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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.^[1]

He attended, but did not graduate from, Chuo University.^[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).^[2]

He died of cardiac and pulmonary failure at age 82. His son Katsuhiko Sasaki is also an actor.^[1]

Filmography

Film

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 (Kurosawa) (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)