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