Minoru Chiaki

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Minoru Chiaki

Acting April 28, 1917

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 w…

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Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

8.5 1954 Movie
Rashomon

Rashomon

8.0 1950 Movie
Ikiru

Ikiru

8.3 1952 Movie
High and Low

High and Low

8.4 1963 Movie
Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

7.9 1957 Movie
The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

8.0 1958 Movie
Stray Dog

Stray Dog

7.6 1949 Movie
Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla Raids Again

6.0 1955 Movie
The Face of Another

The Face of Another

7.8 1966 Movie
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

8.2 1959 Movie
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

7.2 1956 Movie
The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

7.1 1957 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1987
    Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure

    Movie Amenomori Seikai

  2. 1985
    Gray Sunset

    Movie Fuyukichi Takano

  3. 1980
    Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai

    Movie

  4. 1977
    Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e

    Movie

  5. 1974
    Karafuto 1945 Summer

    Movie

  6. 1970
    Innocent Sinner

    Movie

  7. 1969
    Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

    Movie Shimizu

  8. 1969
    Inu to Asachan

    Movie

  9. 1967
    Libido

    Movie

  10. 1967
    Song of Love

    Movie The Ship-master

  11. 1966
    Koto—The Lake of Tears

    Movie Kitao Momose

  12. 1966
    The Face of Another

    Movie Apartment Superintendent

  13. 1966
    Zero Fighter

    Movie

  14. 1966
    Yakuza Vassal

    Movie

  15. 1965
    Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

    Movie

  16. 1965
    Taking the Castle

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1964
    Black Thief

    Movie

  2. 1964
    Kono sora no aru kagiri

    Movie

  3. 1964
    The Sharks

    Movie

  4. 1963
    Sasuke and His Comedians

    Movie Yukimura Sanada

  5. 1963
    Jolly Barbers

    Movie Ebina Ginpei

  6. 1963
    A House in the Quarter

    Movie Jinzo Takesue

  7. 1963
    20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion

    Movie

  8. 1963
    Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella

    Movie Kakurai Yosuke

  9. 1963
    Five Ronins

    Movie

  10. 1963
    Uogashi no senpū musume

    Movie

  11. 1963
    High and Low

    Movie First Reporter

  12. 1963
    Street of Wandering Men

    Movie

  13. 1963
    Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2

    Movie

  14. 1962
    The Paper Crane

    Movie

  15. 1962
    The Body

    Movie

  16. 1962
    Lion Festival of Echigo

    Movie

  17. 1962
    Drunken Sword

    Movie

  18. 1962
    Tokyo's Business District

    Movie

  19. 1962
    The Phantom Goblin

    Movie

  20. 1962
    A Carpenter and Children

    Movie

  21. 1962
    Love Under the Crucifix

    Movie

  22. 1962
    The Ambitious Youth

    Movie

  23. 1962
    The Christian Revolt

    Movie

  24. 1962
    The Princess and the Bearded Lord

    Movie