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
Seven Samurai
Kyuzo
Ikiru
Yakuza Boss
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Untamed Woman
Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
The Bad Sleep Well
Public Prosecutor Okakura
Kwaidan
Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Tokyo Twilight
Policeman
Early Spring
Yuzo Miura
The Human Condition I: No...
Kyôritsu Ô
Japan's Longest Day
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo