Minoru Chiaki - Movies, Bio & Filmography

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★ Acting🎥 122 films📅 1949–1987🔥 1

Also known as: 千秋實, مینورو چیاکی, Mindru Chiaki

Born in Hokkaido, Japan

1917-04-28 (age 82 at death)

Died 1999-11-01

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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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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.
He attended, but did not graduate from, Chuo University. Later in his career, he appeared as a secondary actor in many Toei films. In 1986, he won the Best Actor at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performance in Gray Sunset (1985).
He died of cardiac and pulmonary failure at age 82. His son Katsuhiko Sasaki is also an actor.
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