Minoru Chiaki
Born
April 28, 1917
Died
November 1, 1999 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Hokkaido, Japan
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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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Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
Amenomori Seikai
1987
Gray Sunset
Fuyukichi Takano
1985
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
1977
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
Innocent Sinner
1970
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Shimizu
1969
Inu to Asachan
1969
Libido
1967
Song of Love
The Ship-master
1967
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Kitao Momose
1966
The Face of Another
Apartment Superintendent
1966
Zero Fighter
1966
Yakuza Vassal
1966
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
Taking the Castle
1965
Black Thief
1964
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
The Sharks
1964
Sasuke and His Comedians
Yukimura Sanada
1963
Jolly Barbers
Ebina Ginpei
1963
A House in the Quarter
Jinzo Takesue
1963
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion
1963
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
Kakurai Yosuke
1963
Five Ronins
1963
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
High and Low
First Reporter
1963
Street of Wandering Men
1963
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963
The Paper Crane
1962
The Body
1962
Lion Festival of Echigo
1962
Drunken Sword
1962
Tokyo's Business District
1962
The Phantom Goblin
1962
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
The Ambitious Youth
1962
The Christian Revolt
1962
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1962
The Inheritance
Junichi Fujii
1962
Till Tomorow Comes
1962
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Young Lord and Second Son
1961
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
1961
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
Futaridake no taiyō
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
1961
Case of a Young Lord 8
1960
If You're Man Enough
1960
Scarier than the Devil
1960
Mighty Shosuke
1960
Shinran, Part II
1960
What Price Love?
Matashiro
1960
Hero of the Red Light District
Jôsuke
1960
Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960
Shinran
1960
Won't Stand for Dying
Brother Ryota
1960
Official with a Tattoo
1960
Yakuza of Ina
Kichitaro
1960
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Onodera Heichô
1959
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds
Jibu
1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
1959
The Unleashed Lord
1959
Goblin in Stirrups
1959
The Hidden Fortress
Tahei
1958
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958
Eight Views of Samurai
1958
Little Peach
Saburo Yoshida
1958
Fearless Opposition
1958
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
Skin-Colored Moon
Umekichi ishikura
1957
The Lower Depths
Former Samurai
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Throne of Blood
Yoshiaki Miki
1957
Talkative Company President
Omaeda (President)
1957
The Mandarin Room
1956
Scoundrel
1956
A Wife's Heart
Zenichi
1956
The Vampire Moth
Sango Kawase
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Sasuke the boatman
1956
I Live in Fear
Jiro Nakajima
1955
Tactics of Love
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
Kôji Kobayashi
1955
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
Mother's First Love
1954
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
乾杯！女学生
1954
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Seven Samurai
Heihachi Hayashida
1954
Mole Alley
1953
Sunflower Girl
1953
Ikiru
Noguchi
1952
Today is Payday
General Manager of General Affairs Department
1952
Beauty and the Thief
Takeichi no Takamaru
1952
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
Sekidô matsuri
1951
Wakôdo no uta
Hayashi
1951
The Idiot
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
1951
The Emperor's Hat
1950
Oogonju
Eiji Yabuki
1950
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
Rashomon
Priest
1950
Beyond the Hills
1950
Scandal
1950
Stray Dog
Girlie Show director
1949