Seiji Miyaguchi
Known for Acting
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. 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
Throne of Blood
1957
as Phantom samurai
Kwaidan
1965
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Ah Special Attack Corps
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Kyôritsu Ô
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as Ito
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Pale Flower
1964
as Funada
White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Jikan
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Genji Miyata
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
Early Spring
1956
as Yuzo Miura
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Policeman
The Militarists
1970
as Shinegori Togo
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Kohei Tsuzaki
Escape from Hell
1963
as Usuke
Stakeout
1958
as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective