Minoru Chiaki
Acting
Born April 28, 1917, Hokkaido, Japan
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.
Filmography
- 1987Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure — Amenomori Seikai
- 1985Gray Sunset — Fuyukichi Takano
- 1980Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
- 1977Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
- 1974Karafuto 1945 Summer
- Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura — 浦山寿貞（千葉幸右衛門）
- 1970Innocent Sinner
- 1969Inu to Asachan
- 1969Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man — Shimizu
- 1967Libido
- 1967Song of Love — The Ship-master
- 1966Koto—The Lake of Tears — Kitao Momose
- 1966The Face of Another — Apartment Superintendent
- 1966Yakuza Vassal
- 1966Zero Fighter
- 1965Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- 1965Taking the Castle
- 1964Black Thief
- 1964Kono sora no aru kagiri
- 1964The Sharks
- 196320 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
- 1963A House in the Quarter — Jinzo Takesue
- 1963Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella — Kakurai Yosuke
- 1963Five Ronins
- 1963High and Low — First Reporter
- 1963Jolly Barbers — Ebina Ginpei
- 1963Sasuke and His Comedians — Yukimura Sanada
- 1963Street of Wandering Men
- 1963Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
- 1963Uogashi no senpū musume
- 1962A Carpenter and Children
- 1962Drunken Sword
- 1962Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
- 1962Lion Festival of Echigo
- 1962Love Under the Crucifix
- 1962The Ambitious Youth
- 1962The Body
- 1962The Christian Revolt
- 1962The Inheritance — Junichi Fujii
- 1962The Paper Crane
- 1962The Phantom Goblin
- 1962The Princess and the Bearded Lord
- 1962Till Tomorrow Is
- 1962Tokyo's Business District
- 1962Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
- 196120 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
- 196120 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
- 1961Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
- 1961Futaridake no taiyō
- 1961Run, Genta, Run!
- 1961The Youth and His Amulet
- 1961Young Lord Yakuza
- 1961Young Lord and Second Son
- 1960Case of a Young Lord 8
- 1960Hero of the Red Light District — Jôsuke
- 1960If You're Man Enough
- 1960Lord Mito: All Star Version
- 1960Mighty Shosuke
- 1960Official with a Tattoo
- 1960Samurai Vagabonds
- 1960Scarier than the Devil
- 1960Shinran
- 1960Shinran, Part II
- 1960What Price Love? — Matashiro
- 1960Won't Stand for Dying — Brother Ryota
- 1960Yakuza of Ina — Kichitaro
- 1959Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
- 1959Gigantis, the Fire Monster — Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
- 1959Goblin in Stirrups
- 1959Our Mother
- 1959Pilgrimage at Night — Nobuyuki
- 1959Saga of the Vagabonds — Jibu
- 1959Talkative Wife
- 1959The Bell of Love
- 1959The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity — Onodera Heichô
- 1959The Unleashed Lord
- 1959Three 'Black Crow' Wives
- 1959Unmarried
- 1958A Bridge for Two Alone
- 1958Eight Views of Samurai
- 1958Fearless Opposition
- 1958Flower's Yearning — Yanami Fukuzo
- 1958Little Peach — Saburo Yoshida
- 1958The Bride In Uguisu Castle
- 1958The Hidden Fortress — Tahei
- 1958The Scarlet Cherry Lord
- 1958The Scroll’s Secret
- 1957Skin-Colored Moon — Umekichi Ishikura
- 1957Talkative Company President — Omaeda (President)
- 1957The 36 Passengers
- 1957The Lower Depths — Former Samurai
- 1957The Men of Toho-ku — Tasuke Zummu
- 1957The Shadow Daughter — Eri Kiku Owner
- 1957Throne of Blood — Yoshiaki Miki
- 1957Turtledove
- 1957Ujō — Kenkichi Tanabe
- 1956A Strong Wind Blows — Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
- 1956A Wife's Heart — Zenichi
- 1956All Sold Out
- 1956Gendai no yokubô
- 1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island — Sasuke the boatman
- 1956Scoundrel
- 1956The Hoodlum and the Young Master
- 1956The Mandarin Room — Minagawa
- 1956The Vampire Moth — Sango Kawase
- 1955A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
- 1955Bodyguard from Hell
- 1955Godzilla Raids Again — Kôji Kobayashi
- 1955I Live in Fear — Jiro Nakajima
- 1955Tactics of Love
- 1955The Immortal Pitcher
- 1954Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
- 1954Jirocho in Disgrace
- 1954Mother's First Love
- 1954Seven Samurai — Heihachi Hayashida
- 1954The Story of Shunkin
- 1954乾杯！女学生
- 1953Mole Alley
- 1953Sunflower Girl
- 1953Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
- 1952Beauty and the Thief — Takeichi no Takamaru
- 1952Daigaku no kotengu
- 1952Ikiru — Noguchi
- 1952Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
- 1952Riverside Fish Market Empire
- 1952Today is Payday — General Manager of General Affairs Department
- 1952Vendetta of a Samurai
- 1951Cordon at Midnight
- 1951Koi no Oranda-zaka
- 1951Saijoke no kyoen
- 1951Sekidô matsuri
- 1951The Idiot — Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
- 1951Wakôdo no uta — Hayashi
- 1950Beyond the Hills
- 1950Golden Beast — Eiji Yabuki
- 1950Rashomon — Priest
- 1950Scandal
- 1950The Emperor's Hat
- 1950The Rainbow-Colored Flower
- 1949Stray Dog — Girlie Show director