Acting
Minoru Chiaki
Also Known As: 千秋實, مینورو چیاکی, Mindru Chiaki
Birth Date
April 28, 1917
Death Date
November 1, 1999
(passed away at 82)
Place of Birth
Hokkaido, Japan
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Biography
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.
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Seven Samurai
Heihachi Hayashida
1954
High and Low
First Reporter
1963
Rashomon
Priest
1950
Ikiru
Noguchi
1952
The Hidden Fortress
Tahei
1958
Throne of Blood
Yoshiaki Miki
1957
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Onodera Heichô
1959
Godzilla Raids Again
Kôji Kobayashi
1955
A House in the Quarter
Jinzo Takesue
1963
The Face of Another
Apartment Superintendent
1966
Stray Dog
Girlie Show director
1949
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Sasuke the boatman
1956
The Idiot
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
1951
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
1959
The Bell of Love
1959
I Live in Fear
Jiro Nakajima
1955
All Sold Out
1956
Talkative Company President
Omaeda (President)
1957
Scandal
1950
The Inheritance
Junichi Fujii
1962