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Minoru Chiaki is a Actor Japonais born on 28 april 1917 at Bifuka (Japon)
Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実, Chiaki Minoru, 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).
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Birth name Katsuji Sasaki
Nationality Japon
Birth 28 april 1917 at Bifuka (Japon)
Death 1 november 1999 (at 82 years) at Fuchū City (Japon)
Nationality Japon
Birth 28 april 1917 at Bifuka (Japon)
Death 1 november 1999 (at 82 years) at Fuchū City (Japon)
Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実, Chiaki Minoru, 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).
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Minoru Chiaki, de son vrai nom Katsuji Sasaki, a tourné dans près de 114 films entre 1949 et 1985.Best films
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Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo (2009)
Directed by Kozo Saeki
Actors Chiemi Eri, Jun Negami, Ayako Wakao, Minoru Chiaki
Gray Sunset (1985)
, 2h2Directed by Shun’ya Itō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Minoru Chiaki, Yukiyo Toake, Teruhiko Saigō, Ittoku Kishibe, Haruko Katō, Shigeru Kōyama
Roles Fuyukichi Takano
Rating62%
L'histoire d'un homme atteint par la maladie d'Alzheimer.
Karafuto 1945 Summer (1974)
, 2hGenres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Yumiko Fujita, Midori Kiuchi, Yōko Minamida, Minoru Chiaki, Akira Kume, Tetsurō Tanba
Rating65%
The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.
Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966)
, 2h10Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ganjirō Nakamura, Katsuo Nakamura, Jun Hamamura, Minoru Chiaki, Michiyo Kogure, Kirin Kiki
Roles Kitao Momose
Rating74%
Saku, une jeune fille qui fabrique des cordes de shamisen, instrument de musique japonais, est amoureuse d'un de ses collègues. Mais lorsqu'elle se rend au lac Yogo dans la préfecture de Shiga pour devenir l'élève d'un célèbre professeur de musique, ce dernier l'oblige à se donner à lui.
The Face of Another (1966)
, 2h2Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyō, Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kishida, Mikijirō Hira, Minoru Chiaki
Roles Apartment Superintendent
Rating78%
Okuyama's face was disfigured in an industrial accident, and his face is completely covered in burns; he wears bandages to cover them. He visits Dr. Hira, a psychiatrist who is able to fashion a "mask" for Okuyama to wear which is indistinguishable from the face on which it is modeled.
Sasuke and His Comedians (1963)
, 1h30Directed by Tai Katō
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Musical films
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Misako Watanabe, Mickey Curtis, Minoru Chiaki, Masakane Yonekura, Kei Satō
Roles Yukimura Sanada
Rating63%
High and Low (1963)
, 2h23Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura
Roles First Reporter
Rating83%
A wealthy executive named Kingo Gondo (Toshiro Mifune) is in a struggle to gain control of a company called National Shoes. One faction wants the company to make cheap, low quality shoes for the impulse market as opposed to the sturdy but unfashionable shoes currently being produced. Gondo believes that the long-term future of the company will be best served by well made shoes with modern styling, though this plan is unpopular because it means lower profits in the short term. He has secretly set up a leveraged buyout to gain control of the company, mortgaging all he has.
The Christian Revolt (1962)
, 1h40Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Actors Minoru Chiaki, Rentarō Mikuni, Yoshi Katō, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Mikijirō Hira, Kei Satō
Roles Tanaka
Rating66%
En 1637, la péninsule de Shimabara, située sur le golfe de Nagasaki, fut le théâtre d'une importante révolte de paysans chrétiens. Pour protester contre un impôt supplémentaire qui les visait, trente-cinq mille hommes prirent d'assaut le château local. Ils y restèrent barricadés pendant près de trois mois, subissant un siège terrible des forces du shogun appuyées par l'artillerie de quelques navires hollandais. Ils furent tous massacrés pour l'exemple.
Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
, 1h42Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Ineko Arima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ganjirō Nakamura, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Takamine, Osamu Takizawa
Rating66%
L'histoire d'amour contrariée entre Gin, la fille de Sen no Rikyū et Ukon Takayama, un seigneur en butte à la persécution des chrétiens décrétée par Hideyoshi Toyotomi
, 1h49Directed by Tomu Uchida
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Chiezō Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Yaeko Mizutani, Minoru Chiaki, Sadako Sawamura, Fumiko Okamura
Roles Jôsuke
Rating74%
Jirozaemon est un riche et honnête fabricant de soie qui avait été abandonné à la naissance par une famille inconnue mais sans doute aisée. Il est affecté d'une cicatrice au visage dont l'extrême laideur fait fuir les femmes. Comme il souhaite une épouse coûte que coûte, des clients lui arrangent des rencontres : en vain. Ils décident un jour de distraire le malheureux en l'emmenant à Yoshiwara, le quartier des plaisirs de Edo (ancien nom de Tokyo). Là-bas, même les geishas ne veulent pas lui tenir compagnie. Seule Tamatsuru, une prostituée de bas-étage sortant de prison et décidée à monter dans la hiérarchie sociale, accepte la compagnie du « monstre ». Celui-ci s'en émeut. Elle lui promet le mariage s'il l'aide à devenir « première courtisane ». Jirozaemon se ruine pour elle, à un moment où son entreprise traverse une mauvaise passe, avant de réaliser que le tout Yoshiwara s'est moqué de lui.
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
, 2h4Directed by Tomu Uchida
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima, Chiezō Kataoka, Minoru Chiaki, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarō Shindō
Roles Hachiemon Tanbaya, l'ami de Chubei
Rating72%
Chubei a été adopté dans la famille Kameya, qui possède une maison de courrier à Osaka. Ces établissements sont notamment chargés d'assurer le transport de sommes d'argent qui leur sont confiées. Chubei est un jeune homme travailleur et naïf, destiné à devenir l'héritier de la maison Kameya et doit épouser Otoku, la fille de la propriétaire. Après une réunion avec des représentants des dix-huit maisons de courrier d'Osaka où il a été décidé du bannissement d'un transporteur ayant détourné un ryō dont il avait la charge, Hachiemon Tanbaya emmène un Chubei récalcitrant à Shinmachi, le quartier des plaisirs, dans la maison Tsuchiya.
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
, 2h19Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Misa Uehara, Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita
Roles Tahei
Rating80%
The film begins with two bedraggled peasants, Tahei and Matashichi (Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara). Through conversation, they reveal that they had intended to fight alongside the Yamana clan, but turned up too late, were taken for soldiers of the defeated Akizuki clan, and forced to bury the dead. After quarreling and splitting up, the two are both captured again and forced to dig for gold in the Akizuki castle with other prisoners.
The Lower Depths (1957)
, 2h5Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura, Minoru Chiaki, Bokuzen Hidari
Roles Former Samurai
Rating71%
In a run-down Edo tenement, an elderly man (Rokubei) and his bitter wife (Osugi) rent out rooms and beds to the poor. The tenants are gamblers, prostitutes, petty thieves and drunk layabouts, all struggling to survive. The landlady’s younger sister (Okayo) who helps the landlords with the maintenance of the place, brings in an old man (Kahei) and rents him a bed. Kahei quickly assumes the role of the mediator and grandfatherly figure, though there is an air of mystery about him and some of the tenants suspect his past is not unblemished.
Throne of Blood (1957)
, 1h45Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Théâtre, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Akira Kubo, Kokuten Kōdō
Roles Yoshiaki Miki
Rating79%
Generals Miki and Washizu are Samurai commanders under a local lord, Lord Tsuzuki, who reigns in the castle of the Spider's Web Forest. After defeating the lord's enemies in battle, they return to Tsuzuki's castle. On their way through the thick forest surrounding the castle, they meet a spirit, who foretells their future. The spirit tells them that today Washizu will be named Lord of the Northern Garrison and Miki will now be commander of the first fortress. She then foretells that Washizu will eventually become Lord of Spiderweb Castle, and finally she tells Miki that his son will also become lord of the castle.
The Vampire Moth (1956)
Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Genres Horror
Actors Ryō Ikebe, Eijirō Tōno, Minoru Chiaki, Chieko Nakakita
Roles Sango Kawase
Rating58%