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. 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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Acting
Movie
Seven Samurai
as Heihachi Hayashida
1954
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Rashomon
as Priest
1950
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Ikiru
as Noguchi
1952
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High and Low
as First Reporter
1963
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Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki
1957
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The Hidden Fortress
as Tahei
1958
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Stray Dog
as Girlie Show director
1949
Movie
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kôji Kobayashi
1955
Movie
The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent
1966
Movie
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Onodera Heichô
1959
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Sasuke the boatman
1956
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The Lower Depths
as Former Samurai
1957
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The Idiot
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
1951
Movie
I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima
1955
Movie
Scandal
1950
Movie
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
1959
Movie
The Inheritance
as Junichi Fujii
1962
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Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
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Little Peach
as Saburo Yoshida
1958
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Love Under the Crucifix
1962
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A Wife's Heart
as Zenichi
1956
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Hero of the Red Light District
as Jôsuke
1960
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
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The Christian Revolt
1962