Seiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi (宮口 精二 Miyaguchi Seiji, November 15, 1913–April 12, 1985) was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as Kyuzo, the master swordsman) despite the actor's confession to have never handled a sword before the role, Ikiru as a yakuza boss from "restaurant row," and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan. He died of lung cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Seiji Miyaguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Seven Samurai 
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 
Early Summer 
Tokyo Twilight 
Pale Flower 
The Ballad of Narayama 
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two 
The Challenge 
Intentions of Murder 
The Rickshaw Man 
Japan's Longest Day 
The Inheritance 
Farewell to the Ark 
Twin Sisters of Kyoto 
The Outcast 
Samurai from Nowhere 
Saikô shukun fujin