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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-04-28

Day of Death

1999-11-01 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Hokkaido, Japan

Also Known As

千秋實

مینورو چیاکی

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 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

Acting

Rashomon

1950

Rashomon

as

Priest

Godzilla Raids Again

1955

Godzilla Raids Again

as

Kôji Kobayashi

Oogonju

1950

Oogonju

as

Eiji Yabuki

Ikiru

1952

Ikiru

as

Noguchi

I Live in Fear

1955

I Live in Fear

as

Jiro Nakajima

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

as

Sasuke the boatman

The Idiot

1951

The Idiot

as

Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

The Lower Depths

1957

The Lower Depths

as

Former Samurai

High and Low

1963

High and Low

as

First Reporter

The Face of Another

1966

The Face of Another

as

Apartment Superintendent

Today is Payday

1952

Today is Payday

as

General Manager of General Affairs Department

Shinran

1960

Shinran

as

What Price Love?

1960

What Price Love?

as

Matashiro

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

1959

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

as

Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)

Koto—The Lake of Tears

1966

Koto—The Lake of Tears

as

Kitao Momose

Gray Sunset

1985

Gray Sunset

as

Fuyukichi Takano

Stray Dog

1949

Stray Dog

as

Girlie Show director

Throne of Blood

1957

Throne of Blood

as

Yoshiaki Miki

Wife

1953

Wife

as

Yakuza of Ina

1960

Yakuza of Ina

as

Kichitaro

A Wife's Heart

1956

A Wife's Heart

as

Zenichi

Little Peach

1958

Little Peach

as

Saburo Yoshida

Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure

1987

Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure

as

Amenomori Seikai

The Inheritance

1962

The Inheritance

as

Junichi Fujii

The Vampire Moth

1956

The Vampire Moth

as

Sango Kawase

Libido

1967

Libido

as

Sasuke and His Comedians

1963

Sasuke and His Comedians

as

Yukimura Sanada

A House in the Quarter

1963

A House in the Quarter

as

Jinzo Takesue

Wakôdo no uta

1951

Wakôdo no uta

as

Hayashi

Beauty and the Thief

1952

Beauty and the Thief

as

Takeichi no Takamaru

Seven Samurai

1954

Seven Samurai

as

Heihachi Hayashida

The Body

1962

The Body

as

Scoundrel

1956

Scoundrel

as

Scandal

1950

Scandal

as

Song of Love

1967

Song of Love

as

The Ship-master

Jolly Barbers

1963

Jolly Barbers

as

Ebina Ginpei

Won't Stand for Dying

1960

Won't Stand for Dying

as

Brother Ryota

Production

Crew

Directing