Minoru Chiaki
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
113
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-04-28 (107 years old)
Place of Birth
Hokkaido, Japan
Acting
1987
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure as Amenomori Seikai1985
Gray Sunset as Fuyukichi Takano1980
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai as Not available1977
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e as Not available1974
Karafuto 1945 Summer as Not available1970
Innocent Sinner as Not available1969
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man as Shimizu1969
Inu to Asachan as Not available1967
Song of Love as The Ship-master1967
Libido as Not available1966
The Face of Another as Apartment Superintendent1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears as Kitao Momose1966
Zero Fighter as Not available1966
Yakuza Vassal as Not available1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan as Not available1965
Taking the Castle as Not available1964
Black Thief as Not available1964
Kono sora no aru kagiri as Not available1964
The Sharks as Not available1963
High and Low as First Reporter1963
A House in the Quarter as Jinzo Takesue1963
Sasuke and His Comedians as Yukimura Sanada1963
Five Ronins as Not available1963
Jolly Barbers as Ebina Ginpei1963
Street of Wandering Men as Not available1963
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella as Kakurai Yosuke1963
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion as Not available1963
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 as Not available1963
Uogashi no senpū musume as Not available1962
The Christian Revolt as Not available1962
The Inheritance as Junichi Fujii1962
Till Tomorow Comes as Not available1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido as Not available1962
Love Under the Crucifix as Not available1962
Tokyo's Business District as Not available1962
Lion Festival of Echigo as Not available1962
The Body as Not available1962
The Phantom Goblin as Not available1962
A Carpenter and Children as Not available1962
Drunken Sword as Not available1962
The Ambitious Youth as Not available1962
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi as Not available1962
The Princess and the Bearded Lord as Not available1962
The Paper Crane as Not available1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1 as Not available1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2 as Not available1961
Young Lord and Second Son as Not available1961
Run, Genta, Run! as Not available1961
The Youth and His Amulet as Not available1961
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia as Not available1961
Young Lord Yakuza as Not available1960
Hero of the Red Light District as Jôsuke1960
Lord Mito: All Star Version as Not available1960
Yakuza of Ina as Kichitaro1960
Scarier than the Devil as Not available1960
Case of a Young Lord 8 as Not available1960
Won't Stand for Dying as Brother Ryota1960
Official with a Tattoo as Not available1960
If You're Man Enough as Not available1960
Shinran as Not available1960
Shinran, Part II as Not available1960
What Price Love? as Matashiro1960
Samurai Vagabonds as Not available1960
Mighty Shosuke as Not available1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Onodera Heichô1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)1959
Saga of the Vagabonds as Jibu1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka as Not available1959
Pilgrimage at Night as Not available1959
The Unleashed Lord as Not available1959
Goblin in Stirrups as Not available1958
The Hidden Fortress as Tahei1958
Little Peach as Saburo Yoshida1958
Eight Views of Samurai as Not available1958
The Scroll’s Secret as Not available1958
The Bride In Uguisu Castle as Not available1958
Fearless Opposition as Not available1958
The Scarlet Cherry Lord as Not available1958
Futari dake no hashi as Not available1957
Throne of Blood as Yoshiaki Miki1957
The Lower Depths as Former Samurai1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Sasuke the boatman1956
The Vampire Moth as Sango Kawase1956
A Wife's Heart as Zenichi1956
Scoundrel as Not available1955
Godzilla Raids Again as Kôji Kobayashi1955
I Live in Fear as Jiro Nakajima1955
Bodyguard from Hell as Not available1955
Tactics of Love as Not available1954
Seven Samurai as Heihachi Hayashida1954
Jirocho in Disgrace as Not available1954
The Story of Shunkin as Not available1954
乾杯！女学生 as Not available1954
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi as Not available1954
Mother's First Love as Not available1953
Wife as Not available1953
Sunflower Girl as Not available1953
Mole Alley as Not available1952
Ikiru as Noguchi1952
Vendetta of a Samurai as Not available1952
Beauty and the Thief as Takeichi no Takamaru1952
Riverside Fish Market Empire as Not available1952
Today is Payday as General Manager of General Affairs Department1951
The Idiot as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary1951
Wakôdo no uta as Hayashi1951
Sekidô matsuri as Not available1950
Rashomon as Priest1950
Scandal as Not available1950
The Rainbow-Colored Flower as Not available1950
Beyond the Hills as Not available1950
The Emperor's Hat as Not available1950
Oogonju as Eiji Yabuki1949
Stray Dog as Girlie Show director