzo Miura
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as Ito
Early Summer
1951
as Nishiwaki
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Kohei Tsuzaki
The Militarists
1970
as Shinegori Togo
Stakeout
1958
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
The Inheritance
1962
as Yoshida
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Genji Miyata
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
1965
as Dr. Gulliver (voice)
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
as Matayan