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.

Known for

★8.5

Seven Samurai

1954

★8.3

Ikiru

1952

★7.9

Throne of Blood

1957

★7.7

Kwaidan

1965

★8.1

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

★7.7

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

★7.6

Shōgun

1980

★7.8

Early Summer

1951

★7.7

Tokyo Twilight

1957

★7.4

Pale Flower

1964

★7.5

Early Spring

1956

★7.6

The Ballad of Narayama

1958

★6.0

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945

★6.4

Samurai Spy

1965

★7.0

Intentions of Murder

1964

★5.9

The Challenge

1982