Actor info
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Name :
Seiji Miyaguchi
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Born :
November 15, 1913 in Tokyo, Japan (71 years at death)
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Died :
April 12, 1985
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
113 films (1945–2002)
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Also known as :
宫口精二, Сэйдзи Миягути
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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.
Notable films
- Kwaidan (1965) as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) as Kyôritsu Ô
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Phantom samurai
- Seven Samurai (1954) as Kyuzo
- Ikiru (1952) as Yakuza Boss
