Minoru Chiaki

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 and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. Ironically, in real life he turned out to be 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Chiaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Seven Samurai

as Heihachi Hayashida

Rashomon

as Priest

Ikiru

as Noguchi

High and Low

as First Reporter

Throne of Blood

as Yoshiaki Miki

The Hidden Fortress

as Tahei

Stray Dog

as Girlie Show director

Godzilla Raids Again

as Kôji Kobayashi

The Face of Another

as Apartment Superintendent

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

as Onodera Heichô