Minoru Chiaki

Actor · Born 28 April 1917 in Hokkaido, Japan · Died 1 November 1999 · 6 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

6 of Minoru Chiaki’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 6 on Cineasterna. Highest rated available: Seven Samurai (1954) ★ 8.6.

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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Acting

• High and Low (1963)
• Ikiru (1952)
• Seven Samurai (1954)
• Rashomon (1950)
• The Hidden Fortress (1958)
• Throne of Blood (1957)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Stray Dog (1949)
• Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
• The Face of Another (1966)
• The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
• The Lower Depths (1957)
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
• The Idiot (1951)
• I Live in Fear (1955)
• Scandal (1950)
• Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)
• The Inheritance (1962)
• Love Under the Crucifix (1962)