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Minoru Chiaki (Japanese: 千秋 実, Hepburn: Chiaki Minoru, April 28, 1917 – November 1, 1999) was a Japanese actor who appeared in eleven of Akira Kurosawa's films, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and The Hidden Fortress. He was also one of Kon Ichikawa's favorite actors.
Minoru Chiaki. Actor: Seven Samurai. Japanese character actor equally adept at comic or seriously unsavory roles. Chiaki graduated from the University of Chuo with degrees in economics and commerce, but almost immediately found that his interest lay more with the theatre.
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Nov 1, 1999 · Minoru Chiaki was a versatile actor who appeared in many films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. He won the Japan Academy Prize for his role in Toei's Gray Sunset and died in 1986.
Mar 18, 2014 · The two are played by veteran actors Minoru Chiaki (Tahei) and Kamatari Fujiwara (Matashichi), who are more frequently cast in minor roles but deliver extraordinary performances in The Hidden Fortress.
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 and he was the first of the samurai to be killed.
Minoru Chiaki - The Godzilla Cineaste. selected filmography. Round faced, jovial actor who appeared as a regular in many of Kurosawa’s films. He was the first of the titular Seven Samurai to be killed in that film, yet he himself outlived all his co-stars.
Nov 1, 1999 · Minoru Chiaki was a actor who was born in 1917 in and died in 1999 known for Seven Samurai, Rashomon, The Hidden Fortress, Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2: The Lovebird's 1000 Ryo Umbrella, Street of Wandering Men, Kaettekita wakadan'na, Five Ronin, Wakôdo no uta, Hero of the Red Light District and Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The ...
