About

Known credits:
110
Birthday:
1917-04-28
Place of birth:
Hokkaido, Japan
Website:
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Minoru Chiaki

Overview

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 and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. Ironically, in real life he turned out to be the last of the seven actors to die.

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

Acting
1987 Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure Actor Amenomori Seikai 59
Average
1985 Gray Sunset Actor Fuyukichi Takano 59
Average
1980 Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai Actor N/A
N/A
1974 Karafuto 1945 Summer Actor 59
Average
1970 Innocent Sinner Actor N/A
N/A
1969 Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man Actor Shimizu N/A
N/A
1969 Inu to Asachan Actor N/A
N/A
1967 Libido Actor N/A
N/A
1967 Song of Love Actor The Ship-master 59
Average
1966 Koto—The Lake of Tears Actor Kitao Momose 58
Average
1966 The Face of Another Actor Apartment Superintendent 65
Fair
1966 Zero Fighter Actor N/A
N/A
1966 Yakuza Vassal Actor N/A
N/A
1965 Cold Rice, Osan, Chan Actor 59
Average
1965 Taking the Castle Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Black Thief Actor 59
Average
1964 Kono sora no aru kagiri Actor N/A
N/A
1964 The Sharks Actor N/A
N/A
1963 Sasuke and His Comedians Actor Yukimura Sanada 59
Average
1963 Jolly Barbers Actor Ebina Ginpei N/A
N/A
1963 A House in the Quarter Actor Jinzo Takesue 58
Average
1963 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion Actor N/A
N/A
1963 Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella Actor Kakurai Yosuke N/A
N/A
1963 Five Ronins Actor N/A
N/A
1963 High and Low Actor First Reporter 74
Good
1963 Street of Wandering Men Actor 59
Average
1963 Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 Actor N/A
N/A
1962 The Paper Crane Actor N/A
N/A
1962 The Body Actor 59
Average
1962 Lion Festival of Echigo Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Drunken Sword Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Tokyo's Business District Actor N/A
N/A
1962 The Phantom Goblin Actor N/A
N/A
1962 A Carpenter and Children Actor 59
Average
1962 The Ambitious Youth Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Love Under the Crucifix Actor 59
Average
1962 The Christian Revolt Actor 59
Average
1962 The Princess and the Bearded Lord Actor N/A
N/A
1962 The Inheritance Actor Junichi Fujii 59
Average
1962 Till Tomorow Comes Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Travels of Hibari and Chiemi Actor 59
Average
1962 Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Run, Genta, Run! Actor 59
Average
1961 Young Lord and Second Son Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia Actor N/A
N/A
1961 The Youth and His Amulet Actor N/A
N/A
1961 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2 Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Young Lord Yakuza Actor 58
Average
1961 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1 Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Case of a Young Lord 8 Actor N/A
N/A
1960 If You're Man Enough Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Scarier than the Devil Actor 59
Average
1960 Mighty Shosuke Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Shinran, Part II Actor N/A
N/A
1960 What Price Love? Actor Matashiro N/A
N/A
1960 Hero of the Red Light District Actor Jôsuke 59
Average
1960 Lord Mito: All Star Version Actor 59
Average
1960 Shinran Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Won't Stand for Dying Actor Brother Ryota N/A
N/A
1960 Official with a Tattoo Actor 59
Average
1960 Yakuza of Ina Actor Kichitaro 59
Average
1960 Samurai Vagabonds Actor 59
Average
1959 The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Actor Onodera Heichô 65
Fair
1959 Pilgrimage at Night Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka Actor 58
Average
1959 Saga of the Vagabonds Actor Jibu 59
Average
1959 Gigantis, the Fire Monster Actor Kôji Kobayashi 59
Average
1959 The Unleashed Lord Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Goblin in Stirrups Actor 59
Average
1958 The Hidden Fortress Actor Tahei 70
Good
1958 The Bride In Uguisu Castle Actor N/A
N/A
1958 Eight Views of Samurai Actor 59
Average
1958 Little Peach Actor Saburo Yoshida 58
Average
1958 Fearless Opposition Actor N/A
N/A
1958 Futari dake no hashi Actor N/A
N/A
1958 The Scarlet Cherry Lord Actor 59
Average
1958 The Scroll’s Secret Actor 59
Average
1957 The Lower Depths Actor Former Samurai 61
Fair
1957 Throne of Blood Actor Yoshiaki Miki 71
Good
1956 Scoundrel Actor N/A
N/A
1956 A Wife's Heart Actor Zenichi 59
Average
1956 The Vampire Moth Actor Sango Kawase 58
Average
1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Actor Sasuke the boatman 61
Fair
1955 I Live in Fear Actor Jiro Nakajima 61
Fair
1955 Godzilla Raids Again Actor Kôji Kobayashi 59
Average
1955 Bodyguard from Hell Actor N/A
N/A
1954 Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi Actor N/A
N/A
1954 Mother's First Love Actor N/A
N/A
1954 Jirocho in Disgrace Actor N/A
N/A
1954 乾杯！女学生 Actor N/A
N/A
1954 The Story of Shunkin Actor 59
Average
1954 Seven Samurai Actor Heihachi Hayashida 81
Very good
1953 Mole Alley Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Wife Actor 59
Average
1953 Sunflower Girl Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Ikiru Actor Noguchi 75
Good
1952 Today is Payday Actor General Manager of General Affairs Department N/A
N/A
1952 Beauty and the Thief Actor Takeichi no Takamaru N/A
N/A
1952 Riverside Fish Market Empire Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Vendetta of a Samurai Actor 59
Average
1951 Sekidô matsuri Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Wakôdo no uta Actor Hayashi N/A
N/A
1951 The Idiot Actor Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary 60
Fair
1950 The Emperor's Hat Actor N/A
N/A
1950 Oogonju Actor Eiji Yabuki N/A
N/A
1950 The Rainbow-Colored Flower Actor 58
Average
1950 Rashomon Actor Priest 76
Good
1950 Beyond the Hills Actor N/A
N/A
1950 Scandal Actor 60
Fair
1949 Stray Dog Actor Girlie Show director 64
Fair