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
- 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
- Street of Wandering Men
- Five Ronins
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
- Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella as Kakurai Yosuke
- Sasuke and His Comedians as Yukimura Sanada
- Jolly Barbers as Ebina Ginpei
- Uogashi no senpū musume
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1962
- The Inheritance as Junichi Fujii
- Love Under the Crucifix
- A Carpenter and Children
- The Body
- The Phantom Goblin
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
- Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
- Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel
- Till Tomorrow Is
- The Ambitious Youth
- The Paper Crane
- The Princess and the Bearded Lord
- Tokyo's Business District
- Drunken Sword
- Lion Festival of Echigo
1961
1960
- Scarier than the Devil
- Shinran, Part II
- Hero of the Red Light District as Jôsuke
- Case of a Young Lord 8
- Won't Stand for Dying as Brother Ryota
- Samurai Vagabonds
- Yakuza of Ina as Kichitaro
- Lord Mito: All Star Version
- Mighty Shosuke
- Shinran
- Official with a Tattoo
- If You're Man Enough
- What Price Love? as Matashiro
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)
- The Unleashed Lord
- Pilgrimage at Night
- Saga of the Vagabonds as Jibu
- Goblin in Stirrups
- Unmarried
1958
- The Hidden Fortress as Tahei
- Little Peach as Saburo Yoshida
- A Bridge for Two Alone
- Eight Views of Samurai
- The Bride In Uguisu Castle
- The Scarlet Cherry Lord
- Fearless Opposition
- The Scroll’s Secret
- Flower's Yearning as Yanami Fukuzo
1957
- Throne of Blood as Yoshiaki Miki
- The Lower Depths as Former Samurai
- Talkative Company President as Omaeda (President)
- Skin-Colored Moon as Umekichi ishikura
- The Shadow Daughter
- The 36 Passengers
- Ujō as Kenkichi Tanabe
- The Men of Toho-ku as Tasuke Zummu
1956
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Sasuke the boatman
- A Wife's Heart as Zenichi
- The Vampire Moth as Sango Kawase
- The Mandarin Room
- Scoundrel
- Gendai no yokubô
- 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
- Bodyguard from Hell
- Tactics of Love
- The Immortal Pitcher
1954
- Seven Samurai as Heihachi Hayashida
- Mother's First Love
- The Story of Shunkin
- Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
- 乾杯！女学生
- Jirocho in Disgrace
1953
1952
- Ikiru as Noguchi
- Vendetta of a Samurai
- Today is Payday as General Manager of General Affairs Department
- Riverside Fish Market Empire
- Beauty and the Thief as Takeichi no Takamaru
- Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1951
- The Idiot as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
- Sekidô matsuri
- Wakôdo no uta as Hayashi
1950
- Rashomon as Priest
- Scandal
- Beyond the Hills
- The Rainbow-Colored Flower
- The Emperor's Hat
- Golden Beast as Eiji Yabuki
1949
- Stray Dog as Girlie Show director