Minoru Chiaki
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 28, 1917
- Died
- November 1, 1999 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Hokkaido, Japan
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.
Known For
Filmography
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
Movie · as Amenomori Seikai
Gray Sunset
Movie · as Fuyukichi Takano
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Movie
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
Movie
Karafuto 1945 Summer
Movie
Innocent Sinner
Movie
Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura
TV · as Urayama Juzada (Chiba Kōemon) · 44 eps
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Movie · as Shimizu
Inu to Asachan
Movie
Libido
Movie
Song of Love
Movie · as The Ship-master
The Face of Another
Movie · as Apartment Superintendent
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Movie · as Kitao Momose
Zero Fighter
Movie
Yakuza Vassal
Movie
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Movie
Taking the Castle
Movie
Black Thief
Movie
Kono sora no aru kagiri
Movie
The Sharks
Movie
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
Movie
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Movie · as Kakurai Yosuke
High and Low
Movie · as First Reporter
Sasuke and His Comedians
Movie · as Yukimura Sanada
A House in the Quarter
Movie · as Jinzo Takesue
Five Ronins
Movie
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
Movie
Street of Wandering Men
Movie
Jolly Barbers
Movie · as Ebina Ginpei
Uogashi no senpū musume
Movie
Till Tomorrow Is
Movie
Love Under the Crucifix
Movie
Tokyo's Business District
Movie
The Inheritance
Movie · as Junichi Fujii
A Carpenter and Children
Movie
The Paper Crane
Movie
The Phantom Goblin
Movie
The Ambitious Youth
Movie
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Movie
Drunken Sword
Movie
The Christian Revolt
Movie
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Movie
The Body
Movie
Lion Festival of Echigo
Movie
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
Movie
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
Movie
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
Movie
Young Lord Yakuza
Movie
Run, Genta, Run!
Movie
Young Lord and Second Son
Movie
The Youth and His Amulet
Movie
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Movie
Futaridake no taiyō
Movie
Samurai Vagabonds
Movie
Shinran
Movie
If You're Man Enough
Movie
What Price Love?
Movie · as Matashiro
Shinran, Part II
Movie
Hero of the Red Light District
Movie · as Jôsuke
Yakuza of Ina
Movie · as Kichitaro
Scarier than the Devil
Movie
Mighty Shosuke
Movie
Case of a Young Lord 8
Movie
Lord Mito: All Star Version
Movie
Official with a Tattoo
Movie
Won't Stand for Dying
Movie · as Brother Ryota
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Movie · as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Movie · as Onodera Heichô
Saga of the Vagabonds
Movie · as Jibu
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Movie
Goblin in Stirrups
Movie
Pilgrimage at Night
Movie · as Nobuyuki
The Unleashed Lord
Movie
Unmarried
Movie
Our Mother
Movie
The Bell of Love
Movie
Three 'Black Crow' Wives
Movie
Talkative Wife
Movie
The Hidden Fortress
Movie · as Tahei
Eight Views of Samurai
Movie
Little Peach
Movie · as Saburo Yoshida
The Scroll’s Secret
Movie
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
Movie
A Bridge for Two Alone
Movie
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
Movie
Fearless Opposition
Movie
Flower's Yearning
Movie · as Yanami Fukuzo
The Lower Depths
Movie · as Former Samurai
Throne of Blood
Movie · as Yoshiaki Miki
Talkative Company President
Movie · as Omaeda (President)
The Shadow Daughter
Movie · as Eri Kiku Owner
Skin-Colored Moon
Movie · as Umekichi Ishikura
The 36 Passengers
Movie
The Men of Toho-ku
Movie · as Tasuke Zummu
Ujō
Movie · as Kenkichi Tanabe
Turtledove
Movie
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Movie · as Sasuke the boatman
A Wife's Heart
Movie · as Zenichi
Vampire Moth
Movie · as Sango Kawase
Scoundrel
Movie
The Mandarin Room
Movie · as Minagawa
A Strong Wind Blows
Movie · as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
Gendai no yokubô
Movie
The Hoodlum and the Young Master
Movie
All Sold Out
Movie
Godzilla Raids Again
Movie · as Kôji Kobayashi
Bodyguard from Hell
Movie
I Live in Fear
Movie · as Jiro Nakajima
Tactics of Love
Movie
The Immortal Pitcher
Movie
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
Movie
The Story of Shunkin
Movie
Mother's First Love
Movie
乾杯！女学生
Movie
Jirocho in Disgrace
Movie
Seven Samurai
Movie · as Heihachi Hayashida
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
Movie
Mole Alley
Movie
Sunflower Girl
Movie
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
Movie
Ikiru
Movie · as Noguchi
Today is Payday
Movie · as General Manager of General Affairs Department
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Movie
Vendetta of a Samurai
Movie
Beauty and the Thief
Movie · as Takeichi no Takamaru
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
Movie
Daigaku no kotengu
Movie
The Idiot
Movie · as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Sekidô matsuri
Movie
Wakôdo no uta
Movie · as Hayashi
Saijoke no kyoen
Movie
Cordon at Midnight
Movie
Koi no Oranda-zaka
Movie
Rashomon
Movie · as Priest
Golden Beast
Movie · as Eiji Yabuki
The Emperor's Hat
Movie
Beyond the Hills
Movie
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Movie
Scandal
Movie
Stray Dog
Movie · as Girlie Show director