Minoru Chiaki
Department: Acting
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
The Hidden Fortress
1958
Rashomon
1950
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
Oogonju
1950
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
1963
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
1969
Ikiru
1952
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
I Live in Fear
1955
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
The Idiot
1951
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
The Lower Depths
1957
High and Low
1963
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
The Face of Another
1966
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
Sekidô matsuri
1951
Today is Payday
1952
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Shinran
1960
Eight Views of Samurai
1958
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
The Emperor's Hat
1950
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
Innocent Sinner
1970
Tokyo's Business District
1962
If You're Man Enough
1960
What Price Love?
1960
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Inu to Asachan
1969
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
1977
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
Shinran, Part II
1960
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
Gray Sunset
1985
Stray Dog
1949
Throne of Blood
1957
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
Yakuza of Ina
1960
A Wife's Heart
1956
Little Peach
1958
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
1987
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
The Inheritance
1962
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Zero Fighter
1966
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
The Vampire Moth
1956
Mother's First Love
1954
Beyond the Hills
1950
The Paper Crane
1962
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
The Phantom Goblin
1962
乾杯！女学生
1954
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
The Ambitious Youth
1962
Black Thief
1964
Libido
1967
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
A House in the Quarter
1963
Young Lord and Second Son
1961
Mole Alley
1953
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
Drunken Sword
1962
Five Ronins
1963
The Christian Revolt
1962
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963
Goblin in Stirrups
1959
Wakôdo no uta
1951
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Scarier than the Devil
1960
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
Beauty and the Thief
1952
Taking the Castle
1965
Street of Wandering Men
1963
Mighty Shosuke
1960
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Seven Samurai
1954
The Body
1962
Scoundrel
1956
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Sunflower Girl
1953
Case of a Young Lord 8
1960
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960
Scandal
1950
Song of Love
1967
Official with a Tattoo
1960
The Unleashed Lord
1959
Lion Festival of Echigo
1962
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1962
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980
Jolly Barbers
1963
Yakuza Vassal
1966
Won't Stand for Dying
1960
Fearless Opposition
1958
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
The Sharks
1964
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Tactics of Love
1955
Futaridake no taiyō
1961
Talkative Company President
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
The Mandarin Room
1956
Skin-Colored Moon
1957
The 36 Passengers
1957
Flower's Yearning
1958
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
A Strong Wind Blows
1956
Gendai no yokubô
1956
The Men of Toho-ku
1957