Minoru Chiaki
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieDon Matsugoro's Big Adventure
1987
Amenomori Seikai
movieGray Sunset
1985
Fuyukichi Takano
movieSong of Love
1967
The Ship-master
movieKoto—The Lake of Tears
1966
Kitao Momose
movieThe Face of Another
1966
Apartment Superintendent
movieSasuke and His Comedians
1963
Yukimura Sanada
movieJolly Barbers
1963
Ebina Ginpei
movieA House in the Quarter
1963
Jinzo Takesue
movieCases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
Kakurai Yosuke
movieHigh and Low
1963
First Reporter
movieThe Inheritance
1962
Junichi Fujii
movieWhat Price Love?
1960
Matashiro
movieWon't Stand for Dying
1960
Brother Ryota
movieYakuza of Ina
1960
Kichitaro
movieThe Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Onodera Heichô
movieGigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
movieFlower's Yearning
1958
Yanami Fukuzo
movieLittle Peach
1958
Saburo Yoshida
movieSkin-Colored Moon
1957
Umekichi ishikura
movieThe Lower Depths
1957
Former Samurai
movieThe Men of Toho-ku
1957
Tasuke Zummu
movieUjō
1957
Kenkichi Tanabe
movieThrone of Blood
1957
Yoshiaki Miki
movieTalkative Company President
1957
Omaeda (President)
movieA Strong Wind Blows
1956
Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
movieA Wife's Heart
1956
Zenichi
movieThe Vampire Moth
1956
Sango Kawase
movieSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Sasuke the boatman
movieI Live in Fear
1955
Jiro Nakajima
movieGodzilla Raids Again
1955
Kôji Kobayashi
movieSeven Samurai
1954
Heihachi Hayashida
movieIkiru
1952
Noguchi
movieToday is Payday
1952
General Manager of General Affairs Department
movieBeauty and the Thief
1952
Takeichi no Takamaru
movieThe Idiot
1951
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Golden Beast
1950
Eiji Yabuki
movieRashomon
1950
Priest
movieStray Dog
1949
Girlie Show director