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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Known for
Lion Festival of Echigo
Seven Samurai
Heihachi Hayashida
Ikiru
Noguchi
High and Low
First Reporter
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Onodera Heichô
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
Rashomon
Priest
Throne of Blood
Yoshiaki Miki
Saga of the Vagabonds
Jibu
The Hidden Fortress
Tahei
Godzilla Raids Again
Kôji Kobayashi
The Face of Another
Apartment Superintendent
I Live in Fear
Jiro Nakajima
Libido
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Sasuke the boatman
Beauty and the Thief
Takeichi no Takamaru
The Idiot
Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Hero of the Red Light District
Jôsuke
Scandal
Mole Alley
The Inheritance
Junichi Fujii
Stray Dog
Girlie Show director
The Lower Depths
Former Samurai
A Wife's Heart
Zenichi
A House in the Quarter
Jinzo Takesue
Little Peach
Saburo Yoshida
Gray Sunset
Fuyukichi Takano
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Sunflower Girl
A Bridge for Two Alone
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Won't Stand for Dying
Brother Ryota
Mother's First Love
Sasuke and His Comedians
Yukimura Sanada
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
Taking the Castle
A Carpenter and Children
The Youth and His Amulet
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Run, Genta, Run!
The Ambitious Youth
Bodyguard from Hell
The Phantom Goblin
乾杯！女学生
As Long as There's Tomorrow
Inu to Asachan
Vendetta of a Samurai
Scarier than the Devil
Young Lord Yakuza
Street of Wandering Men
Yakuza Vassal
Talkative Company President
Omaeda (President)
Song of Love
The Ship-master
Tactics of Love
The Shadow Daughter
Pilgrimage at Night
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Kitao Momose
The Unleashed Lord
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
Tokyo's Business District
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Sekidô matsuri
Today is Payday
General Manager of General Affairs Department
The Scroll’s Secret
The Paper Crane
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Kakurai Yosuke
Five Ronins
Uogashi no senpū musume
Eight Views of Samurai
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
Shinran, Part II
Zero Fighter
The Body
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Shimizu
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
The Sharks
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
If You're Man Enough
Love Under the Crucifix
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Yakuza of Ina
Kichitaro
Shinran
Kono sora no aru kagiri
Beyond the Hills
Futaridake no taiyō
Young Lord and Second Son
The Vampire Moth
Sango Kawase
Jolly Barbers
Ebina Ginpei
Samurai Vagabonds
Fearless Opposition
The Emperor's Hat
Oogonju
Eiji Yabuki
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
Innocent Sinner
The Story of Shunkin
Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Case of a Young Lord 8
Black Thief
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
The Mandarin Room
Mighty Shosuke
The Christian Revolt
A Strong Wind Blows
Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
Wakôdo no uta
Hayashi
Karafuto 1945 Summer
Official with a Tattoo
Skin-Colored Moon
Umekichi ishikura
Lord Mito: All Star Version
What Price Love?
Matashiro
Goblin in Stirrups
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
Drunken Sword
Flower's Yearning
Yanami Fukuzo
Scoundrel
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
Amenomori Seikai