Minoru Chiaki

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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's screen work to date leans strongly toward Drama and Action, a consistent thread across his credits so far.

Minoru Chiaki's most notable role to date came in Seven Samurai (1954), where he played Heihachi Hayashida. He also appeared in Rashomon (1950) as Priest. Most recently appeared in Ikiru (1952) as Noguchi.

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