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Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

Acting • 1917-04-28 • Hokkaido, Japan

Minoru Chiaki (April 28, 1917 - November 1, 1999) 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Chiaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Seven Samurai8.5

Seven Samurai

1954

Rashomon8.0

Rashomon

1950

The Hidden Fortress8.0

The Hidden Fortress

1958

Ikiru8.3

Ikiru

1952

Throne of Blood7.9

Throne of Blood

1957

Godzilla Raids Again6.0

Godzilla Raids Again

1955

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