Minoru Chiaki
Actor
- Born
- April 28, 1917 · Hokkaido, Japan
- Died
- November 1, 1999 (age 82)
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).
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Known for
Seven Samurai
April 26, 1954
Rashomon
August 26, 1950
Ikiru
October 9, 1952
High and Low
March 1, 1963
Throne of Blood
January 15, 1957
The Hidden Fortress
December 28, 1958
Stray Dog
October 17, 1949
Godzilla Raids Again
April 24, 1955
The Face of Another
July 15, 1966
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
November 20, 1959
The Lower Depths
October 1, 1957
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
January 3, 1956
Acting139
- 1987Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure as Amenomori Seikai
- 1985Gray Sunset as Fuyukichi Takano
- 1980Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
- 1977Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
- 1974Karafuto 1945 Summer
- 1970Innocent Sinner
- 1969Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man as Shimizu
- 1969Inu to Asachan
- 1967Libido
- 1967Song of Love as The Ship-master
- 1966Koto—The Lake of Tears