- Films
- 17
- Avg rating
- 7.58
- Peak run
- 1957’66
- 7+ run
- 7 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Minoru by the numbers
Average
7.58
12 rated films
Vote weighted
7.66
bigger films count more
Median
7.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.75
rating spread
Career
17y
1950 to 1966
Total votes
870K
across every film
Best
8.6
Seven Samurai
Worst
5.7
Godzilla Raids Again
Newest first
Filmography
| 1966 |  The Face of Another | Apartment Superintendent | 7.8 | 12,388 |
| 1962 | The Inheritance | Junichi Fujii | 7.4 | 1,336 |
| 1962 | Love Under the Crucifix | · | · | 465 |
| 1960 | Hero of the Red-Light District | Jôsuke | · | 380 |
| 1959 | Gigantis: The Fire Monster | Koji Kobayashi | · | 275 |
| 1958 |  The Hidden Fortress | Tahei | 8.0 | 46,514 |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths | Tonosama - the former Samurai | 7.2 | 6,527 |
| 1957 |  Throne of Blood | Yoshiaki Miki | 8.0 | 61,103 |
| 1956 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Sasuke the boatman | 7.5 | 7,346 |
| 1956 | A Wife's Heart | Zenichi | · | 279 |
| 1955 |  Godzilla Raids Again | Kôji Kobayashi | 5.7 | 10,085 |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear | Jiro Nakajima | 7.3 | 6,260 |
| 1954 |  Seven Samurai | Heihachi | 8.6 | 407K |
| 1952 | Vendetta of a Samurai | · | · | 318 |
| 1952 |  Ikiru | Noguchi | 8.3 | 104K |
| 1951 | The Idiot | Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary | 7.1 | 6,336 |
| 1950 |  Rashomon | Priest | 8.1 | 199K |
Better together?
Minoru Chiaki's regulars
- Akira KurosawaDirector and actor · 6 films · 7.82 avg▲+0.26
- Toshirō MifuneCo-star · 6 films · 7.72 avg▲+0.21
- Takashi ShimuraCo-star · 6 films · 7.48 avg▲+0.08
- Motoyoshi OdaDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.70 avg▼−0.84
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Minoru Chiaki
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