Minoru Chiaki

Personal Info

Birthday

April 28, 1917

Day of Death

1999-11-01

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Hokkaido, Japan

Also Known As

千秋實

مینورو چیاکی

Mindru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

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.

Known For

Seven Samurai

Rashomon

High and Low

Ikiru

Stray Dog

Throne of Blood

The Hidden Fortress

Godzilla Raids Again

Filmography

1987
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
as Amenomori Seikai
1985
Gray Sunset
as Fuyukichi Takano
1969
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
as Shimizu
1967
Song of Love
as The Ship-master
1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kitao Momose
The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent
1963
Sasuke and His Comedians
as Yukimura Sanada
Jolly Barbers
as Ebina Ginpei
A House in the Quarter
as Jinzo Takesue
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
as Kakurai Yosuke
High and Low
as First Reporter
1962
The Inheritance
as Junichi Fujii
1960
What Price Love?
as Matashiro
Hero of the Red Light District
as Jôsuke
Won't Stand for Dying
as Brother Ryota
Yakuza of Ina
as Kichitaro
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
The Hidden Fortress
as Tahei
Little Peach
as Saburo Yoshida
1957
Skin-Colored Moon
as Umekichi ishikura
The Lower Depths
as Former Samurai
Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki
Talkative Company President
as Omaeda (President)
1956
A Wife's Heart
as Zenichi
The Vampire Moth
as Sango Kawase
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Sasuke the boatman
1955
I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kôji Kobayashi
1954
Seven Samurai
as Heihachi Hayashida
1952
Ikiru
as Noguchi
Today is Payday
as General Manager of General Affairs Department
Beauty and the Thief
as Takeichi no Takamaru
1951
Wakôdo no uta
as Hayashi
The Idiot
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
1950
Oogonju
as Eiji Yabuki
Rashomon
as Priest
1949
Stray Dog
as Girlie Show director