was a Japanese

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who appeared in films of

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dyna ...

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in t ...

Mikio Naruse was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shomin-geki ("common people drama") films with female protagonists, ...

Tadashi Imai was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective. His most noted films include ''An Inlet of Muddy Water'' (1953) and ''Bushido, Samurai Saga'' (1963). Life Although leaning towards left-wing p ...

and many others. He succumbed to

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at the age of 71.

Distinctions

One of Kurosawa's iconic '' Seven Samurai'', Miyaguchi won the 1955 Mainichi Film Concours Best Supporting Actor award for his role. In 1983 he was awarded Japan's Medal with Purple Ribbon. A character designed as a caricature of Miyaguchi is regularly featured in the cat-oriented manga ''Mon-chan and Me'', published in

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's popular

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''Joshi Spa!'' (Women's Spa!).

Selected filmography

*1945: ''

Sanshiro Sugata Part II is a 1945 Japanese action drama film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo. It was filmed in early 1945 in Japan towards the end of World War II ...

'' - Kohei Tsuzaki *1946: ''Urashima Tarô no kôei'' *1947: ''Sanbon yubi no otoko'' *1951: '' The Good Fairy'' - Editor-in-chief *1951: ''

Early Summer is a 1951 Japanese drama by Yasujirō Ozu. Like most of Ozu's post-war films, ''Early Summer'' deals with issues ranging from communication problems between generations to the rising role of women in post-war Japan. The plot concerns Noriko, who ...

'' - Nishiwaki *1951: '' Fireworks over the Sea'' - Gunzô 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: ''Kyatsu o nigasuna'' *1956: '' Flowing'' *1956: ''Ankokugai'' *1956: ''Shokei no heya'' - Hanya, Katsumi's father *1956: ''Onibi'' *1956: ''Aru onna no baai'' - Tomoki Hisamoto *1956: ''

Nagareru is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the novel ''Nagareru'' by Aya Kōda. Plot Widow Rika starts working as a maid in the okiya (geisha lodging house) of geisha Otsuta, who lives with her daughter Katsuyo, her ...

'' - Namie's uncle *1957: ''

Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese '' jidaigeki'' film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'' from Medieval Scotland to feudal ...

'' - Phantom samurai *1957: ''

Tokyo Twilight is a 1957 Japanese drama film by Yasujirō Ozu. It is the story of two sisters (played by Ineko Arima and Ozu regular Setsuko Hara) who are reunited with a mother who left them as children. The film is considered amongst Ozu's darkest postwar ...

'' - Policeman *1957: '' Aruse'' *1957: ''Nikui mono'' *1957: ''Yoru no chô'' - Customer *1957: ''Kiken na eiyu'' *1957: '' Jun'ai monogatari'' - Judge *1957: '' Kuroi kawa'' - Kin *1958: '' Stakeout'' - Yuji Shimooka, the police detective *1958: ''Kuroi kafun'' - Kitaga *1958: ''

Rickshaw Man , also released as ''Muhomatsu, the Rickshaw Man'' or ''The Rikisha-Man'', is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. It is a remake of his own 1943 film. In the 1943 version Tsumasaburo Bando played the role of Muhōmatsu. In Oct ...

'' - Fencing master *1958: '' The Ballad of Narayama'' - Mata-yan *1958: ''Ryu ni makasero'' *1958: ''Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae: Maken jigoku'' - Senjuro Takebe *1959: ''

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'' - Kyôritsu Ô *1959: ''Saikô 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: ''Jôen'' - Ôshû Mitani *1960: ''Banana'' *1960: ''Bokutô kitan'' - Yoshizo *1960: ''

The Bad Sleep Well is a 1960 Japanese crime mystery film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was the first film to be produced under Kurosawa's own independent production company. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. The film stars Toshiro ...

'' - Prosecutor Okakura *1960: Minagoroshi no uta' yori kenjû-yo saraba!'' - Takahashi *1961: ''Enraptured'' - Prof. Nunokawa *1961: ''Miyamoto Musashi'' - Bamboo craftsman Kisuke *1961: ''Aitsu to watashi'' - Kokichi, Saburo's father *1961: ''Kuroi gashû dainibu: Kanryû'' *1962: ''Karami-ai'' *1962: ''The Outcast'' - School master *1962: ''Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights'' - Bamboo craftsman Kisuke *1962: ''Gekkyû dorobo'' *1963: ''Attack Squadron!'' *1963: ''Koto'' - Takichiro Sada *1963: ''Mushukunin-betsuchô'' - Usuke *1963: ''Subarashii akujo'' *1963: ''Alibi'' - Asakichi Sagawa *1963: ''Mashiroki Fuji no ne'' - Shûhei Isomura *1963: ''Gobanchô yûgirirô'' - Sanzaemon *1963: ''

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'' - 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 is a 1964 Japanese drama film by director Shōhei Imamura. Plot Sadako, a corpulent young woman, lives with her common-law husband Koichi, a librarian who has an ongoing affair with his colleague Yoshiko. Although she looks after Koichi's little ...

'' - Genji Miyata *1964: ''Hadaka no jûyaku'' - Heikichi Hamanaka *1964: ''Akujo'' - Daizo Suzuki *1964: ''Ai to shi o mitsumete'' *1964: ''Kuruwa sodachi'' - Tsukada *1964: ''

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'' - Old man (segment "Chawan no naka") *1964: ''Kenji Kirishima Saburô'' - Masayuki Mori *1965: '' Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon'' - Prof. Gulliver (voice) *1965: ''Miseinen - Zoku cupola no aru machi'' - Tatsugorô Ishiguro *1965: ''

Samurai Spy , also known as ''Spy Hunter'', is a 1965 film directed by Masahiro Shinoda, based on a novel by Koji Nakada. The legendary ninja Sasuke Sarutobi tracks the spy Nojiri, while a mysterious figure named Sakon leads a band of men on their own quest ...

'' - Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa *1966: ''Panchi yarô'' - Wada's Father *1967: ''Taifû to zakuro'' - Naokichi Kuwata *1967: ''Chikumagawa zesshô'' *1967: ''

Japan's Longest Day is a 1967 Japanese war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. The subject of the majority of the movie is the period between noon on August 14, 1945 and noon on August 15, 1945, when Emperor Hirohito's decision to surrender to the Allies in World ...

'' - Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo *1968: ''Shachô hanjôki'' *1968: ''Zoku shacho hanjôki'' *1968: ''Rio no wakadaishô'' *1968: ''Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku'' - Ito *1968: ''Aniki no koibito'' - Ginsaku Kitagawa *1970: ''

The Militarists is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Hiromichi Horikawa. Release ''The Militarists'' had a roadshow release in Japan on 11 August 1970 where it was distributed by Toho. It received general release 12 September 1970 in Japan. The film was Toho's ...

- 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: ''

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'' (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)

Selected television appearances

*1965: '' Taikōki'' - Manase Dōsan *1972: '' Shin Heike Monogatari'' - Fujiwara no Shunzei *1976: ''

Kaze to Kumo to Niji to is a 1976 Japanese historical television series. It is the 14th NHK taiga drama. Kaze to kumo to Niji to deals with the Heian period in Japan. Based on Chōgorō Kaionji's novels ''Taira no Masakado'' and ''Umi to Kaze to Niji to''. The drama was ...

'' - Musashi no Takeshiba *1979: '' Oretachi wa Tenshi da!'' (1979) Episode14 *1983: ''

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fello ...

'' - Torii Tadayoshi *1984: '' Sanga Moyu'' - Ichirō Kiyose

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyaguchi, Seiji 1913 births 1985 deaths Male actors from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese male actors Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male stage actors Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Deaths from lung cancer in Japan