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
- Song of Love as The Ship-master
- Libido
1966
- The Face of Another as Apartment Superintendent
- Zero Fighter
- Koto—The Lake of Tears as Kitao Momose
- Yakuza Vassal
1963
- High and Low as First Reporter
- A House in the Quarter as Jinzo Takesue
- Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella as Kakurai Yosuke
- Sasuke and His Comedians as Yukimura Sanada
- Jolly Barbers as Ebina Ginpei
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
- Street of Wandering Men
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
- Uogashi no senpū musume
- Five Ronins
1962
- The Inheritance as Junichi Fujii
- Love Under the Crucifix
- A Carpenter and Children
- The Body
- Tokyo's Business District
- The Christian Revolt
- The Paper Crane
- Till Tomorrow Is
- The Phantom Goblin
- The Ambitious Youth
- Lion Festival of Echigo
- The Princess and the Bearded Lord
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
- Drunken Sword
- Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1961
1960
- Samurai Vagabonds
- Shinran, Part II
- Hero of the Red Light District as Jôsuke
- Official with a Tattoo
- Lord Mito: All Star Version
- Won't Stand for Dying as Brother Ryota
- Case of a Young Lord 8
- Shinran
- Scarier than the Devil
- If You're Man Enough
- Yakuza of Ina as Kichitaro
- Mighty Shosuke
- What Price Love? as Matashiro
1959
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Onodera Heichô
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
- Saga of the Vagabonds as Jibu
- The Unleashed Lord
- Goblin in Stirrups
- Pilgrimage at Night
- Our Mother
- Unmarried
1958
- The Hidden Fortress as Tahei
- Little Peach as Saburo Yoshida
- The Scroll’s Secret
- The Scarlet Cherry Lord
- Eight Views of Samurai
- A Bridge for Two Alone
- Fearless Opposition
- Flower's Yearning as Yanami Fukuzo
- The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1957
- Throne of Blood as Yoshiaki Miki
- The Lower Depths as Former Samurai
- Talkative Company President as Omaeda (President)
- The 36 Passengers
- The Shadow Daughter
- Ujō as Kenkichi Tanabe
- The Men of Toho-ku as Tasuke Zummu
- Skin-Colored Moon as Umekichi ishikura
- Turtledove
1956
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Sasuke the boatman
- The Vampire Moth as Sango Kawase
- A Wife's Heart as Zenichi
- Scoundrel
- All Sold Out
- Gendai no yokubô
- The Mandarin Room
- A Strong Wind Blows as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
- The Hoodlum and the Young Master
1955
- Godzilla Raids Again as Kôji Kobayashi
- I Live in Fear as Jiro Nakajima
- Tactics of Love
- Bodyguard from Hell
- The Immortal Pitcher
1954
- Seven Samurai as Heihachi Hayashida
- 乾杯！女学生
- Mother's First Love
- Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
- The Story of Shunkin
- Jirocho in Disgrace
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
- Sekidô matsuri
- Saijoke no kyoen
- Wakôdo no uta as Hayashi
- Cordon at Midnight
1950
- Rashomon as Priest
- Scandal
- The Rainbow-Colored Flower
- Beyond the Hills
- The Emperor's Hat
- Golden Beast as Eiji Yabuki
1949
- Stray Dog as Girlie Show director