Cast & creator
Minoru Chiaki
Best known for Seven Samurai, High and Low, Ikiru
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.
Also known as: 千秋實, مینورو چیاکی, Mindru Chiaki
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1949–1987 · acting roles
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Filmography (140)
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Seven Samurai
Heihachi Hayashida
1954
High and Low
First Reporter
1963
Ikiru
Noguchi
1952
Rashomon
Priest
1950
Throne of Blood
Yoshiaki Miki
1957
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Onodera Heichô
1959
The Hidden Fortress
Tahei
1958
A House in the Quarter
Jinzo Takesue
1963
Godzilla Raids Again
Kôji Kobayashi
1955
Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura
浦山寿貞（千葉幸右衛門）
1970
The Face of Another
Apartment Superintendent
1966
Stray Dog
Girlie Show director
1949
The Idiot
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
1951
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
1959
I Live in Fear
Jiro Nakajima
1955
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Sasuke the boatman
1956
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
1953
Three 'Black Crow' Wives
1959
The Lower Depths
Former Samurai
1957
The Bell of Love
1959
Scandal
1950
Talkative Wife
1959
Daigaku no kotengu
1952
The Inheritance
Junichi Fujii
1962
Saga of the Vagabonds
Jibu
1959
The Immortal Pitcher
1955
The Men of Toho-ku
Tasuke Zummu
1957
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
Mole Alley
1953
Lion Festival of Echigo
1962
Zero Fighter
1966
Hero of the Red Light District
Jôsuke
1960
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
Amenomori Seikai
1987
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
Beauty and the Thief
Takeichi no Takamaru
1952
What Price Love?
Matashiro
1960
Little Peach
Saburo Yoshida
1958
Cordon at Midnight
1951
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Shimizu
1969Wakôdo no uta
Hayashi
1951
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
Scoundrel
1956
Drunken Sword
1962
Gray Sunset
Fuyukichi Takano
1985
Gendai no yokubô
1956
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1962
Goblin in Stirrups
1959
Turtledove
1957
Pilgrimage at Night
Nobuyuki
1959
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
All Sold Out
1956
A Wife's Heart
Zenichi
1956
Ujō
Kenkichi Tanabe
1957
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Kitao Momose
1966
Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960
The Vampire Moth
Sango Kawase
1956
Skin-Colored Moon
Umekichi Ishikura
1957
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Official with a Tattoo
1960
The Unleashed Lord
1959
Black Thief
1964
Sasuke and His Comedians
Yukimura Sanada
1963
Song of Love
The Ship-master
1967
Mighty Shosuke
1960
The 36 Passengers
1957
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Kakurai Yosuke
1963
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980
The Sharks
1964
Tokyo's Business District
1962
The Hoodlum and the Young Master
1956
Taking the Castle
1965
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
Eight Views of Samurai
1958
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Five Ronins
1963
Libido
1967
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
A Carpenter and Children
1962
The Body
1962
Street of Wandering Men
1963
The Ambitious Youth
1962
The Christian Revolt
1962
The Mandarin Room
Minagawa
1956
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
Sunflower Girl
1953
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
1963
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Mother's First Love
1954
Scarier than the Devil
1960
Shinran, Part II
1960
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
1977
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962Our Mother
1959
The Shadow Daughter
Eri Kiku Owner
1957
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Shinran
1960
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
Unmarried
1959
Fearless Opposition
1958
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958
Tactics of Love
1955
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
Talkative Company President
Omaeda (President)
1957
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963Beyond the Hills
1950
Yakuza of Ina
Kichitaro
1960
The Phantom Goblin
1962
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
A Strong Wind Blows
Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
1956
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Jolly Barbers
Ebina Ginpei
1963
Won't Stand for Dying
Brother Ryota
1960Golden Beast
Eiji Yabuki
1950
Flower's Yearning
Yanami Fukuzo
1958
Sekidô matsuri
1951
The Emperor's Hat
1950
乾杯！女学生
1954
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
If You're Man Enough
1960
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Futaridake no taiyō
1961
The Paper Crane
1962
Today is Payday
General Manager of General Affairs Department
1952
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Case of a Young Lord 8
1960
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
Yakuza Vassal
1966Inu to Asachan
1969Young Lord and Second Son
1961