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