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.
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Seiji Miyaguchi was a prominent Japanese stage and screen character actor who anchored numerous masterworks of mid-20th-century cinema.
He is best remembered for his portrayal of the master swordsman Kyuzo in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and his appearance in Ikiru.
He frequently worked with celebrated filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, and Masaki Kobayashi.
