Minoru Chiaki
Known for: Acting
Born: April 28, 1917
Died: November 1, 1999
Place of birth: Hokkaido, Japan
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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Filmography
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9.0
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
1987
6.2
Gray Sunset
1985
9.0
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980
8.0
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
1977
7.3
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
8.0
Innocent Sinner
1970
7.0
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
1969NR
Inu to Asachan
1969
10.0
Libido
1967
6.5
Song of Love
1967
7.2
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
7.8
The Face of Another
1966
10.0
Zero Fighter
1966
10.0
Yakuza Vassal
1966
7.0
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
9.0
Taking the Castle
1965
7.5
Black Thief
1964
NR
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
9.0
The Sharks
1964
6.6
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
NR
Jolly Barbers
1963
6.4
A House in the Quarter
1963
NR
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
1963
10.0
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
NR
Five Ronins
1963
NR
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
8.4
High and Low
1963
8.0
Street of Wandering Men
1963
NR
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963
NR
The Paper Crane
1962
7.3
The Body
1962
NR
Lion Festival of Echigo
1962
6.0
Drunken Sword
1962
NR
Tokyo's Business District
1962
6.0
The Phantom Goblin
1962
7.5
A Carpenter and Children
1962
7.1
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
8.0
The Ambitious Youth
1962
6.7
The Christian Revolt
1962
NR
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1962
7.3
The Inheritance
1962
8.0
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
8.5
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
NR
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
8.3
Run, Genta, Run!
1961NR
Young Lord and Second Son
1961
7.0
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
9.0
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
NR
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
8.0
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
NR
Futaridake no taiyō
1961
9.0
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
9.0
Case of a Young Lord 8
1960
8.0
If You're Man Enough
1960
7.0
Scarier than the Devil
1960
NR
Mighty Shosuke
1960
9.0
Shinran, Part II
1960
7.0
What Price Love?
1960
8.7
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
8.3
Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960
10.0
Shinran
1960
NR
Won't Stand for Dying
1960
6.5
Official with a Tattoo
1960
7.0
Yakuza of Ina
1960
6.5
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
8.2
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
NR
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
5.3
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
6.8
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959
NR
The Bell of Love
1959
6.3
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
NR
Three 'Black Crow' Wives
1959
NR
Talkative Wife
1959NR
Our Mother
1959
NR
Unmarried
1959
9.0
The Unleashed Lord
1959
6.0
Goblin in Stirrups
1959
8.0
The Hidden Fortress
1958
7.0
Flower's Yearning
1958
NR
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958
6.0
Eight Views of Samurai
1958
6.1
Little Peach
1958
NR
Fearless Opposition
1958
NR
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
7.5
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
6.0
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
NR
Skin-Colored Moon
1957
7.1
The Lower Depths
1957
9.0
The Men of Toho-ku
1957
8.0
The Shadow Daughter
1957
NR
Turtledove
1957
NR
The 36 Passengers
1957
NR
Ujō
1957
7.9
Throne of Blood
1957
9.0
Talkative Company President
1957
8.0
The Mandarin Room
1956
NR
A Strong Wind Blows
1956
NR
The Hoodlum and the Young Master
1956
NR
Gendai no yokubô
1956
NR
Scoundrel
1956
6.9
A Wife's Heart
1956
4.7
The Vampire Moth
1956
NR
All Sold Out
1956
7.2
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
7.3
I Live in Fear
1955
NR
Tactics of Love
1955
6.0
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
NR
The Immortal Pitcher
1955
NR
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
NR
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
NR
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
8.0
Mother's First Love
1954
9.0
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
NR
乾杯！女学生
1954
6.3
The Story of Shunkin
1954
8.5
Seven Samurai
1954
8.0
Mole Alley
1953
10.0
Sunflower Girl
1953
NR
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
1953
8.3
Ikiru
1952
9.0
Today is Payday
1952
9.0
Beauty and the Thief
1952
NR
Daigaku no kotengu
1952
NR
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
NR
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
6.6
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
NR
Sekidô matsuri
1951NR
Wakôdo no uta
1951
NR
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
7.0
The Idiot
1951
NR
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
NR
Cordon at Midnight
1951
NR
The Emperor's Hat
1950NR
Golden Beast
1950
1.0
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
8.0
Rashomon
1950NR
Beyond the Hills
1950
6.9
Scandal
1950
7.6
Stray Dog
1949