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Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

Actor · Born 1917-04-28 · Hokkaido, Japan

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Seven Samurai (1954) — Heihachi Hayashida
  2. Rashomon (1950) — Priest
  3. Ikiru (1952) — Noguchi
  4. High and Low (1963) — First Reporter
  5. Throne of Blood (1957) — Yoshiaki Miki
  6. The Hidden Fortress (1958) — Tahei
  7. Stray Dog (1949) — Girlie Show director
  8. Godzilla Raids Again (1955) — Kôji Kobayashi
  9. The Face of Another (1966) — Apartment Superintendent
  10. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) — Onodera Heichô
  11. The Lower Depths (1957) — Former Samurai
  12. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) — Sasuke the boatman
  13. The Idiot (1951) — Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
  14. I Live in Fear (1955) — Jiro Nakajima
  15. Scandal (1950)
  16. Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) — Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
  17. The Inheritance (1962) — Junichi Fujii
  18. Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
  19. Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
  20. Little Peach (1958) — Saburo Yoshida
  21. A Wife's Heart (1956) — Zenichi
  22. Hero of the Red Light District (1960) — Jôsuke
  23. Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
  24. The Christian Revolt (1962)
  25. Gray Sunset (1985) — Fuyukichi Takano
  26. A House in the Quarter (1963) — Jinzo Takesue
  27. Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
  28. The Vampire Moth (1956) — Sango Kawase
  29. Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966) — Kitao Momose
  30. Saga of the Vagabonds (1959) — Jibu
  31. Sasuke and His Comedians (1963) — Yukimura Sanada
  32. Goblin in Stirrups (1959)
  33. Young Lord Yakuza (1961)
  34. The Story of Shunkin (1954)
  35. Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure (1987) — Amenomori Seikai
  36. Run, Genta, Run! (1961)
  37. The Body (1962)
  38. Lord Mito: All Star Version (1960)
  39. Samurai Vagabonds (1960)
  40. A Carpenter and Children (1962)