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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.
Minoru Chiaki. Actor: Seven Samurai. Japanese character actor equally adept at comic or seriously unsavory roles. Chiaki graduated from the University of Chuo with degrees in economics and commerce, but almost immediately found that his interest lay more with the theatre.
Nov 1, 1999 · 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.
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.
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.
The Hidden Fortress: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Susumu Fujita. Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
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 and C-3PO in Star Wars (1977).
