Minoru Chiaki
Acting
Born: 1917-04-28 in Hokkaido, Japan
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.
Known For
Seven Samurai
Heihachi Hayashida
High and Low
First Reporter
Rashomon
Priest
Ikiru
Noguchi
Throne of Blood
Yoshiaki Miki
If You're Man Enough
The Hidden Fortress
Tahei
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
A House in the Quarter
Jinzo Takesue
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Godzilla Raids Again
Kôji Kobayashi
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
The Face of Another
Apartment Superintendent
A Carpenter and Children
Tokyo's Business District
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Shimizu
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Onodera Heichô
The Sharks
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Sasuke the boatman
The Idiot
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Love Under the Crucifix
The Inheritance
Junichi Fujii
The Lower Depths
Former Samurai
Stray Dog
Girlie Show director
Gendai no yokubô
Official with a Tattoo
Black Thief
Libido
Taking the Castle
Karafuto 1945 Summer
The Bell of Love
Hero of the Red Light District
Jôsuke
Talkative Wife
Five Ronins
Drunken Sword
Cordon at Midnight
Daigaku no kotengu
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
Amenomori Seikai
Talkative Company President
Omaeda (President)