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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Chiaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Seven Samurai

High and Low

Ikiru

Rashomon

Throne of Blood

The Hidden Fortress

Godzilla Raids Again

Stray Dog

All Movies (131)

• Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure1987 · as Amenomori Seikai
• Gray Sunset1985 · as Fuyukichi Takano
• Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai1980
• Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e1977
• Karafuto 1945 Summer1974
• Innocent Sinner1970
• Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man1969 · as Shimizu
• Inu to Asachan1969
• Libido1967
• Song of Love1967 · as The Ship-master
• Koto—The Lake of Tears1966 · as Kitao Momose
• The Face of Another1966 · as Apartment Superintendent
• Zero Fighter1966
• Yakuza Vassal1966
• Cold Rice, Osan, Chan1965
• Taking the Castle1965
• Black Thief1964
• Kono sora no aru kagiri1964
• The Sharks1964
• Sasuke and His Comedians1963 · as Yukimura Sanada
• Jolly Barbers1963 · as Ebina Ginpei
• A House in the Quarter1963 · as Jinzo Takesue
• 20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion1963
• Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella1963 · as Kakurai Yosuke
• Five Ronins1963
• Uogashi no senpū musume1963
• High and Low1963 · as First Reporter
• Street of Wandering Men1963
• Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 21963
• The Paper Crane1962
• The Body1962
• Lion Festival of Echigo1962
• Drunken Sword1962
• Tokyo's Business District1962
• The Phantom Goblin1962
• A Carpenter and Children1962
• Love Under the Crucifix1962
• The Ambitious Youth1962
• The Christian Revolt1962
• The Princess and the Bearded Lord1962
• The Inheritance1962 · as Junichi Fujii
• Till Tomorrow Is1962
• Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey1962
• Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido1962
• Run, Genta, Run!1961
• Young Lord and Second Son1961
• Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia1961
• The Youth and His Amulet1961
• 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 21961
• Young Lord Yakuza1961
• Futaridake no taiyō1961
• 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 11961
• Case of a Young Lord 81960
• If You're Man Enough1960
• Scarier than the Devil1960
• Mighty Shosuke1960
• Shinran, Part II1960
• What Price Love?1960 · as Matashiro
• Hero of the Red Light District1960 · as Jôsuke
• Lord Mito: All Star Version1960
• Shinran1960
• Won't Stand for Dying1960 · as Brother Ryota
• Official with a Tattoo1960
• Yakuza of Ina1960 · as Kichitaro
• Samurai Vagabonds1960
• The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959 · as Onodera Heichô
• Pilgrimage at Night1959
• Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka1959
• Saga of the Vagabonds1959 · as Jibu
• Gigantis, the Fire Monster1959 · as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
• Our Mother1959
• Unmarried1959
• The Unleashed Lord1959
• Goblin in Stirrups1959
• The Hidden Fortress1958 · as Tahei
• Flower's Yearning1958 · as Yanami Fukuzo
• The Bride In Uguisu Castle1958
• Eight Views of Samurai1958
• Little Peach1958 · as Saburo Yoshida
• Fearless Opposition1958
• A Bridge for Two Alone1958
• The Scarlet Cherry Lord1958
• The Scroll’s Secret1958
• Skin-Colored Moon1957 · as Umekichi ishikura
• The Lower Depths1957 · as Former Samurai
• The Men of Toho-ku1957 · as Tasuke Zummu
• The Shadow Daughter1957
• Turtledove1957
• The 36 Passengers1957
• Ujō1957 · as Kenkichi Tanabe
• Throne of Blood1957 · as Yoshiaki Miki
• Talkative Company President1957 · as Omaeda (President)
• The Mandarin Room1956
• A Strong Wind Blows1956 · as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
• The Hoodlum and the Young Master1956
• Gendai no yokubô1956
• Scoundrel1956
• A Wife's Heart1956 · as Zenichi
• The Vampire Moth1956 · as Sango Kawase
• All Sold Out1956
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956 · as Sasuke the boatman
• I Live in Fear1955 · as Jiro Nakajima
• Tactics of Love1955
• Godzilla Raids Again1955 · as Kôji Kobayashi
• The Immortal Pitcher1955
• Bodyguard from Hell1955
• Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi1954
• Mother's First Love1954
• Jirocho in Disgrace1954
• 乾杯！女学生1954
• The Story of Shunkin1954
• Seven Samurai1954 · as Heihachi Hayashida
• Mole Alley1953
• Sunflower Girl1953
• Ikiru1952 · as Noguchi
• Today is Payday1952 · as General Manager of General Affairs Department
• Beauty and the Thief1952 · as Takeichi no Takamaru
• Riverside Fish Market Empire1952
• Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo1952
• Vendetta of a Samurai1952
• Sekidô matsuri1951
• Wakôdo no uta1951 · as Hayashi
• Saijoke no kyoen1951
• The Idiot1951 · as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
• The Emperor's Hat1950
• Golden Beast1950 · as Eiji Yabuki
• The Rainbow-Colored Flower1950
• Rashomon1950 · as Priest
• Beyond the Hills1950
• Scandal1950
• Stray Dog1949 · as Girlie Show director