Minoru Chiaki
139 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 28, 1917
- Died
- Nov 1, 1999 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as
- 千秋實 · مینورو چیاکی · Mindru Chiaki
Biography
Minoru Chiaki (April 28, 1917 - November 1, 1999) 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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Known for
Minoru Chiaki: movies and TV shows
Acting (140)
- 1987 Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
as Amenomori Seikai
- 1985 Gray Sunset
as Fuyukichi Takano
- 1980
- 1977
- 1974
- 1970
- 1970
- 1969 Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
as Shimizu
- 1969
- 1967
- 1967 Song of Love
as The Ship-master
- 1966 Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kitao Momose
- 1966 The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963 Sasuke and His Comedians
as Yukimura Sanada
- 1963 Jolly Barbers
as Ebina Ginpei
- 1963 A House in the Quarter
as Jinzo Takesue
- 1963
- 1963 Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
as Kakurai Yosuke
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 High and Low
as First Reporter
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Inheritance
as Junichi Fujii
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 What Price Love?
as Matashiro
- 1960 Hero of the Red Light District
as Jôsuke
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Won't Stand for Dying
as Brother Ryota
- 1960
- 1960 Yakuza of Ina
as Kichitaro
- 1960
- 1959 The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Onodera Heichô
- 1959 Pilgrimage at Night
as Nobuyuki
- 1959
- 1959 Saga of the Vagabonds
as Jibu
- 1959
- 1959 Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958 The Hidden Fortress
as Tahei
- 1958 Flower's Yearning
as Yanami Fukuzo
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Little Peach
as Saburo Yoshida
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957 Skin-Colored Moon
as Umekichi Ishikura
- 1957 The Lower Depths
as Former Samurai
- 1957 The Men of Toho-ku
as Tasuke Zummu
- 1957 The Shadow Daughter
as Eri Kiku Owner
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Ujō
as Kenkichi Tanabe
- 1957 Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki
- 1957 Talkative Company President
as Omaeda (President)
- 1956 The Mandarin Room
as Minagawa
- 1956 A Strong Wind Blows
as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 A Wife's Heart
as Zenichi
- 1956 Vampire Moth
as Sango Kawase
- 1956
- 1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Sasuke the boatman
- 1955 I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima
- 1955
- 1955 Godzilla Raids Again
as Kôji Kobayashi
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Seven Samurai
as Heihachi Hayashida
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953
- 1952 Ikiru
as Noguchi
- 1952 Today is Payday
as General Manager of General Affairs Department
- 1952 Beauty and the Thief
as Takeichi no Takamaru
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1951
- 1951 Wakôdo no uta
as Hayashi
- 1951
- 1951 The Idiot
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
- 1951
- 1951
- 1950
- 1950 Golden Beast
as Eiji Yabuki
- 1950
- 1950 Rashomon
as Priest
- 1950
- 1950
- 1949 Stray Dog
as Girlie Show director