Minoru Chiaki
April 28, 1917 – 1999
Biography
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Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実 Chiaki Minoru) 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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Known For
Seven Samurai
1954
High and Low
1963
Ikiru
1952
Rashomon
1950
Throne of Blood
1957
The Hidden Fortress
1958
Stray Dog
1949
The Idiot
1951
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
The Face of Another
1966
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
I Live in Fear
1955
The Lower Depths
1957
The Youth and His Amulet
1961