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]
Minoru Chiaki | |
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千秋 実 | |
![]() Chiaki in a press photo from Rashomon (1950) | |
Born | Katsuji Sasaki April 28, 1917 |
Died | November 1, 1999 | (aged 82)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1949–1999 |
Spouse | Fumie Sasaki |
Children | Katsuhiko Sasaki |
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
editFilm
edit- 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)
Television
edit- Kunitori Monogatari (1973) – Oda Nobuhide
- Edo no Kaze (1975)
- Sekigahara (1981) – Yamauchi Kazutoyo
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "千秋 実" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ "Awards for Hana ichimonme (1985)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Minoru Chiaki.
- Minoru Chiaki at IMDb
- Minoru Chiaki at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)