Minoru Chiaki
Born: 1917-04-28 in Hokkaido, Japan
Died: 1999-11-01
Known For: Acting
Biography
Minoru Chiaki (April 28, 1917 - November 1, 1999) 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
- Innocent Sinner
- Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura as 浦山寿貞（千葉幸右衛門）
1969
- Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man as Shimizu
- Inu to Asachan
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
- Zero Fighter
- Yakuza Vassal
1963
- High and Low as First Reporter
- A House in the Quarter as Jinzo Takesue
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
- Sasuke and His Comedians as Yukimura Sanada
- Street of Wandering Men
- Five Ronins
- Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella as Kakurai Yosuke
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
- Uogashi no senpū musume
- Jolly Barbers as Ebina Ginpei
1962
- Love Under the Crucifix
- The Inheritance as Junichi Fujii
- Lion Festival of Echigo
- The Princess and the Bearded Lord
- Drunken Sword
- The Body
- The Christian Revolt
- Tokyo's Business District
- The Ambitious Youth
- Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
- The Phantom Goblin
- A Carpenter and Children
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
- The Paper Crane
- Till Tomorrow Is
1961
1960
- Hero of the Red Light District as Jôsuke
- Official with a Tattoo
- What Price Love? as Matashiro
- Shinran, Part II
- Lord Mito: All Star Version
- Scarier than the Devil
- Shinran
- Mighty Shosuke
- Won't Stand for Dying as Brother Ryota
- Yakuza of Ina as Kichitaro
- Samurai Vagabonds
- Case of a Young Lord 8
- If You're Man Enough
1959
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Onodera Heichô
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
- The Bell of Love
- Three 'Black Crow' Wives
- Talkative Wife
- Saga of the Vagabonds as Jibu
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
- Pilgrimage at Night as Nobuyuki
- Goblin in Stirrups
- Unmarried
- Our Mother
- The Unleashed Lord
1958
- The Hidden Fortress as Tahei
- Little Peach as Saburo Yoshida
- Eight Views of Samurai
- The Bride In Uguisu Castle
- The Scroll’s Secret
- A Bridge for Two Alone
- Fearless Opposition
- The Scarlet Cherry Lord
- Flower's Yearning as Yanami Fukuzo
1957
- Throne of Blood as Yoshiaki Miki
- The Lower Depths as Former Samurai
- Turtledove
- The Men of Toho-ku as Tasuke Zummu
- Ujō as Kenkichi Tanabe
- The 36 Passengers
- Skin-Colored Moon as Umekichi Ishikura
- The Shadow Daughter as Eri Kiku Owner
- Talkative Company President as Omaeda (President)
1956
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Sasuke the boatman
- All Sold Out
- Scoundrel
- Gendai no yokubô
- A Wife's Heart as Zenichi
- The Vampire Moth as Sango Kawase
- The Mandarin Room as Minagawa
- The Hoodlum and the Young Master
- A Strong Wind Blows as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
1955
- Godzilla Raids Again as Kôji Kobayashi
- I Live in Fear as Jiro Nakajima
- A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
- The Immortal Pitcher
- Bodyguard from Hell
- Tactics of Love
1954
- Seven Samurai as Heihachi Hayashida
- Jirocho in Disgrace
- Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
- Mother's First Love
- 乾杯！女学生
- The Story of Shunkin
1952
- Ikiru as Noguchi
- Daigaku no kotengu
- Vendetta of a Samurai
- Beauty and the Thief as Takeichi no Takamaru
- Today is Payday as General Manager of General Affairs Department
- Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
- Riverside Fish Market Empire
1951
- The Idiot as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
- Koi no Oranda-zaka
- Wakôdo no uta as Hayashi
- Cordon at Midnight
- Saijoke no kyoen
- Sekidô matsuri
1950
- Rashomon as Priest
- Scandal
- The Rainbow-Colored Flower
- Golden Beast as Eiji Yabuki
- Beyond the Hills
- The Emperor's Hat
1949
- Stray Dog as Girlie Show director