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