was a Japanese actor who appeared in films of Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Tadashi Imai and many others. He succumbed to lung cancer 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 Fusosha's popular webzine Joshi Spa! (Women's Spa!). Selected filmography 1945: Sanshiro Sugata Part II - Kohei Tsuzaki 1946: Urashima Tarô no kôei 1947: Sanbon yubi no otoko 1951: The Good Fairy - Editor-in-chief 1951: Early Summer - 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 - Namie's uncle 1957: Throne of Blood - Phantom samurai 1957: Tokyo Twilight - 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 - Fencing master 1958: The Ballad of Narayama - Mata-yan 1958: Ryu ni makasero 1958: Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae: Maken jigoku - Senjuro Takebe 1959: The Human Condition - 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 - 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: Kanryû1962: Karami-ai1962: The Outcast - School master 1962: Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights - Bamboo craftsman Kisuke 1962: Gekkyû dorobo 1963: Attack Squadron!1963: Koto - Takichiro Sada