Actor

Seiji Miyaguchi

November 15, 1913 · 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.

Notable work

8.5
Seven Samurai (1954)
as Kyuzo
8.3
Ikiru (1952)
as Yakuza Boss
7.9
Throne of Blood (1957)
as Phantom samurai
7.7
Kwaidan (1965)
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

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