Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
28 April 1917
Died
1 November 1999
Place of birth
Hokkaido, Japan
Also known as
千秋實 · مینورو چیاکی · Mindru Chiaki
Biography
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.
Bekannt für
8.5
Film
Seven Samurai
Heihachi Hayashida
1954
8.3
Film
Ikiru
Noguchi
1952
8.4
Film
High and Low
First Reporter
1963
7.0
Film
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
7.5
Film
A Carpenter and Children
1962
8.0
Film
Rashomon
Priest
1950
9.0
Film
The Sharks
1964
8.0
Film
If You're Man Enough
1960
0.0
Film
Tokyo's Business District
1962
7.0
Film
Yakuza of Ina
Kichitaro
1960
5.3
Film
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
7.9
Film
Throne of Blood
Yoshiaki Miki
1957
6.4
Film
A House in the Quarter
Jinzo Takesue
1963
8.0
Film
The Hidden Fortress
Tahei
1958
9.0
Film
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980
7.3
Film
I Live in Fear
Jiro Nakajima
1955
6.2
Film
Gray Sunset
Fuyukichi Takano
1985
7.0
Film
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Shimizu
1969
9.0
Film
Beauty and the Thief
Takeichi no Takamaru
1952
6.5
Film
Official with a Tattoo
1960
7.6
Film
Stray Dog
Girlie Show director
1949
7.5
Film
Black Thief
1964
7.0
Film
The Idiot
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
1951
6.0
Film
Godzilla Raids Again
Kôji Kobayashi
1955
7.8
Film
The Face of Another
Apartment Superintendent
1966
Acting credits 25 titles
Gray Sunset
as Fuyukichi Takano
6.2
1985
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
9.0
1980
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
as Shimizu
7.0
1969
The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent
7.8
1966
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
7.0
1965
Black Thief
7.5
1964
The Sharks
9.0
1964
A House in the Quarter
as Jinzo Takesue
6.4
1963
High and Low
as First Reporter
8.4
1963
A Carpenter and Children
7.5
1962
Tokyo's Business District
0.0
1962
If You're Man Enough
8.0
1960
Yakuza of Ina
as Kichitaro
7.0
1960
Official with a Tattoo
6.5
1960
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
5.3
1959
The Hidden Fortress
as Tahei
8.0
1958
Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki
7.9
1957
I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima
7.3
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kôji Kobayashi
6.0
1955
Seven Samurai
as Heihachi Hayashida
8.5
1954
Beauty and the Thief
as Takeichi no Takamaru
9.0
1952
Ikiru
as Noguchi
8.3
1952
The Idiot
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
7.0
1951
Rashomon
as Priest
8.0
1950
Stray Dog
as Girlie Show director
7.6
1949