Minoru Chiaki
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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).
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Acted in
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
1987
as Amenomori Seikai
Gray Sunset
1985
as Fuyukichi Takano
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
1977
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
Innocent Sinner
1970
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
1969
as Shimizu
Inu to Asachan
1969
Libido
1967
Song of Love
1967
as The Ship-master
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
as Kitao Momose
The Face of Another
1966
as Apartment Superintendent
Zero Fighter
1966
Yakuza Vassal
1966
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
Taking the Castle
1965
Black Thief
1964
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
as Yukimura Sanada
Jolly Barbers
1963
as Ebina Ginpei
A House in the Quarter
1963
as Jinzo Takesue
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion
1963
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
1963
as Kakurai Yosuke
Five Ronins
1963
High and Low
1963
as First Reporter
Street of Wandering Men
1963
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963
The Paper Crane
1962
The Body
1962
Lion Festival of Echigo
1962
Drunken Sword
1962
Tokyo's Business District
1962
The Phantom Goblin
1962
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
The Ambitious Youth
1962
The Christian Revolt
1962
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1962
The Inheritance
1962
as Junichi Fujii
Till Tomorow Comes
1962
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Young Lord and Second Son
1961
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
1961
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
1961
Case of a Young Lord 8
1960
If You're Man Enough
1960
Scarier than the Devil
1960
Mighty Shosuke
1960
Shinran, Part II
1960
What Price Love?
1960
as Matashiro
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
as Jôsuke
Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960
Shinran
1960
Won't Stand for Dying
1960
as Brother Ryota
Official with a Tattoo
1960
Yakuza of Ina
1960
as Kichitaro
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
as Onodera Heichô
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959
as Jibu
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
as Kôji Kobayashi
The Unleashed Lord
1959
Goblin in Stirrups
1959
The Hidden Fortress
1958
as Tahei
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958
Eight Views of Samurai
1958
Little Peach
1958
as Saburo Yoshida
Fearless Opposition
1958
Futari dake no hashi
1958
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
The Lower Depths
1957
as Former Samurai
Throne of Blood
1957
as Yoshiaki Miki
Scoundrel
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Zenichi
The Vampire Moth
1956
as Sango Kawase
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Sasuke the boatman
I Live in Fear
1955
as Jiro Nakajima
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
as Kôji Kobayashi
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
Mother's First Love
1954
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
乾杯！女学生
1954
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Seven Samurai
1954
as Heihachi Hayashida
Mole Alley
1953
Wife
1953
Sunflower Girl
1953
Ikiru
1952
as Noguchi
Today is Payday
1952
as General Manager of General Affairs Department
Beauty and the Thief
1952
as Takeichi no Takamaru
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
Sekidô matsuri
1951
Wakôdo no uta
1951
as Hayashi
The Idiot
1951
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
The Emperor's Hat
1950
Oogonju
1950
as Eiji Yabuki
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
Rashomon
1950
as Priest
Beyond the Hills
1950
Scandal
1950
Stray Dog
1949
as Girlie Show director