Minoru Chiaki
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-04-28
Day of Death
1999-11-01 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Hokkaido, Japan
Minoru Chiaki
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実 Chiaki Minoru) was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.
In Seven Samurai he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi. Later in his career he appeared as a secondary actor in many Toei films. In 1986 he was given the Best Actor prize at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performance in Toei's Gray Sunset (1985).
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Acting
(1987)
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
as Amenomori Seikai
(1985)
Gray Sunset
as Fuyukichi Takano
(1980)
(1977)
(1974)
(1970)
(1969)
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
as Shimizu
(1969)
(1967)
Song of Love
as The Ship-master
(1967)
(1966)
The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent
(1966)
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kitao Momose
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
(1965)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
High and Low
as First Reporter
(1963)
A House in the Quarter
as Jinzo Takesue
(1963)
Sasuke and His Comedians
as Yukimura Sanada
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
as Kakurai Yosuke
(1963)
(1963)
Jolly Barbers
as Ebina Ginpei
(1962)
The Inheritance
as Junichi Fujii
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
Hero of the Red Light District
as Jôsuke
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Won't Stand for Dying
as Brother Ryota
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Yakuza of Ina
as Kichitaro
(1960)
What Price Love?
as Matashiro
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Onodera Heichô
(1959)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
(1959)
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Jibu
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
The Hidden Fortress
as Tahei
(1958)
Little Peach
as Saburo Yoshida
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki
(1957)
The Lower Depths
as Former Samurai
(1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Sasuke the boatman
(1956)
The Vampire Moth
as Sango Kawase
(1956)
A Wife's Heart
as Zenichi
(1956)
(1955)
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kôji Kobayashi
(1955)
I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
Seven Samurai
as Heihachi Hayashida
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
Ikiru
as Noguchi
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Today is Payday
as General Manager of General Affairs Department
(1952)
Beauty and the Thief
as Takeichi no Takamaru
(1951)
The Idiot
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
(1951)
Wakôdo no uta
as Hayashi
(1951)
(1950)
Rashomon
as Priest
(1950)
(1950)
Oogonju
as Eiji Yabuki
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1949)
Stray Dog
as Girlie Show director