Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi (left) and Michiko Saga
on stage in 1966
Born(1913-11-15)15 November 1913
Tokyo, Japan
Died12 April 1985(1985-04-12) (aged 71)
OccupationActor
Years active1933–1984
AwardsMainichi Film Award
for Seven Samurai

Seiji Miyaguchi (宮口精二, Miyaguchi Seiji, 15 November 1913 – 12 April 1985) was a Japanese stage and film actor[1][2][3] who appeared in films of Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita, Tadashi Imai and many others.

Biography

Born in Tokyo and a graduate of Tokyo Municipal Junior High School, Miyaguchi was a co-founder of the Bungakuza theatre troupe in 1937.[2][3] In 1949, he received the Mainichi Theater Award for his performance in Onna no issho and other plays.[2]

Beginning in 1945, Miyaguchi acted in films as well.[4] Notable performances include Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yoshitarō Nomura's Stakeout.[2] In addition, he starred in television productions like the Taikōki series.[3]

Filmography (selected)

Film

  • 1945: Sanshiro Sugata Part II – Kohei Tsuzaki
  • 1946: Urashima Tarō no kōei
  • 1947: Sanbon yubi no otoko
  • 1951: The Good Fairy – Editor-in-chief
  • 1951: Early Summer – Nishiwaki
  • 1951: Fireworks over the Sea – Gunzō Ishiguro
  • 1951: Inochi uruwashi – Oshima
  • 1952: Ikiru – Yakuza Boss
  • 1953: The Last Embrace – Gangster
  • 1953: Senkan Yamato
  • 1953: An Inlet of Muddy Water – Gen Shichi (Story 3)
  • 1954: Seven Samurai – Kyuzo, the master swordsman
  • 1954: Taiyo no nai machi
  • 1955: Izumi e no michi
  • 1956: Early Spring
  • 1956: Kyatsu o nigasuna
  • 1956: Flowing
  • 1956: Ankokugai
  • 1956: Punishment Room – Hanya, Katsumi's father
  • 1956: Onibi
  • 1956: Aru onna no baai – Tomoki Hisamoto
  • 1956: Flowing – Namie's uncle
  • 1957: Throne of Blood – Phantom samurai
  • 1957: Tokyo Twilight – Policeman
  • 1957: Aruse
  • 1957: Nikui mono
  • 1957: Yoru no chō – Customer
  • 1957: Kiken na eiyu
  • 1957: Jun'ai monogatari – Judge
  • 1957: Black River – Kin
  • 1958: Stakeout – Yuji Shimooka, the police detective
  • 1958: Kuroi kafun – Kitaga
  • 1958: Rickshaw Man – Fencing master
  • 1958: The Ballad of Narayama – Mata-yan
  • 1958: Ryu ni makasero
  • 1958: Nemuri Kyōshirō burai hikae: Maken jigoku – Senjuro Takebe
  • 1959: The Human Condition – Kyōritsu Ō
  • 1959: Saikō shukun fujin – Rintaro Nonomiya
  • 1959: Kiku to Isamu – Doctor
  • 1959: Farewell to Spring – Akira's father
  • 1959: Aruhi watashi wa – Masao Shiroyama
  • 1959: Mikkai
  • 1959: Jōen – Ōshū Mitani
  • 1960: Banana
  • 1960: The Twilight Story – Yoshizo
  • 1960: The Bad Sleep Well – Prosecutor Okakura
  • 1960: 'Minagoroshi no uta' yori kenjū-yo saraba! – Takahashi
  • 1961: Enraptured – Prof. Nunokawa
  • 1961: Miyamoto Musashi – Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
  • 1961: Aitsu to watashi – Kokichi, Saburo's father
  • 1961: Kuroi gashū dainibu: Kanryū
  • 1962: Karami-ai
  • 1962: The Outcast – School master
  • 1962: Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights – Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
  • 1962: Gekkyū dorobo
  • 1963: Attack Squadron!
  • 1963: Twin Sisters of Kyoto – Takichiro Sada
  • 1963: Mushukunin-betsuchō – Usuke
  • 1963: Subarashii akujo
  • 1963: Alibi – Asakichi Sagawa
  • 1963: Mashiroki Fuji no ne – Shūhei Isomura
  • 1963: Gobanchō yūgirirō – Sanzaemon
  • 1963: Mother – Doctor
  • 1963: Hikaru umi – Seiji Tajima
  • 1964: Kaze no bushi
  • 1964: Pale Flower – Gang leader
  • 1964: Nihiki no mesu inu – Detective Tasaka
  • 1964: Samurai from Nowhere – Tatewaki Komuro
  • 1964: Unholy Desire – Genji Miyata
  • 1964: Hadaka no jūyaku – Heikichi Hamanaka
  • 1964: Akujo – Daizo Suzuki
  • 1964: Ai to shi o mitsumete
  • 1964: Kuruwa sodachi – Tsukada
  • 1964: Kwaidan – Old man (segment "Chawan no naka")
  • 1964: Kenji Kirishima Saburō – Masayuki Mori
  • 1965: Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon – Prof. Gulliver (voice)
  • 1965: Miseinen – Zoku cupola no aru machi – Tatsugorō Ishiguro
  • 1965: Samurai Spy – Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa
  • 1966: Panchi yarō – Wada's Father
  • 1967: Taifū to zakuro – Naokichi Kuwata
  • 1967: Chikumagawa zesshō
  • 1967: Japan's Longest Day – Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
  • 1968: Shachō hanjōki
  • 1968: Zoku shacho hanjōki
  • 1968: Rio no wakadaishō
  • 1968: Admiral Yamamoto – Seiichi Itō
  • 1968: Aniki no koibito – Ginsaku Kitagawa
  • 1970: The Militarists – Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
  • 1971: To Love Again – Miya's father
  • 1972: Tora-san's Dear Old Home – Utako's father
  • 1974: The Fossil – Sunami
  • 1974: Tora-san's Lovesick – Utako's father
  • 1975: Aoi sanmyaku
  • 1977: Melodii beloy nochi
  • 1980: Tobe ikarosu no tsubasa – Miwa
  • 1980: Shōgun (TV Mini-Series) – Muraji
  • 1982: The Challenge – Old Man
  • 1982: Maboroshi no mizuumi – Yoshikane Nagao
  • 1983: Hakujasho – Jikan
  • 1984: Ningyo densetsu – Tatsuo
  • 1984: Farewell to the Ark – Old man
  • 1986: Oedipus no yaiba – Yoshiyama (final film role)

Television

Awards and honours

A character designed as a caricature of Miyaguchi is regularly featured in the cat-oriented manga Mon-chan and Me, published in Fusosha's popular[5] webzine Joshi Spa! (Women's Spa!).[6]

References

  1. ^ "宮口精二". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "宮口精二". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "宮口精二". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ^ "宮口精二". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Fans In Japan Don't Want These Anime Turned Into Live-Action Movies". Kotaku. G/O Media Inc. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Who Did The Mysterious Cat and Human Meet In The Forest One Day?". Joshi Spa! (in Japanese). Fusosha Publishing. Retrieved 7 December 2022.


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