Portrait of Seiji Miyaguchi

Acting

Seiji Miyaguchi

Career

Active from 1954 to 1984, with a break from 1971 to 1982, busiest in 1963 and 1964 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
GoodWatch score94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

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Seiji Miyaguchi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.2, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Visually Striking 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Greed 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

7 titles · average score 73
Antonio Gaudí
Antonio Gaudí (1984)
GoodWatch score 86

as Boada (voice)

Mermaid Legend
Mermaid Legend (1984)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tatsuo

Farewell to the Ark
Farewell to the Ark (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

as Old man

White Snake Enchantment
White Snake Enchantment (1983)

as Jikan

The Challenge
The Challenge (1982)
GoodWatch score 57

as Old Man

Lake of Illusions
Lake of Illusions (1982)

as Yoshikane Nagao

Shōgun
Shōgun (1980)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Muraji

1970s

6 titles · average score 73
Special Crime Investigation Front
Special Crime Investigation Front (1977)

TV show

The Fossil
The Fossil (1975)
GoodWatch score 73

as Sunami

Aoi sanmyaku
Aoi sanmyaku (1975)

as Mr. Okamoto

Tora-san's Lovesick
Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)

as 高见

Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972)

as 修吉

The Militarists
The Militarists (1970)

as Shinegori Togo

1960s

37 titles · average score 73
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
GoodWatch score 76

as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dr. Gulliver (voice)

Kwaidan
Kwaidan (1965)
GoodWatch score 78

as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

Samurai from Nowhere
Samurai from Nowhere (1964)
GoodWatch score 72

as Tatewaki Komuro

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

as Takichiro Sada

Mother
Mother (1963)

as Doctor

Youth After School
Youth After School (1963)

as Shinkichi Yamaguchi

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji (1963)

as Shūhei Isomura

The Inheritance
The Inheritance (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

as Yoshida

The Last Trump Card
The Last Trump Card (1960)

as Yoshimura

Get 'em All
Get 'em All (1960)

as Takahashi

The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
GoodWatch score 91

as Public Prosecutor Okakura

1950s

25 titles · average score 82
A Secret Rendezvous
A Secret Rendezvous (1959)

as Yuichiro

The Most Valuable Wife
The Most Valuable Wife (1959)

as Rintaro Nonomiya

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
GoodWatch score 80

as Kyôritsu Ô

Stakeout
Stakeout (1958)
GoodWatch score 71

as Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
GoodWatch score 83

as Matayan

Black River
Black River (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

as Kin

Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood (1957)
GoodWatch score 90

as Phantom samurai

A Dangerous Hero
A Dangerous Hero (1957)

as Sasai

Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
GoodWatch score 86

as Policeman

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai (1954)
GoodWatch score 94

as Kyuzo

Ikiru
Ikiru (1952)
GoodWatch score 91

as Yakuza Boss

Early Summer
Early Summer (1951)
GoodWatch score 89

as Nishiwaki

1940s

1 title · average score 52
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
GoodWatch score 52

as Kohei Tsuzaki