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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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- Seven Samurai (1954) as Heihachi Hayashida
- Ikiru (1952) as Noguchi
- High and Low (1963) as First Reporter
- Rashomon (1950) as Priest
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Yoshiaki Miki
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as Kôji Kobayashi
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) as Tahei
- Stray Dog (1949) as Girlie Show director
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Sasuke the boatman
- I Live in Fear (1955) as Jiro Nakajima
- The Face of Another (1966) as Apartment Superintendent
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
- The Idiot (1951) as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
- A House in the Quarter (1963) as Jinzo Takesue
- The Inheritance (1962) as Junichi Fujii
- Scandal (1950) Cast
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) as Onodera Heichô
- Little Peach (1958) as Saburo Yoshida
- Vendetta of a Samurai (1952) Cast
- The Lower Depths (1957) as Former Samurai
- Love Under the Crucifix (1962) Cast
- A Wife's Heart (1956) as Zenichi
- Young Lord Yakuza (1961) Cast
- The Body (1962) Cast
- The Vampire Moth (1956) as Sango Kawase
- Sunflower Girl (1953) Cast
- Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi (1954) Cast
- The Youth and His Amulet (1961) Cast
- Beyond the Hills (1950) Cast
- Karafuto 1945 Summer (1974) Cast
- Mole Alley (1953) Cast
- A Bridge for Two Alone (1958) Cast
- Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella (1963) as Kakurai Yosuke
- Lord Mito: All Star Version (1960) Cast
- Zero Fighter (1966) Cast
- Hero of the Red Light District (1960) as Jôsuke
- Gray Sunset (1985) as Fuyukichi Takano
- Samurai Vagabonds (1960) Cast
- Street of Wandering Men (1963) Cast
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965) Cast
- Jirocho in Disgrace (1954) Cast
- 乾杯！女学生 (1954) Cast
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959) Cast
- The Sharks (1964) Cast
- Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel (1962) Cast
- Won't Stand for Dying (1960) as Brother Ryota
- Eight Views of Samurai (1958) Cast
- The Paper Crane (1962) Cast
- Skin-Colored Moon (1957) as Umekichi ishikura
- The Unleashed Lord (1959) Cast
- Fearless Opposition (1958) Cast
- Shinran, Part II (1960) Cast
- Saga of the Vagabonds (1959) as Jibu
- The Story of Shunkin (1954) Cast
- Song of Love (1967) as The Ship-master
- Till Tomorrow Is (1962) Cast
- The Phantom Goblin (1962) Cast
- Sasuke and His Comedians (1963) as Yukimura Sanada
- Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966) as Kitao Momose
- Talkative Company President (1957) as Omaeda (President)
- A Carpenter and Children (1962) Cast
- Scarier than the Devil (1960) Cast
- Mighty Shosuke (1960) Cast
- Scoundrel (1956) Cast
- Mother's First Love (1954) Cast
- Yakuza of Ina (1960) as Kichitaro
- The Ambitious Youth (1962) Cast
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2 (1961) Cast
- Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido (1962) Cast
- Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai (1980) Cast
- Innocent Sinner (1970) Cast
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey (1962) Cast
- Jolly Barbers (1963) as Ebina Ginpei
- Case of a Young Lord 8 (1960) Cast
- Sekidô matsuri (1951) Cast
- Run, Genta, Run! (1961) Cast
- Today is Payday (1952) as General Manager of General Affairs Department
- Five Ronins (1963) Cast
- Uogashi no senpū musume (1963) Cast
- Bodyguard from Hell (1955) Cast
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