Minoru Chiaki
Born: 1917-04-28
• Hokkaido, Japan
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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. 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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Filmography
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
Gray Sunset
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
Karafuto 1945 Summer
Innocent Sinner
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
No Image
Inu to Asachan
Libido
Song of Love
Koto—The Lake of Tears
The Face of Another
Zero Fighter
Yakuza Vassal
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Taking the Castle
Black Thief
Kono sora no aru kagiri
The Sharks
Sasuke and His Comedians
Jolly Barbers
A House in the Quarter
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Five Ronins
Uogashi no senpū musume
High and Low
Street of Wandering Men
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
The Paper Crane
The Body
Lion Festival of Echigo
Drunken Sword
Tokyo's Business District
The Phantom Goblin
A Carpenter and Children
Love Under the Crucifix
The Ambitious Youth
The Christian Revolt
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
The Inheritance
As Long as There's Tomorrow
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Run, Genta, Run!
No Image
Young Lord and Second Son
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
The Youth and His Amulet
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
Young Lord Yakuza
Futaridake no taiyō
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
Case of a Young Lord 8
If You're Man Enough
Scarier than the Devil
Mighty Shosuke
Shinran, Part II
What Price Love?
Hero of the Red Light District
Lord Mito: All Star Version
Shinran
Won't Stand for Dying
Official with a Tattoo
Yakuza of Ina
Samurai Vagabonds
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Pilgrimage at Night
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Saga of the Vagabonds
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
The Unleashed Lord
Goblin in Stirrups
The Hidden Fortress
Flower's Yearning
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
Eight Views of Samurai
Little Peach
Fearless Opposition
A Bridge for Two Alone
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
The Scroll’s Secret
Skin-Colored Moon
The Lower Depths
The Shadow Daughter
Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku
Throne of Blood
Talkative Company President
The Mandarin Room
A Strong Wind Blows
Gendai no yokubô
Scoundrel
A Wife's Heart
The Vampire Moth
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
I Live in Fear
Tactics of Love
Godzilla Raids Again
Bodyguard from Hell
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
Mother's First Love