Where to watch Minoru Chiaki in the UK
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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.
Minoru Chiaki films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Minoru Chiaki, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- Seven Samurai (1954) as Heihachi Hayashida
- Ikiru (1952) as Noguchi
- High and Low (1963) as First Reporter
- Rashomon (1950) as Priest
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Yoshiaki Miki
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as Kôji Kobayashi
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) as Tahei
- Tokyo's Business District (1962) Cast
- Stray Dog (1949) as Girlie Show director
- The Face of Another (1966) as Apartment Superintendent
- Beauty and the Thief (1952) as Takeichi no Takamaru
- Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 (1963) Cast
- Black Thief (1964) Cast
- Official with a Tattoo (1960) Cast
- Wakôdo no uta (1951) as Hayashi
- Scoundrel (1956) Cast
- The Princess and the Bearded Lord (1962) Cast
- Lion Festival of Echigo (1962) Cast
- Libido (1967) Cast
- Drunken Sword (1962) Cast
- Koi no Oranda-zaka (1951) Cast
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) as Onodera Heichô
- A Girl Who Delivers Happiness (1955) Cast
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Sasuke the boatman
- The Idiot (1951) as Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary
- I Live in Fear (1955) as Jiro Nakajima
- Cordon at Midnight (1951) Cast
- A House in the Quarter (1963) as Jinzo Takesue
- Samurai Vagabonds (1960) Cast
- The Inheritance (1962) as Junichi Fujii
- Scandal (1950) Cast
- Saga of the Vagabonds (1959) as Jibu
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) as Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)
- Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure (1987) as Amenomori Seikai
- The Lower Depths (1957) as Former Samurai
- Unmarried (1959) Cast
- Little Peach (1958) as Saburo Yoshida
- Gendai no yokubô (1956) Cast
- The Immortal Pitcher (1955) Cast
- Goblin in Stirrups (1959) Cast
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