The best Seiji Miyaguchi’s movies on Apple iTunes

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

14/11/1913- 12/04/1985
Today we present the best Seiji Miyaguchi’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Seiji Miyaguchi’s movies.

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai
8.6/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 26/04/1954
  • Character: Kyuzo
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Ikiru

Ikiru
8.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 09/10/1952
  • Character: Yakuza Boss
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood
8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 15/01/1957
  • Character: Phantom samurai
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Kwaidan

Kwaidan
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaFantasyHorror
  • Release: 29/12/1964
  • Character: Old man (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

Early Summer

Early Summer
8.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/10/1951
  • Character: Nishiwaki
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko, still single at the advanced age of 28, lives contentedly in an extended family household that includes her parents and her brother's family. An uncle's visit prompts the family to find her a husband.

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