Minoru Chiaki
Acting1917Hokkaido, Japan
Biography
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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).
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Known For
Acting History
1987
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
as Amenomori Seikai
1985
Gray Sunset
as Fuyukichi Takano
1970
1969
1967
Song of Love
as The Ship-master
1966
The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kitao Momose
1963
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
as Kakurai Yosuke
A House in the Quarter
as Jinzo Takesue
High and Low
as First Reporter
Jolly Barbers
as Ebina Ginpei
Sasuke and His Comedians
as Yukimura Sanada
1962
The Inheritance
as Junichi Fujii
1960
1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Onodera Heichô
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Jibu
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
1958
1957
Talkative Company President
as Omaeda (President)
The Lower Depths
as Former Samurai
Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki
Skin-Colored Moon
as Umekichi ishikura
1956
A Wife's Heart
as Zenichi
The Vampire Moth
as Sango Kawase
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Sasuke the boatman
A Strong Wind Blows
as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kôji Kobayashi
I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima
1952
Beauty and the Thief
as Takeichi no Takamaru
Today is Payday
as General Manager of General Affairs Department
Ikiru
as Noguchi
1951
1949
Stray Dog
as Girlie Show director