Minoru Chiaki1917 - 1999

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Actor

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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.

Credits

The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress

1958

as: Tahei

8
1.5
Rashomon
Rashomon

1950

as: Priest

8.1
3.3
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla Raids Again

1955

as: Kôji Kobayashi

6
1.5
Oogonju
Oogonju

1950

as: Eiji Yabuki

0
0.2
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
0
0.2
Ikiru
Ikiru

1952

as: Noguchi

8.3
3.5
I Live in Fear
I Live in Fear

1955

as: Jiro Nakajima

7.3
0.6
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

as: Sasuke the boatman

7.3
1
Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella
0
0.2
The Idiot
The Idiot

1951

as: Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

7
0.8
Young Lord Yakuza
8.3
0.1
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths

1957

as: Former Samurai

7.1
0.8
High and Low
High and Low

1963

as: First Reporter

8.3
2.7
The Face of Another
The Face of Another

1966

as: Apartment Superintendent

7.8
1
Sekidô matsuri
0
0.2
Today is Payday
Today is Payday

1952

as: General Manager of General Affairs Department

0
0.1
Shinran
0
0.1
Vendetta of a Samurai
6.8
0.3
Innocent Sinner
0
0.2
What Price Love?
What Price Love?

1960

as: Matashiro

0
0.1
Inu to Asachan
0
0.1
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Gigantis, the Fire Monster

1959

as: Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)

6.3
0.4
Shinran, Part II
0
0.2
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Koto—The Lake of Tears

1966

as: Kitao Momose

6.5
0.2
Gray Sunset
Gray Sunset

1985

as: Fuyukichi Takano

6.1
0.2
Stray Dog
Stray Dog

1949

as: Girlie Show director

7.5
1
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood

1957

as: Yoshiaki Miki

7.9
2
Hero of the Red Light District
8.6
0.4
Yakuza of Ina
Yakuza of Ina

1960

as: Kichitaro

7
0.1
A Wife's Heart
A Wife's Heart

1956

as: Zenichi

6.8
0.3
Little Peach
Little Peach

1958

as: Saburo Yoshida

5.8
0.2
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure

1987

as: Amenomori Seikai

10
0.2
The Inheritance
The Inheritance

1962

as: Junichi Fujii

7.2
0.4
Zero Fighter
0
0.1
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
8.2
0.8
Run, Genta, Run!
7.5
0.2
The Vampire Moth
The Vampire Moth

1956

as: Sango Kawase

4
0.3
Beyond the Hills
0
0.3
The Paper Crane
0
0.1
Saga of the Vagabonds
6.3
0.2
Black Thief
7.5
0.2
Libido
Libido

1967

0
0.2
Sasuke and His Comedians
Sasuke and His Comedians

1963

as: Yukimura Sanada

5.8
0.2
A House in the Quarter
A House in the Quarter

1963

as: Jinzo Takesue

6
0.2
Mole Alley
0
0.2
Drunken Sword
6
0.1
Five Ronins
0
0.1
Wakôdo no uta
Wakôdo no uta

1951

as: Hayashi

0
0.1
Beauty and the Thief
Beauty and the Thief

1952

as: Takeichi no Takamaru

0
0.1
Mighty Shosuke
0
0.1
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai

1954

as: Heihachi Hayashida

8.5
7.4
The Body
6.5
0.3
Scoundrel
0
0.1
Sunflower Girl
0
0.1
Scandal
6.9
1
Song of Love
Song of Love

1967

as: The Ship-master

6
0.2
Jolly Barbers
Jolly Barbers

1963

as: Ebina Ginpei

0
0.1
Yakuza Vassal
0
0.1
Won't Stand for Dying
Won't Stand for Dying

1960

as: Brother Ryota

0
0.1
The Sharks
0
0.2
Tactics of Love
0
0.2
Talkative Company President
Talkative Company President

1957

as: Omaeda (President)

0
0

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