Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki as priest in Rashomon (1950).
Born	July 30, 1917(1917-07-30) 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. 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. 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).^[1]

Filmography

• Stray Dog 1949 - as Girlie Show director
• Rashōmon 1950 - as priest
• The Idiot 1951 - as the secretary Mutsuo Kayama
• Ikiru 1952 - as Noguchi
• 猛獣使いの少女 Mōjū tsukai no shōjo (1952)
• Seven Samurai 1954 - as the good-natured samurai Heihachi Hayashida
• Godzilla Raids Again 1955 - as Kobayashi
• Throne Of Blood 1957 - as Yoshiaki Miki
• The Hidden Fortress 1958 - as Tahei
• High and Low 1963 - as Journalist

References

External links

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