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 and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. Ironically, in real life he turned out to be the last of the seven actors to die. 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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Hokkaido, Japan |
|---|---|
| Born | 1917-04-28 |
| Died | 1999-11-01 |
Movies
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
as Amenomori Seikai
1987
Gray Sunset
as Fuyukichi Takano
1985
1974
1970
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
as Shimizu
1969
1969
Song of Love
as The Ship-master
1967
1967
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kitao Momose
1966
The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent
1966
1966
1966
1965
1964
Sasuke and His Comedians
as Yukimura Sanada
1963
Jolly Barbers
as Ebina Ginpei
1963
A House in the Quarter
as Jinzo Takesue
1963
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
as Kakurai Yosuke
1963
1963
High and Low
as First Reporter
1963
1962
1962
1962
1962
1962
1962
The Inheritance
as Junichi Fujii
1962
1962
1961
1961
1960
1960
1960
What Price Love?
as Matashiro
1960
Hero of the Red Light District
as Jôsuke
1960
1960
Won't Stand for Dying
as Brother Ryota
1960
Yakuza of Ina
as Kichitaro
1960
1960
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Onodera Heichô
1959
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Jibu
1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Kôji Kobayashi
1959
1959
1959
The Hidden Fortress
as Tahei
1958
Little Peach
as Saburo Yoshida
1958
1958
1958
The Lower Depths
as Former Samurai
1957
Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki
1957
1956
A Wife's Heart
as Zenichi
1956
The Vampire Moth
as Sango Kawase
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Sasuke the boatman
1956
I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kôji Kobayashi
1955
1955
1954
1954
Seven Samurai
as Heihachi Hayashida
1954
1953
1953
1953
Ikiru
as Noguchi
1952
Today is Payday
as General Manager of General Affairs Department
1952
Beauty and the Thief
as Takeichi no Takamaru
1952
1951
Wakôdo no uta
as Hayashi
1951
The Idiot
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
1951
1950
Golden Beast
as Eiji Yabuki
1950
Rashomon
as Priest
1950
1950
1950
Stray Dog
as Girlie Show director
1949
Minoru Chiaki hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
