Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

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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 and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. Ironically, in real life he turned out to be the last of the seven actors to die.

Later in his career he appeared as a secondary actor in many Toei films. In 1...

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The Hidden Fortress

As Tahei

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Rashomon

As Priest

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Godzilla Raids Again

As Kôji Kobayashi

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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1

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Oogonju

As Eiji Yabuki

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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2

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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion

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Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

As Shimizu

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Ikiru

As Noguchi

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Bodyguard from Hell

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I Live in Fear

As Jiro Nakajima

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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

As Sasuke the boatman

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Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella

As Kakurai Yosuke

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The Idiot

As Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

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Young Lord Yakuza

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The Lower Depths

As Former Samurai

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High and Low

As First Reporter

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Till Tomorow Comes

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The Face of Another

As Apartment Superintendent

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Samurai Vagabonds

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Sekidô matsuri

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Today is Payday

As General Manager of General Affairs Department

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Riverside Fish Market Empire

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Shinran

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Eight Views of Samurai

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Love Under the Crucifix

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The Emperor's Hat

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Vendetta of a Samurai

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Innocent Sinner

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Tokyo's Business District

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If You're Man Enough

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What Price Love?

As Matashiro

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The Story of Shunkin

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Inu to Asachan

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Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e

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Gigantis, the Fire Monster

As Kôji Kobayashi

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Shinran, Part II

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Koto—The Lake of Tears

As Kitao Momose

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Gray Sunset

As Fuyukichi Takano

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Stray Dog

As Girlie Show director

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Throne of Blood

As Yoshiaki Miki

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Wife

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Hero of the Red Light District

As Jôsuke

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Yakuza of Ina

As Kichitaro

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A Wife's Heart

As Zenichi

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Little Peach

As Saburo Yoshida

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Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure

As Amenomori Seikai

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The Scroll’s Secret

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The Inheritance

As Junichi Fujii

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A Carpenter and Children

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Zero Fighter

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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

As Onodera Heichô

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Run, Genta, Run!

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The Vampire Moth

As Sango Kawase

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Mother's First Love

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Beyond the Hills

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The Paper Crane

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The Rainbow-Colored Flower

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The Phantom Goblin

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乾杯!女学生

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Saga of the Vagabonds

As Jibu

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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

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The Ambitious Youth

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Black Thief

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Libido

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The Bride In Uguisu Castle

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Sasuke and His Comedians

As Yukimura Sanada

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A House in the Quarter

As Jinzo Takesue

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Young Lord and Second Son

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Mole Alley

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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi

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Drunken Sword

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Five Ronins

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The Christian Revolt

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Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2

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Goblin in Stirrups

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Wakôdo no uta

As Hayashi

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The Youth and His Amulet

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Scarier than the Devil

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Futari dake no hashi

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Jirocho in Disgrace

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Karafuto 1945 Summer

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Beauty and the Thief

As Takeichi no Takamaru

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Taking the Castle

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Street of Wandering Men

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Mighty Shosuke

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Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

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Seven Samurai

As Heihachi Hayashida

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The Body

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Scoundrel

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Pilgrimage at Night

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Sunflower Girl

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Case of a Young Lord 8

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Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia

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The Scarlet Cherry Lord

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Lord Mito: All Star Version

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Scandal

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Song of Love

As The Ship-master

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Official with a Tattoo

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The Unleashed Lord

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Lion Festival of Echigo

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The Princess and the Bearded Lord

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Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai

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Jolly Barbers

As Ebina Ginpei

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Yakuza Vassal

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Won't Stand for Dying

As Brother Ryota

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Fearless Opposition

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Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi