
Seiji Miyaguchi
Actor
Born: November 15, 1913 (71 years old)
Died: April 12, 1985
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
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 (47)
- Kwaidan (1965, ★ 7.7)
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959, ★ 8.1)
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960, ★ 7.7)
- Stakeout (1958, ★ 6.9)
- Mother (1963, ★ 6.8)
- Pale Flower (1964, ★ 7.4)
- Japan's Longest Day (1967, ★ 7.2)
- Early Summer (1951, ★ 7.8)
- Ikiru (1952, ★ 8.3)
- Throne of Blood (1957, ★ 7.9)
- Seven Samurai (1954, ★ 8.5)
- Black River (1957, ★ 6.8)
- Samurai from Nowhere (1964, ★ 7)
- The Broken Commandment (1962, ★ 6.6)
- Farewell to the Ark (1984, ★ 6.8)
- Flowing (1956, ★ 7.2)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1958, ★ 7.5)
- Admiral Yamamoto (1968, ★ 8.3)
- Samurai Spy (1965, ★ 6.4)
- Escape from Hell (1963, ★ 6.2)
- Mermaid Legend (1984, ★ 6.3)
- The Inheritance (1962, ★ 7.1)
- Punishment Room (1956, ★ 6.9)
- The Fossil (1975, ★ 6.8)
- Intentions of Murder (1964, ★ 7)
- Tokyo Twilight (1957, ★ 7.7)
- Warrior of the Wind (1964, ★ 6.7)
- Antonio Gaudí (1984, ★ 7.2)
- Miyamoto Musashi (1961, ★ 7.3)
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962, ★ 7.4)