

Acting
Minoru Chiaki (April 28, 1917 - November 1, 1999) 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. Later in his career he appeared as a secondary actor in many Toei films. In 1986 he was given the Best Actor prize at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performance in Toei's Gray Sunset (1985). Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Chiaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Highest rated appearances
Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
as Shimizu
Inu to Asachan

Libido

Song of Love
as The Ship-master

Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kitao Momose

The Face of Another
as Apartment Superintendent

Zero Fighter

Yakuza Vassal

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Taking the Castle

Black Thief

Kono sora no aru kagiri

The Sharks

Sasuke and His Comedians
as Yukimura Sanada

Jolly Barbers
as Ebina Ginpei

A House in the Quarter
as Jinzo Takesue

20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
as Kakurai Yosuke

Five Ronins

Uogashi no senpū musume

High and Low
as First Reporter

Street of Wandering Men

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2

The Paper Crane

The Body

Lion Festival of Echigo

Drunken Sword

Tokyo's Business District

The Phantom Goblin

A Carpenter and Children

Love Under the Crucifix

The Ambitious Youth

The Christian Revolt

The Princess and the Bearded Lord

The Inheritance
as Junichi Fujii

Till Tomorrow Is

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

Run, Genta, Run!
Young Lord and Second Son

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia

The Youth and His Amulet

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

Young Lord Yakuza

Futaridake no taiyō

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1

Case of a Young Lord 8

If You're Man Enough

Scarier than the Devil

Mighty Shosuke

Shinran, Part II

What Price Love?
as Matashiro

Hero of the Red Light District
as Jôsuke

Lord Mito: All Star Version

Shinran

Won't Stand for Dying
as Brother Ryota

Official with a Tattoo

Yakuza of Ina
as Kichitaro

Samurai Vagabonds

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Onodera Heichô

Pilgrimage at Night
as Nobuyuki

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Saga of the Vagabonds
as Jibu

The Bell of Love

Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)

Three 'Black Crow' Wives

Talkative Wife
Our Mother

Unmarried

The Unleashed Lord

Goblin in Stirrups

The Hidden Fortress
as Tahei

Flower's Yearning
as Yanami Fukuzo

The Bride In Uguisu Castle

Eight Views of Samurai

Little Peach
as Saburo Yoshida

Fearless Opposition

A Bridge for Two Alone

The Scarlet Cherry Lord

The Scroll’s Secret

Skin-Colored Moon
as Umekichi Ishikura

The Lower Depths
as Former Samurai

The Men of Toho-ku
as Tasuke Zummu

The Shadow Daughter
as Eri Kiku Owner

Turtledove

The 36 Passengers

Ujō
as Kenkichi Tanabe

Throne of Blood
as Yoshiaki Miki

Talkative Company President
as Omaeda (President)

The Mandarin Room
as Minagawa

A Strong Wind Blows
as Zentarō (Takako’s brother)

The Hoodlum and the Young Master

Gendai no yokubô

Scoundrel

A Wife's Heart
as Zenichi

The Vampire Moth
as Sango Kawase

All Sold Out

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Sasuke the boatman

I Live in Fear
as Jiro Nakajima

Tactics of Love

Godzilla Raids Again
as Kôji Kobayashi

The Immortal Pitcher

Bodyguard from Hell

A Girl Who Delivers Happiness

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

Mother's First Love

Jirocho in Disgrace

乾杯!女学生

The Story of Shunkin

Seven Samurai
as Heihachi Hayashida

Mole Alley

Sunflower Girl

Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru

Ikiru
as Noguchi

Today is Payday
as General Manager of General Affairs Department

Beauty and the Thief
as Takeichi no Takamaru

Daigaku no kotengu

Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo

Riverside Fish Market Empire

Vendetta of a Samurai

Sekidô matsuri
Wakôdo no uta
as Hayashi

Saijoke no kyoen

The Idiot
as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

Koi no Oranda-zaka

Cordon at Midnight

The Emperor's Hat
Golden Beast
as Eiji Yabuki

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

Rashomon
as Priest
Beyond the Hills

Scandal