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Minoru Chiaki

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 poster
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
1987 • Amenomori Seikai
Gray Sunset poster
Gray Sunset
1985 • Fuyukichi Takano
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai poster
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e poster
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
1977
Karafuto 1945 Summer poster
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
Innocent Sinner poster
Innocent Sinner
1970
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man poster
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
1969 • Shimizu
No Image
Inu to Asachan
1969
Libido poster
Libido
1967
Song of Love poster
Song of Love
1967 • The Ship-master
Koto—The Lake of Tears poster
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966 • Kitao Momose
The Face of Another poster
The Face of Another
1966 • Apartment Superintendent
Zero Fighter poster
Zero Fighter
1966
Yakuza Vassal poster
Yakuza Vassal
1966
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan poster
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
Taking the Castle poster
Taking the Castle
1965
Black Thief poster
Black Thief
1964
Kono sora no aru kagiri poster
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
The Sharks poster
The Sharks
1964
Sasuke and His Comedians poster
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963 • Yukimura Sanada
Jolly Barbers poster
Jolly Barbers
1963 • Ebina Ginpei
A House in the Quarter poster
A House in the Quarter
1963 • Jinzo Takesue
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion poster
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
1963
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella poster
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963 • Kakurai Yosuke
Five Ronins poster
Five Ronins
1963
Uogashi no senpū musume poster
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
High and Low poster
High and Low
1963 • First Reporter
Street of Wandering Men poster
Street of Wandering Men
1963
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 poster
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963
The Paper Crane poster
The Paper Crane
1962
The Body poster
The Body
1962
Lion Festival of Echigo poster
Lion Festival of Echigo
1962
Drunken Sword poster
Drunken Sword
1962
Tokyo's  Business District poster
Tokyo's Business District
1962
The Phantom Goblin poster
The Phantom Goblin
1962
A Carpenter and Children poster
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Love Under the Crucifix poster
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
The Ambitious Youth poster
The Ambitious Youth
1962
The Christian Revolt poster
The Christian Revolt
1962
The Princess and the Bearded Lord poster
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1962
The Inheritance poster
The Inheritance
1962 • Junichi Fujii
As Long as There's Tomorrow poster
As Long as There's Tomorrow
1962
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey poster
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido poster
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Run, Genta, Run! poster
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
No Image
Young Lord and Second Son
1961
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia poster
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
The Youth and His Amulet poster
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 poster
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Young Lord Yakuza poster
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
Futaridake no taiyō poster
Futaridake no taiyō
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1 poster
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
Case of a Young Lord 8 poster
Case of a Young Lord 8
1960
If You're Man Enough poster
If You're Man Enough
1960
Scarier than the Devil poster
Scarier than the Devil
1960
Mighty Shosuke poster
Mighty Shosuke
1960
Shinran, Part II poster
Shinran, Part II
1960
What Price Love? poster
What Price Love?
1960 • Matashiro
Hero of the Red Light District poster
Hero of the Red Light District
1960 • Jôsuke
Lord Mito: All Star Version poster
Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960
Shinran poster
Shinran
1960
Won't Stand for Dying poster
Won't Stand for Dying
1960 • Brother Ryota
Official with a Tattoo poster
Official with a Tattoo
1960
Yakuza of Ina poster
Yakuza of Ina
1960 • Kichitaro
Samurai Vagabonds poster
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity poster
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 • Onodera Heichô
Pilgrimage at Night poster
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka poster
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds poster
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959 • Jibu
Gigantis, the Fire Monster poster
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959 • Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
The Unleashed Lord poster
The Unleashed Lord
1959
Goblin in Stirrups poster
Goblin in Stirrups
1959
The Hidden Fortress poster
The Hidden Fortress
1958 • Tahei
Flower's Yearning poster
Flower's Yearning
1958 • Yanami Fukuzo
The Bride In Uguisu Castle poster
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958
Eight Views of Samurai poster
Eight Views of Samurai
1958
Little Peach poster
Little Peach
1958 • Saburo Yoshida
Fearless Opposition poster
Fearless Opposition
1958
A Bridge for Two Alone poster
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
The Scarlet Cherry Lord poster
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
The Scroll’s Secret poster
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
Skin-Colored Moon poster
Skin-Colored Moon
1957 • Umekichi ishikura
The Lower Depths poster
The Lower Depths
1957 • Former Samurai
The Shadow Daughter poster
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku poster
Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku
1957
Throne of Blood poster
Throne of Blood
1957 • Yoshiaki Miki
Talkative Company President poster
Talkative Company President
1957 • Omaeda (President)
The Mandarin Room poster
The Mandarin Room
1956
A Strong Wind Blows poster
A Strong Wind Blows
1956 • Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
Gendai no yokubô poster
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Scoundrel poster
Scoundrel
1956
A Wife's Heart poster
A Wife's Heart
1956 • Zenichi
The Vampire Moth poster
The Vampire Moth
1956 • Sango Kawase
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island poster
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 • Sasuke the boatman
I Live in Fear poster
I Live in Fear
1955 • Jiro Nakajima
Tactics of Love poster
Tactics of Love
1955
Godzilla Raids Again poster
Godzilla Raids Again
1955 • Kôji Kobayashi
Bodyguard from Hell poster
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi poster
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
Mother's First Love poster
Mother's First Love
1954