Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1917-04-28
- Day of Death1999-11-01 (82 years)
- Place of BirthHokkaido, Japan
- Also Known As千秋實مینورو چیاکیMindru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1987
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
As: Amenomori Seikai
- 1985
Gray Sunset
As: Fuyukichi Takano
- 1969
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
As: Shimizu
- 1967
Song of Love
As: The Ship-master
- 1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears
As: Kitao Momose
- 1966
The Face of Another
As: Apartment Superintendent
- 1963
Sasuke and His Comedians
As: Yukimura Sanada
- 1963
Jolly Barbers
As: Ebina Ginpei
1963A House in the Quarter
As: Jinzo Takesue
1963Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
As: Kakurai Yosuke
- 1963
High and Low
As: First Reporter
1962The Inheritance
As: Junichi Fujii
1961The Human Condition
As: Onodera Heichô
1960What Price Love?
As: Matashiro
1960Hero of the Red Light District
As: Jôsuke
1960Won't Stand for Dying
As: Brother Ryota
1960Yakuza of Ina
As: Kichitaro
1959The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
As: Onodera Heichô
1959Saga of the Vagabonds
As: Jibu
1959Gigantis, the Fire Monster
As: Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
1958The Hidden Fortress
As: Tahei
1958Flower's Yearning
As: Yanami Fukuzo
1958Little Peach
As: Saburo Yoshida
1957Skin-Colored Moon
As: Umekichi ishikura
1957The Lower Depths
As: Former Samurai
- 1957
Throne of Blood
As: Yoshiaki Miki
1957Talkative Company President
As: Omaeda (President)
1956A Strong Wind Blows
As: Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
1956A Wife's Heart
As: Zenichi
1956The Vampire Moth
As: Sango Kawase
1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
As: Sasuke the boatman
1955I Live in Fear
As: Jiro Nakajima
1955Godzilla Raids Again
As: Kôji Kobayashi
- 1954
Seven Samurai
As: Heihachi Hayashida
- 1952
Ikiru
As: Noguchi
1952Today is Payday
As: General Manager of General Affairs Department
1952Beauty and the Thief
As: Takeichi no Takamaru
1951The Idiot
As: Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
- 1950
Rashomon
As: Priest
1949Stray Dog
As: Girlie Show director