Actor

Seiji Miyaguchi

Birthday: November 15, 1913

Born in: Tokyo, Japan

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.

Movie Credits

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' (2002) as Self
Age: 88
Farewell to the Ark (1984) as Old man
Age: 70
Antonio Gaudí (1984) as Boada (voice)
Age: 70
Mermaid Legend (1984) as Tatsuo
Age: 70
White Snake Enchantment (1983) as Jikan
Age: 69
Lake of Illusions (1982) as Yoshikane Nagao
Age: 68
The Challenge (1982) as Old Man
Age: 68
Melodies of a White Night (1976)
Age: 63
The Fossil (1975) as Sunami
Age: 61
Aoi sanmyaku (1975) as Mr. Okamoto
Age: 61
Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)
Age: 60
Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972) as Shukichi
Age: 58
To Love Again (1971)
Age: 57
Hajimete no Tabi (1971)
Age: 57
The Militarists (1970) as Shinegori Togo
Age: 56
My Brother, My Love (1968) as Ginsaku Kitagawa
Age: 54
Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Ito
Age: 54
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (1968) as Den'nosuke Kakishima
Age: 54
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (1968) as Den'nosuke Kakishima (Atsuko's Father, Wealthy Man in Takamatsu)
Age: 54
Pomegranate Time (1967) as Naokichi Kuwata
Age: 53
Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Age: 53
River of Forever (1967)
Age: 53
Punch Guy (1966)
Age: 52
Samurai Spy (1965) as Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
Age: 51
The Start of Life (1965) as Tatsugoro Ishiguro
Age: 51
Start Here (1965) as Old Man
Age: 51
Song of Farewell (1965) as Masao Nomura
Age: 51
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965) as Dr. Gulliver (voice)
Age: 51
The Dedicated Gunman (1965)
Age: 51
Kwaidan (1965) as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Age: 51
The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
Age: 51
The Enforcer (1964)
Age: 50
Raised in a Palace (1964) as Tsukada
Age: 50
Fumiko's Five Benefactors (1964) as Detective (uncredited)
Age: 50
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) as Detective (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de ...") (uncredited)
Age: 50
Night Scandal (1964) as Daizo Suzuki
Age: 50
The Naked Executive (1964) as Heikichi Hamanaka
Age: 50
Intentions of Murder (1964) as Genji Miyata
Age: 50
Our Happiness Alone (1964)
Age: 50
Night Scandal in Japan (1964) as Detective Tasaka
Age: 50
Pale Flower (1964) as Funada
Age: 50
Samurai from Nowhere (1964) as Tatewaki Komuro
Age: 50
Warrior of the Wind (1964)
Age: 50
Mother (1963) as Doctor
Age: 49
A House in the Quarter (1963) as Sanzaemon Katagiri
Age: 49
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji (1963) as Shūhei Isomura
Age: 49
Youth After School (1963) as Shinkichi Yamaguchi
Age: 49
Escape from Hell (1963) as Usuke
Age: 49
Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) as Takichiro Sada
Age: 49
Anything For Success (1962)
Age: 49
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962) as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
Age: 49
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi (1962)
Age: 48
The Broken Commandment (1962) as School master
Age: 48
The Inheritance (1962) as Yoshida
Age: 48
Structure of Hate (1961)
Age: 47
That Guy and I (1961)
Age: 47
Miyamoto Musashi (1961) as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
Age: 47
Enraptured (1961)
Age: 47
Get 'em All (1960) as Takahashi
Age: 47
最後の切札 (1960)
Age: 46
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Public Prosecutor Okakura
Age: 46
Deep River Melody (1960)
Age: 46
The Twilight Story (1960)
Age: 46
Irohanihoheto (1960)
Age: 46
Goodbye to Glory (1960) as Hikocho
Age: 46
Ah Special Attack Corps (1960)
Age: 46
A Secret Rendezvous (1959) as Yuichiro
Age: 45
Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
Age: 45
Someday I'll Know (1959) as Masao Shiroyama
Age: 45
Farewell to Spring (1959) as Akira's father
Age: 45
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
Age: 45
Jōen (1959)
Age: 45
The Most Valuable Wife (1959) as Rintaro Nonomiya
Age: 45
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) as Kyôritsu Ô
Age: 45
Accomplice (1958)
Age: 44
The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958) as Senjuro Takebe
Age: 44
In Self-Defense (1958)
Age: 44
The Ballad of Narayama (1958) as Matayan
Age: 44
The Rickshaw Man (1958)
Age: 44
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958)
Age: 44
Stakeout (1958) as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
Age: 44
Black River (1957) as Kin
Age: 43
The Story of Pure Love (1957)
Age: 43
A Dangerous Hero (1957)
Age: 43
悪魔の顔 (1957)
Age: 43
Untamed Woman (1957) as Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
Age: 43
Hateful Things (1957)
Age: 43
Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Policeman
Age: 43
Night Butterflies (1957)
Age: 43
Throne of Blood (1957) as Phantom samurai
Age: 43
Flowing (1956) as Namie's Uncle
Age: 43
Will-o'-the-Wisp (1956)
Age: 42
Punishment Room (1956)
Age: 42
The Underworld (1956)
Age: 42
Samurai of the Great Earth (1956)
Age: 42
Early Spring (1956) as Yuzo Miura
Age: 42
Frame of Snow (1955) as Ishiyama (Engineer)
Age: 41
The Street Without Sun (1954) as Okimi's father
Age: 40
Seven Samurai (1954) as Kyuzo
Age: 40
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Age: 40
The Last Embrace (1953) as Gangster
Age: 39
Ikiru (1952) as Yakuza Boss
Age: 38
Beauty of Life (1951)
Age: 38
Fireworks Over the Sea (1951) as Gunzo Ishiguro
Age: 37
Early Summer (1951) as Nishiwaki
Age: 37
The Good Fairy (1951) as Assistant editor
Age: 37
Three-Fingered Detective (1947)
Age: 34
A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)
Age: 32
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) as Kohei Tsuzaki
Age: 31