Minoru Chiaki
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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Filmography (139 Appearances)
Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure
Gray Sunset
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e
Karafuto 1945 Summer
Innocent Sinner
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Inu to Asachan
Libido
Song of Love
Koto—The Lake of Tears
The Face of Another
Zero Fighter
Yakuza Vassal
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Taking the Castle
Black Thief
Kono sora no aru kagiri
The Sharks
Sasuke and His Comedians
Jolly Barbers
A House in the Quarter
20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Uogashi no senpū musume
Five Ronins
High and Low
Street of Wandering Men
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2
The Paper Crane
The Body
Lion Festival of Echigo
Drunken Sword
Tokyo's Business District
The Phantom Goblin
A Carpenter and Children
Love Under the Crucifix
The Ambitious Youth
The Christian Revolt
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
The Inheritance
Till Tomorrow Is
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Run, Genta, Run!
Young Lord and Second Son
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
The Youth and His Amulet
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
Young Lord Yakuza
Futaridake no taiyō
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
Case of a Young Lord 8
If You're Man Enough
Scarier than the Devil
Mighty Shosuke
Shinran, Part II
What Price Love?
Hero of the Red Light District
Lord Mito: All Star Version
Shinran
Won't Stand for Dying
Official with a Tattoo
Yakuza of Ina
Samurai Vagabonds
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Pilgrimage at Night
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Saga of the Vagabonds
The Bell of Love
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Three 'Black Crow' Wives
Talkative Wife
Our Mother
Unmarried
The Unleashed Lord
Goblin in Stirrups
The Hidden Fortress
Flower's Yearning
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
Eight Views of Samurai
Little Peach
Fearless Opposition
A Bridge for Two Alone
The Scarlet Cherry Lord
The Scroll’s Secret
Skin-Colored Moon
The Lower Depths
The Men of Toho-ku
The Shadow Daughter
Turtledove
The 36 Passengers
Ujō
Throne of Blood
Talkative Company President
The Mandarin Room
A Strong Wind Blows
The Hoodlum and the Young Master
Gendai no yokubô
Scoundrel
A Wife's Heart
The Vampire Moth
All Sold Out
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
I Live in Fear
Tactics of Love
Godzilla Raids Again
The Immortal Pitcher
Bodyguard from Hell
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
Mother's First Love
Jirocho in Disgrace
乾杯！女学生
The Story of Shunkin
Seven Samurai
Mole Alley
Sunflower Girl
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
Ikiru
Today is Payday
Beauty and the Thief
Daigaku no kotengu
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Vendetta of a Samurai
Sekidô matsuri
Wakôdo no uta
Saijoke no kyoen
The Idiot
Koi no Oranda-zaka
Cordon at Midnight
The Emperor's Hat
Golden Beast
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Rashomon
Beyond the Hills
Scandal
Stray Dog