Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Minoru Chiaki (ๅ็ง ๅฎ 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.
Filmography (14)
Gray Sunset
as Fuyukichi Takano
The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent
High and Low
as First Reporter
The Hidden Fortress
as Tahei
The Lower Depths
as Former Samurai
Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Sasuke the boatman
I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kรดji Kobayashi
Seven Samurai
as Heihachi Hayashida
Ikiru
as Noguchi
The Idiot
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
Rashomon
as Priest
Stray Dog
as Girlie Show director