Acting

Seiji Miyaguchi

1913–1985 · Acting

61.5avg grm

18titles

#13best rank

2honors

best title · #13 on siteSeven Samurai1954 · as Kyuzo86.3

Honors

2

1983Medal with Purple Ribbon

1955Mainichi Film Award — Best Supporting Actor

Bio

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

ranked on this site

1980s1 title

Antonio Gaudí1984 · as Boada56.5

1970s1 title

Melodii beloy nochi1977 · as Keizô Yashiro58.3

1960s8 titles

Japan's Longest Day1967 · as Foreign Minister Shigenori Tôgô59.3 P

Pale Flower1964 · as Gang leader Funada60.0 S

Samurai from Nowhere1964 · as Tatewaki Komuro58.3 M

Mother1963 · as Doctor58.4 M

Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hill1962 · as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke58.2 I

The Inheritance1962 · as Yoshida (lawyer)57.9 M

Miyamoto Musashi1961 · as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke58.1 B

The Bad Sleep Well1960 · as Prosecutor Okakura75.3

1950s8 titles

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · as Kyôritsu Ô70.3 K

Kiku to Isamu1959 · as Doctor58.7 B

The Ballad of Narayama1958 · as Mata-yan60.9 S

Stakeout1958 · as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective57.6 U

Untamed Woman1957 · as Sotaro58.4 B

Black River1957 · as Kin56.9 F

Flowing1956 · as Namie's uncle58.4 S

Seven Samurai1954 · as Kyuzo86.3

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Seiji Miyaguchi

S

born1913

died1985

known forActing

titles on site18

best title rank#13 · Seven Samurai (1954)

avg GRM61.5

honors2 · Medal with Purple Ribbon, 1983

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

ranked on this site

1980s

1 title

56.5Antonio Gaudí1984 · as Boada

1970s

1 title

58.3Melodii beloy nochi1977 · as Keizô Yashiro

1960s

8 titles

59.3Japan's Longest Day1967 · as Foreign Minister Shigenori Tôgô P

60.0Pale Flower1964 · as Gang leader Funada S

58.3Samurai from Nowhere1964 · as Tatewaki Komuro M

58.4Mother1963 · as Doctor M

58.2Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hill1962 · as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke I

57.9The Inheritance1962 · as Yoshida (lawyer)M

58.1Miyamoto Musashi1961 · as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke B

75.3The Bad Sleep Well1960 · as Prosecutor Okakura

1950s

8 titles

70.3The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · as Kyôritsu Ô K

58.7Kiku to Isamu1959 · as Doctor B

60.9The Ballad of Narayama1958 · as Mata-yan S

57.6Stakeout1958 · as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective U

58.4Untamed Woman1957 · as Sotaro B

56.9Black River1957 · as Kin F

58.4Flowing1956 · as Namie's uncle S

86.3Seven Samurai1954 · as Kyuzo

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