Minoru Chiaki
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| Minoru Chiaki | |
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 Minoru Chiaki as priest in Rashomon (1950). |
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| Born | July 30, 1917 Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Died | November 1, 1999 (aged 82) Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実 Chiaki Minoru?, July 30, 1917 (some sources say April 28)–November 1, 1999) was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.
He later appeared as a secondary actor in many Tooei films.
In Seven Samurai he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi and he was the first of the seven to be killed. In real life he was the last of the seven actors to die.
[edit] Filmography
- Stray Dog 1949 - as Girlie Show director
- Rashomon 1950 - as priest
- The Idiot 1951 - as the secretary Mutsuo Kayama
- Ikiru 1952 - as Noguchi
- Seven Samurai 1954 - as the good-natured samurai Heihachi Hayashida
- Throne Of Blood 1957 - as Yoshiaki Miki
- The Hidden Fortress" 1958 - as Tahei
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Minoru Chiaki at the Internet Movie Database
- Minoru Chiaki (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
