Minoru 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).

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Known For

Libido 1967 ★ 10.0
The Face of Another 1966 ★ 7.7
Black Thief 1964 ★ 7.5
High and Low 1963 ★ 8.4
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 1963
Tokyo's Business District 1962
Drunken Sword 1962 ★ 6.0
The Princess and the Bearded Lord 1962
Lion Festival of Echigo 1962
Official with a Tattoo 1960 ★ 6.5
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity 1959 ★ 8.2
Saga of the Vagabonds 1959 ★ 6.8
The Hidden Fortress 1958 ★ 8.0
Throne of Blood 1957 ★ 7.9
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956 ★ 7.2
Scoundrel 1956
Godzilla Raids Again 1955 ★ 6.0
Seven Samurai 1954 ★ 8.5
Ikiru 1952 ★ 8.3
Beauty and the Thief 1952 ★ 9.0
Koi no Oranda-zaka 1951
The Idiot 1951 ★ 7.0
Rashomon 1950 ★ 8.0
Stray Dog 1949 ★ 7.6