was a Japanese stage and film actor 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. In 1949, he received the Mainichi Theater Award for his performance in Onna no issho and other plays.

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

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 – General 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: 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 – Professor 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 – schoolmaster 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 – Professor 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: Melodies of a White Night 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 1965: Taikōki - Manase Dōsan 1972: Shin Heike Monogatari - Fujiwara no Shunzei 1976: Kaze to Kumo to Niji to - Musashi no Takeshiba 1979: Oretachi wa Tenshi da! (1979) Episode14 1983: Tokugawa Ieyasu - Torii Tadayoshi 1984: Sanga Moyu - Ichirō Kiyose

Awards and honours 1949: Mainichi Theater Award 1955: Mainichi Film Concours for Best Supporting Actor Seven Samurai 1983: Medal with Purple Ribbon

In popular culture 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 webzine Joshi Spa! (Women's Spa!).

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