
Minoru Chiaki
Acting
- Born:
- 1917-04-28
- Died:
- 1999-11-01
- Place of birth:
- 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

Gray Sunset

Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai

Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e

Karafuto 1945 Summer

Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura

Innocent Sinner

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Inu to Asachan

Libido

Song of Love

Koto—The Lake of Tears

The Face of Another

Zero Fighter

Yakuza Vassal

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Taking the Castle

Black Thief

Kono sora no aru kagiri

The Sharks

Sasuke and His Comedians

Jolly Barbers

A House in the Quarter

20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella

Five Ronins

Uogashi no senpū musume

High and Low

Street of Wandering Men

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2

The Paper Crane

The Body

Lion Festival of Echigo

Drunken Sword

Tokyo's Business District

The Phantom Goblin

A Carpenter and Children

Love Under the Crucifix

The Ambitious Youth

The Christian Revolt

The Princess and the Bearded Lord

The Inheritance

Till Tomorrow Is

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

Run, Genta, Run!
Young Lord and Second Son

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia

The Youth and His Amulet

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

Young Lord Yakuza

Futaridake no taiyō

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1

Case of a Young Lord 8

If You're Man Enough

Scarier than the Devil

Mighty Shosuke

Shinran, Part II

What Price Love?

Hero of the Red Light District

Lord Mito: All Star Version

Shinran

Won't Stand for Dying

Official with a Tattoo

Yakuza of Ina

Samurai Vagabonds

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Pilgrimage at Night

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Saga of the Vagabonds

The Bell of Love

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Three 'Black Crow' Wives

Talkative Wife
Our Mother

Unmarried

The Unleashed Lord

Goblin in Stirrups

The Hidden Fortress

Flower's Yearning

The Bride In Uguisu Castle

Eight Views of Samurai

Little Peach

Fearless Opposition

A Bridge for Two Alone

The Scarlet Cherry Lord

The Scroll’s Secret

Skin-Colored Moon

The Lower Depths

The Men of Toho-ku

The Shadow Daughter

Turtledove

The 36 Passengers

Ujō

Throne of Blood

Talkative Company President

The Mandarin Room

A Strong Wind Blows

The Hoodlum and the Young Master

Gendai no yokubô

Scoundrel

A Wife's Heart

Vampire Moth

All Sold Out

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

I Live in Fear

Tactics of Love

Godzilla Raids Again

The Immortal Pitcher

Bodyguard from Hell

A Girl Who Delivers Happiness

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

Mother's First Love

Jirocho in Disgrace

乾杯!女学生

The Story of Shunkin

Seven Samurai

Mole Alley

Sunflower Girl

Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru

Ikiru

Today is Payday

Beauty and the Thief

Daigaku no kotengu

Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo

Riverside Fish Market Empire

Vendetta of a Samurai

Sekidô matsuri
Wakôdo no uta

Saijoke no kyoen

The Idiot

Koi no Oranda-zaka

Cordon at Midnight

The Emperor's Hat
Golden Beast

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

Rashomon
Beyond the Hills

Scandal

Stray Dog