Minoru Chiaki
Japanese actor
Minoru Chiaki | |
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千秋 実 | |
Chiaki in a press photo from Rashomon (1950) | |
Born | Katsuji Sasaki (1917-04-28)April 28, 1917 Onnenai, Nakagawa, Kamikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan |
Died | November 1, 1999(1999-11-01) (aged 82) Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1949–1999 |
Spouse | Fumie Sasaki |
Children | Katsuhiko Sasaki |
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)
Television
- Kunitori Monogatari (1973) - Oda Nobuhide
- Edo no Kaze (1975)
- Sekigahara (1981) - Yamauchi Kazutoyo
Honours
References
- ^ 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
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