Minoru Chiaki
Born: 1917-04-28 in Hokkaido, Japan
Died: 1999-11-01
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1987
- Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure as Amenomori Seikai
1985
- Gray Sunset as Fuyukichi Takano
1974
1970
1969
- Inu to Asachan
- Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man as Shimizu
1967
- Libido
- Song of Love as The Ship-master
1966
- The Face of Another as Apartment Superintendent
- Koto—The Lake of Tears as Kitao Momose
- Yakuza Vassal
- Zero Fighter
1963
- High and Low as First Reporter
- A House in the Quarter as Jinzo Takesue
- Uogashi no senpū musume
- Five Ronins
- Sasuke and His Comedians as Yukimura Sanada
- Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella as Kakurai Yosuke
- Jolly Barbers as Ebina Ginpei
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
- Street of Wandering Men
1962
- The Inheritance as Junichi Fujii
- The Christian Revolt
- Tokyo's Business District
- The Paper Crane
- The Princess and the Bearded Lord
- Love Under the Crucifix
- Lion Festival of Echigo
- The Body
- A Carpenter and Children
- As Long as There's Tomorrow
- The Phantom Goblin
- Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
- The Ambitious Youth
- Drunken Sword
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1961
1960
- Mighty Shosuke
- Scarier than the Devil
- If You're Man Enough
- Shinran, Part II
- Won't Stand for Dying as Brother Ryota
- Yakuza of Ina as Kichitaro
- What Price Love? as Matashiro
- Official with a Tattoo
- Shinran
- Samurai Vagabonds
- Case of a Young Lord 8
- Hero of the Red Light District as Jôsuke
- Lord Mito: All Star Version
1959
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Onodera Heichô
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
- Saga of the Vagabonds as Jibu
- Goblin in Stirrups
- The Unleashed Lord
- Pilgrimage at Night
1958
- The Hidden Fortress as Tahei
- Little Peach as Saburo Yoshida
- Eight Views of Samurai
- The Scarlet Cherry Lord
- Fearless Opposition
- A Bridge for Two Alone
- The Scroll’s Secret
- The Bride In Uguisu Castle
- Flower's Yearning as Yanami Fukuzo
1957
- Skin-Colored Moon as Umekichi ishikura
- Throne of Blood as Yoshiaki Miki
- The Lower Depths as Former Samurai
- Talkative Company President as Omaeda (President)
- The Shadow Daughter
- Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku
1956
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Sasuke the boatman
- The Vampire Moth as Sango Kawase
- A Wife's Heart as Zenichi
- A Strong Wind Blows as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
- Scoundrel
- The Mandarin Room
1955
- Godzilla Raids Again as Kôji Kobayashi
- I Live in Fear as Jiro Nakajima
- Tactics of Love
- Bodyguard from Hell
1954
- Seven Samurai as Heihachi Hayashida
- Jirocho in Disgrace
- 乾杯！女学生
- Mother's First Love
- The Story of Shunkin
- Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1953
1952
- Ikiru as Noguchi
- Vendetta of a Samurai
- Beauty and the Thief as Takeichi no Takamaru
- Riverside Fish Market Empire
- Today is Payday as General Manager of General Affairs Department
- Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1951
- The Idiot as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
- Wakôdo no uta as Hayashi
- Sekidô matsuri
1950
- Rashomon as Priest
- Scandal
- The Rainbow-Colored Flower
- The Emperor's Hat
- Beyond the Hills
- Oogonju as Eiji Yabuki
1949
- Stray Dog as Girlie Show director