MINORU CHIAKI
ACTING
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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 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.
- Rashomon1950
- The Hidden Fortress1958
- Godzilla Raids Again1955
- Ikiru1952
- I Live in Fear1955
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956
- The Idiot1951
- High and Low1963
- The Lower Depths1957
- The Face of Another1966
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster1959
- Stray Dog1949
- Throne of Blood1957
- Hero of the Red Light District1960
- Yakuza of Ina1960
- Little Peach1958
- The Inheritance1962
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959
- The Vampire Moth1956
- Saga of the Vagabonds1959
- Sasuke and His Comedians1963
- A House in the Quarter1963
- Seven Samurai1954
- Song of Love1967
- Won't Stand for Dying1960
- Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man1969
- Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella1963