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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.
Minoru Chiaki (1917-1999) was a versatile and popular actor who appeared in many films by Akira Kurosawa, including Seven Samurai, Rashomon and The Hidden Fortress. He won a Japan Academy Award in 1985 and was the last survivor of the Seven Samurai cast.
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Nov 1, 1999 · Minoru Chiaki was a versatile actor who appeared in many films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. He won the Japan Academy Prize for his role in Toei's Gray Sunset and died in 1986.
Minoru Chiaki was a samurai actor who appeared in Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa. See his filmography, biography and more details on Letterboxd.
Minoru Chiaki. Highest Rated: 100% Seven Samurai (1954) Lowest Rated: 64% The Idiot (1951) Birthday: Jul 30, 1917. Birthplace: Hokkaido, Japan.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetNo Score YetKidayu Momose (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetFuyukichi Takano (Character)100%Fresh audience score. 90%Apartment caretaker (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetUnknown (Character)Minoru Chiaki. Round faced, jovial actor who appeared as a regular in many of Kurosawa’s films. He was the first of the titular Seven Samurai to be killed in that film, yet he himself outlived all his co-stars. He and Kamatari Fujiwara’s bumbling pair of poor villagers in The Hidden Fortress (1958) inspired George Lucas’ characters R2-D2 ...
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He won a Japan Academy Award for Actor for his portrayal of an Alzheimer's sufferer in Gray Sunset (1985). After appearing more than 80 films, his last picture was released in 1987. Chiaki married Fumie Sasaki, daughter of actor/director Takamaru Sasaki (1898-1986).
