Minoru Chiaki
Born April 28, 1917 (Age: 108)
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Hokkaido, Japan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Chiaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Chiaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
1987
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as Amenomori Seikai
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Age: 70
Gray Sunset
1985
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as Fuyukichi Takano
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Age: 68
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980
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as
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Age: 63
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
1977
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as
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Age: 59
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
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as
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Age: 57
Innocent Sinner
1970
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as
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Age: 53
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
1969
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as Shimizu
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Age: 52
No Image
Inu to Asachan
1969
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as
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Age: 52
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
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as
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Age: 47
Taking the Castle
1965
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Age: 47
Black Thief
1964
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as
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Age: 47
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
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as
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Age: 47
The Sharks
1964
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as
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Age: 47
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
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as Yukimura Sanada
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Age: 46
Jolly Barbers
1963
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as Ebina Ginpei
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Age: 46
A House in the Quarter
1963
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as Jinzo Takesue
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Age: 46
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
1963
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as
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Age: 46
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
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as Kakurai Yosuke
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Age: 46
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
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as
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Age: 45
Five Ronins
1963
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as
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Age: 45
High and Low
1963
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as First Reporter
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Age: 45
Street of Wandering Men
1963
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as
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Age: 45
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
1963
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as
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Age: 45
The Paper Crane
1962
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as
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Age: 45
The Body
1962
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Age: 45
Lion Festival of Echigo
1962
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as
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Age: 45
Drunken Sword
1962
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Age: 45
Tokyo's Business District
1962
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Age: 45
The Phantom Goblin
1962
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Age: 45
A Carpenter and Children
1962
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Age: 45
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
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Age: 45
The Ambitious Youth
1962
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Age: 45
The Christian Revolt
1962
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as
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Age: 44
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
1962
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as
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Age: 44
The Inheritance
1962
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as Junichi Fujii
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Age: 44
As Long as There's Tomorrow
1962
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as
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Age: 44
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
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Age: 44
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
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Age: 44
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
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Age: 44
No Image
Young Lord and Second Son
1961
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Age: 44
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
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Age: 44
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
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Age: 44
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
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as
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Age: 44
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
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Age: 44
Futaridake no taiyō
1961
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Age: 43
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
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as
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Age: 43
Case of a Young Lord 8
1960
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Age: 43
If You're Man Enough
1960
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Age: 43
Scarier than the Devil
1960
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Age: 43
Mighty Shosuke
1960
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Age: 43
Shinran, Part II
1960
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as
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Age: 43
What Price Love?
1960
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as Matashiro
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Age: 43
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
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as Jôsuke
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Age: 43
Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960
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as
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Age: 43
Shinran
1960
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as
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Age: 43
Won't Stand for Dying
1960
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as Brother Ryota
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Age: 43
Official with a Tattoo
1960
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as
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Age: 42
Yakuza of Ina
1960
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as Kichitaro
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Age: 42
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
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as
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Age: 42
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
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as Onodera Heichô
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Age: 42
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
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as
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Age: 42
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
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as
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Age: 42
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959
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as Jibu
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Age: 42
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
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as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
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Age: 42
The Unleashed Lord
1959
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as
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Age: 41
Goblin in Stirrups
1959
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as
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Age: 41
The Hidden Fortress
1958
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as Tahei
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Age: 41
Flower's Yearning
1958
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as Yanami Fukuzo
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Age: 41
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958
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as
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Age: 41
Eight Views of Samurai
1958
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as
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Age: 41
Little Peach
1958
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as Saburo Yoshida
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Age: 41
Fearless Opposition
1958
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as
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Age: 41
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
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as
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Age: 40
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
1958
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Age: 40
The Scroll’s Secret
1958
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Age: 40
The Mandarin Room
1956
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as
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Age: 39
A Strong Wind Blows
1956
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as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)
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Age: 39
Gendai no yokubô
1956
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Age: 39
Scoundrel
1956
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as
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Age: 39
A Wife's Heart
1956
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as Zenichi
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Age: 39
The Vampire Moth
1956
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as Sango Kawase
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Age: 38
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
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as Sasuke the boatman
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Age: 38
I Live in Fear
1955
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as Jiro Nakajima
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Age: 38
Tactics of Love
1955
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as
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Age: 38
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
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as Kôji Kobayashi
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Age: 37
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
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Age: 37
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
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Age: 37
Mother's First Love
1954
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Age: 37
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
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Age: 37
乾杯！女学生
1954
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Age: 37
The Story of Shunkin
1954
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Age: 37
Seven Samurai
1954
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as Heihachi Hayashida
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Age: 36
Mole Alley
1953
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Age: 36
Sunflower Girl
1953
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Age: 35
The Emperor's Hat
1950
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as
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Age: 33
No Image
Oogonju
1950
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as Eiji Yabuki
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Age: 33
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
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Age: 33
Rashomon
1950
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as Priest
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Age: 33
No Image
Beyond the Hills
1950
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Age: 33
Scandal
1950
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Age: 32