Minoru Chiaki
Known For
Acting
Born
1917-04-28 in Hokkaido, Japan
Died
1999-11-01
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.
Most Known For
Seven Samurai
as Heihachi Hayashida
High and Low
as First Reporter
Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki
Ikiru
as Noguchi
Rashomon
as Priest
The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kôji Kobayashi
The Hidden Fortress
as Tahei
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Onodera Heichô
Stray Dog
as Girlie Show director
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Sasuke the boatman
The Inheritance
as Junichi Fujii
Hero of the Red Light District
as Jôsuke
Scandal
The Idiot
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima
The Lower Depths
as Former Samurai
Gray Sunset
as Fuyukichi Takano
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
