Seiji Miyaguchi
| Seiji Miyaguchi | |
|---|---|
 Miyaguchi (left) and Hideko Takamine in 1957 | |
| Born |
November 15, 1913 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | April 12, 1985 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1933–1985 |
| Awards |
Mainichi Film Concours Best Supporting Actor 1955 Seven Samurai |
Seiji Miyaguchi (宮口 精二 Miyaguchi Seiji, November 15, 1913 – April 12, 1985) was a Japanese actor.
Career
Miyaguchi appeared in many films, among them Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as Kyuzo, the master swordsman), Ikiru as a Yakuza boss from "restaurant row," and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.
Death
At the age of 71, he succumbed to lung cancer.
Selected filmography
- 1945 - Sanshiro Sugata Part II - Kohei Tsuzaki
- 1946 - Urashima Tarô no kôei
- 1947 - Sanbon yubi no otoko
- 1952 - Ikiru - Yakuza Boss
- 1953 - An Inlet of Muddy Water
- 1954 - Seven Samurai - Kyuzo
- 1954 - Taiyo no nai machi
- 1955 - Izumi e no michi
- 1956 - Flowing (Nagareru)
- 1957 - Jun'ai monogatari
- 1957 - Aruse
- 1958 - The Ballad of Narayama
- 1963 - Mother
- 1965 - Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon - Prof. Gulliver (voice)
- 1965 - Miseinen - Zoku cupola no aru machi - Tatsugorô Ishiguro
- 1965 - Samurai Spy - Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
- 1966 - Panchi yarô - Wada's Father
- 1967 - Taifû to zakuro - Naokichi Kuwata
- 1967 - Chikumagawa zesshô
- 1967 - Japan's Longest Day - Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
- 1968 - Shachô hanjôki
- 1968 - Zoku shacho hanjôki
- 1968 - Rio no wakadaishô
- 1968 - Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku - Ito
- 1968 - Aniki no koibito - Ginsaku Kitagawa
- 1970 - Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu' - Togo (uncredited)
- 1971 - To Love Again - Miya's father
- 1972 - Tora-san's Dear Old Home - Utako's father
- 1974 - Tora-san's Lovesick - Utako's father
- 1975 - Aoi sanmyaku
- 1975 - The Fossil - Sunami
- 1977 - Melodii beloy nochi
- 1980 - Tobe ikarosu no tsubasa - Miwa
- 1980 - Shōgun - Muraji
- 1982 - The Challenge - Old Man
- 1982 - Maboroshi no mizuumi - Yoshikane Nagao
- 1983 - Hakujasho - Jikan
- 1984 - Ningyo densetsu - Tatsuo
- 1984 - Farewell to the Ark - Old man
- 1986 - Oedipus no yaiba - Yoshiyama
Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (1983)
External links
- Seiji Miyaguchi at the Internet Movie Database
- Seiji Miyaguchi at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
- Seiji Miyaguchi fanpage Seiji Miyaguchi Facebook page
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