10.9 KB · ⇊ 7 parts · ⤓ Micron 10.9 KB · ⤓ HTML 37.9 KB

top

Minoru Chiaki (Japanese: 千秋 実, Hepburn: Chiaki Minoru; April 28, 1917 – November 1, 1999) was a Japanese actor who appeared in eleven of Akira Kurosawa's films, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and The Hidden Fortress. He was also one of Kon Ichikawa's favorite actors.cite-ref-koto-1-0[1]

He attended, but did not graduate from, Chuo University.cite-ref-koto-1-1[1] Later in his career, he appeared as a secondary actor in many Toei films. In 1986, he won the Best Actor at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performance in Gray Sunset (1985).cite-ref-2[2]

He died of cardiac and pulmonary failure at age 82. His son Katsuhiko Sasaki is also an actor.cite-ref-koto-1-2[1]

• Filmography

• Film

• Television

• Honours

• References

• External links

• Stray Dog (1949) – Girlie Show director

• Rashōmon (1950) – Priest

• Nanairo no hana (1950) – Tahei Izumi

• Koi no Oranda-zaka (1951) – Suekichi

• The Idiot (1951) – Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

• Araki Mataemon: Kettô kagiya no tsuji (1952)

• Mōjū tsukai no shōjo (1952)

• Bijo to touzoku (1952) – Takeichi no Takamaru

• Kyô wa kaisha no gekkyûbi (1952) – Chief of General Affairs

• Ikiru (1952) – Noguchi

• Mogura yokochô (1953)

• Seven Samurai (1954) – Heihachi Hayashida, one of the samurai

• Shunkin monogatari (1954) – Teizo

• Kakute yume ari (1954) – Sensuke Nasu

• Saizansu nitôryû (1954) – Kojirô Sasaki / Daijirô – His son / Danjûrô – Travelling actor

• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) – Kobayashi

• Ryanko no Yatarô (1955) – Gozematsu

• Kaettekita wakadan'na (1955) – Igarashi

• I Live in Fear (1955) – Jiro Nakajima

• Jirochô yûkyôden: amagi garasu (1955)

• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) – Sasuke the boatman

• Kyûketsu-ga (1956) – Sango Kawase

• A Wife's Heart (1956) – Zenichi

• Narazu-mono (1956) – Sobei

• Gendai no yokubô (1956) – Mikami

• Oshidori no mon (1956)

• Oshaberi shacho (1957)

• Throne Of Blood (1957) – Yoshiaki Miki

• Ujô (1957) - Kenkichi Tanabe

• Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku (1957) – Motohashi – Drug Salesman

• Hikage no musume (1957)

• Tôhoku no zunmu-tachi (1957) – Tasuke

• The Lower Depths (1957) – Tonosama – the former Samurai

• Hadairo no tsuki (1957) – Umekichi Ishikura

• Ninjutsu suikoden inazuma kotengu (1958)

• Futari dake no hashi (1958) – Kaikichi Ishida

• Anzukko (1958) – Saburo Yoshida

• Uguisu-jô no hanayome (1958)

• Hana no bojô (1958) – Fukuzô Yanami

• The Hidden Fortress (1958) – Tahei

• Oshaberi okusan (1959)

• Sengoku gunto-den (1959) – Jibu

• Naniwa no koi no monogatari (1959)

• Anyakôro (1959) – Nobuyuki Tokito

• The Human Condition (1959) – Onodera Heichô

• Sâtsu rarete tama ruka (I) (1960)

• Mito Komon 3: All Star Version (1960)

• Case of a Young Lord 8 (1960) – Sasajima Toshizo

• Shinran (1960) – Seizenbo

• Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri (1960) – Jôsuke

• Shirakoya Komako (1960) – Matashirô

• Zoku shinran (1960)

• Yatarô gasa (1960) – Kichitaro

• Gen to fudômyô-ô (1961)

• Hadakakko (1961) – Sandwich man

• Ashita aru kagiri (1962)

• The Inheritance (1962) - Junichi Fujii

• Amakusa Shirô Tokisada (1962) – Sôho Tanaka

• Love Under the Crucifix

• Chiisakobe (1962) – Dairoku

• Kigeki: Detatoko shôbu – 'Chinjarara monogatari' yori (1962) – Tarô Yamada

• Hibari Chiemi no Yaji Kita Dochu (1963)

• Hibari Chiemi no oshidori senryô gasa (1963)

• High and Low (1963) – Journalist

• Uogashi no sempû musume (1963)

• Gobanchô yûgirirô (1963) – Takematsu

• Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1963) – Yukimura Sanada

• Rojingai no kaoyaku (1963) – Fujimura Genzaemon

• The Body (1964) – Sasaki

• Samé (1964) – Shirosa

• Kono sora no aru kagiri (1964) – Ryûtarô Nogami

• Taking The Castle (1965) – Sanai

• Hiya-meshi to Osan to Chan (1965) – Nakagawa (episode 1)

• Zero faita dai kûsen (1966)

• The Face of Another (1966) – Apartment Superintendent

• Lake of Tears (1966) – Kidayu Momose

• Hatamoto yakuza (1966)

• Ai no Sanka (1967) – The Ship-master

• Sei no kigen (1967) – Girl's father

• Nippon ichi no danzetsu otoko (1969) – Shimizu

• Yoru no isoginchaku (1970) – Pastor

• Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon (1974) – Planter

• Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e (1977)

• Tokugawa ichizoku no houkai (1980)

• Gray Sunset (Hana Ichimonme) (1985) – Fuyukichi Takano

• Don Matsugorô no daibôken (1987) – Amenomori Seikai (final film role)

• Kunitori Monogatari (1973) – Oda Nobuhide

• Edo no Kaze (1975)

• Sekigahara (1981) – Yamauchi Kazutoyo

• Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1989)

cite-note-koto-11. ↑ "千秋 実" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

cite-note-22. ↑ "Awards for Hana ichimonme (1985)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to

Minoru Chiaki

.

• Minoru Chiaki at IMDb

• Minoru Chiaki at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)