
Minoru Chiaki
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Chiak...
Known For
Filmography

Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
1987
as Amenomori Seikai

Gray Sunset
1985
as Fuyukichi Takano

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
1969
as Shimizu
Inu to Asachan
1969

Libido
1967

Song of Love
1967
as The Ship-master

The Face of Another
1966
as Apartment Superintendent

Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
as Kitao Momose

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

20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
1963

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
as Kakurai Yosuke

High and Low
1963
as First Reporter

Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
as Yukimura Sanada

A House in the Quarter
1963
as Jinzo Takesue

Five Ronins
1963

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963

Street of Wandering Men
1963

Jolly Barbers
1963
as Ebina Ginpei

Uogashi no senpū musume
1963

As Long as There's Tomorrow
1962

Love Under the Crucifix
1962

Tokyo's Business District
1962

The Inheritance
1962
as Junichi Fujii

A Carpenter and Children
1962

The Paper Crane
1962

The Phantom Goblin
1962

The Ambitious Youth
1962

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962

Drunken Sword
1962

The Christian Revolt
1962

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962

The Body
1962

Lion Festival of Echigo
1962

The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1962

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961

Young Lord Yakuza
1961

Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Young Lord and Second Son
1961

The Youth and His Amulet
1961

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961

Futaridake no taiyō
1961

Samurai Vagabonds
1960

Shinran
1960

If You're Man Enough
1960

What Price Love?
1960
as Matashiro

Shinran, Part II
1960

Hero of the Red Light District
1960
as Jôsuke

Yakuza of Ina
1960
as Kichitaro

Scarier than the Devil
1960

Mighty Shosuke
1960

Case of a Young Lord 8
1960

Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960

Official with a Tattoo
1960

Won't Stand for Dying
1960
as Brother Ryota

Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
as Onodera Heichô

Saga of the Vagabonds
1959
as Jibu

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959

Goblin in Stirrups
1959

Pilgrimage at Night
1959

The Unleashed Lord
1959

The Hidden Fortress
1958
as Tahei

Eight Views of Samurai
1958

Little Peach
1958
as Saburo Yoshida

The Scroll’s Secret
1958

The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958

A Bridge for Two Alone
1958

The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958

Fearless Opposition
1958

Flower's Yearning
1958
as Yanami Fukuzo

The Lower Depths
1957
as Former Samurai

Throne of Blood
1957
as Yoshiaki Miki

Talkative Company President
1957
as Omaeda (President)

The Shadow Daughter
1957

Skin-Colored Moon
1957
as Umekichi ishikura

Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku
1957

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Sasuke the boatman

A Wife's Heart
1956
as Zenichi

The Vampire Moth
1956
as Sango Kawase

Scoundrel
1956

The Mandarin Room
1956

A Strong Wind Blows
1956
as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)

Gendai no yokubô
1956

Godzilla Raids Again
1955
as Kôji Kobayashi

Bodyguard from Hell
1955

I Live in Fear
1955
as Jiro Nakajima

Tactics of Love
1955

The Story of Shunkin
1954

Mother's First Love
1954

乾杯!女学生
1954

Jirocho in Disgrace
1954

Seven Samurai
1954
as Heihachi Hayashida

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954

Mole Alley
1953

Sunflower Girl
1953

Ikiru
1952
as Noguchi

Today is Payday
1952
as General Manager of General Affairs Department

Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952

Vendetta of a Samurai
1952

Beauty and the Thief
1952
as Takeichi no Takamaru

Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952

The Idiot
1951
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

Sekidô matsuri
1951
Wakôdo no uta
1951
as Hayashi

Rashomon
1950
as Priest
Oogonju
1950
as Eiji Yabuki

The Emperor's Hat
1950
Beyond the Hills
1950

The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950

Scandal
1950

Stray Dog
1949
as Girlie Show director