Actor info
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Name :
Minoru Chiaki
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Born :
April 28, 1917 in Hokkaido, Japan (82 years at death)
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Died :
November 1, 1999
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
132 films (1949–1987)
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Also known as :
千秋實, مینورو چیاکی, Mindru Chiaki
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Chiaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable films
- High and Low (1963) as First Reporter
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Yoshiaki Miki
- Seven Samurai (1954) as Heihachi Hayashida
- Ikiru (1952) as Noguchi
- Rashomon (1950) as Priest
