Minoru Chiaki
Actor
April 28, 1917 — November 1, 1999 (82 years)
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).
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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
Filmography
| 1985 | Gray Sunset · as Fuyukichi Takano |
| 1980 | The Age of Lions · as Cast |
| 1969 | Nippon ichi no danzetsu otoko · as Shimizu |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Song of Love · as The Ship-Master |
| 1966 | Koto: The Lake of Tears · as Kitao Momose |
| 1966 | The Face of Another · as Apartment Superintendent |
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| 1963 | Sanada fûunroku · as Yukimura Sanada |
| 1963 | A House in the Quarter · as Jinzo Takesue |
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| 1963 | Woman with the Snake Eyes · as Kakurai Yosuke |
| 1963 | Umontori monochô: Ja no megasa no onna · as Cast |
| 1963 | Five Ronin · as Cast |
| 1963 | High and Low · as First ReporterOn Plex |
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| 1962 | The Inheritance · as Junichi Fujii |
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| 1961 | Edoko hanjôki · as Cast |
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| 1960 | Scarier Than the Devil · as Cast |
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| 1960 | Hero of the Red-Light District · as Jôsuke |
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| 1960 | Yararete tamaru ka · as Brother Ryota |
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| 1960 | Yataro's Sedge Hat · as Kichitaro |
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| 1959 | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity · as Onodera Heichô |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Saga of the Vagabonds · as Jibu |
| 1959 | Gigantis: The Fire Monster · as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki) |
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| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress · as TaheiOn Plex |
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| 1958 | Little Peach · as Saburo Yoshida |
| 1958 | Hijô-sen · as Cast |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | Asa hare taka · as Cast |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths · as Former Samurai |
| 1957 | The Men of Tohoku · as Tasuke Zummu |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood · as Yoshiaki MikiOn Plex |
| 1956 | A Wife's Heart · as Zenichi |
| 1956 | Vampire Moth · as Sango Kawase |
| 1956 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island · as Sasuke The BoatmanOn Plex |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear · as Jiro Nakajima |
| 1955 | Godzilla Raids Again · as Kôji Kobayashi |
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| 1954 | Kakute yume ari · as Sensuke Nasu |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai · as Heihachi HayashidaOn Plex |
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| 1952 | Ikiru · as Noguchi |
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| 1951 | The Idiot · as Mutsuo Kayama, The Secretary |
| 1950 | Rashomon · as PriestOn Plex |
| 1950 | ScandalOn Plex |
| 1949 | Stray Dog · as Girlie Show DirectorOn Plex |