Minoru Chiaki
Japanese actor (1917-1999) · Japan · On the map · Actors · Died at 82
Minoru Chiaki 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 favourite actors.
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1999Died1 November 19991987
Don Matsugoro's Big AdventureFilm, Amenomori Seikai1986Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActorAward1985
Gray SunsetFilm, Fuyukichi Takano1970
Chiba Shusaku: Kendo MasshiguraSeries, Urayama Juzada (Chiba Kōemon)1966
Koto - The Lake of TearsFilm, Kitao Momose1965
Cold Rice, Osan, ChanFilm1962
Love Under the CrucifixFilm1961
Run, Genta, Run!Film1960
Hero of the Red Light DistrictFilm, Jôsuke1958
Little PeachFilm, Saburo Yoshida1957
The Lower DepthsFilm, Former Samurai1956
A Wife's HeartFilm, Zenichi1954
Seven SamuraiFilm, Heihachi Hayashida1952
IkiruFilm, Noguchi1950
RashomonFilm, Priest1949
Stray DogFilm, Girlie Show director1917Born30 July 1917
Don Matsugoro's Big AdventureFilm, Amenomori Seikai1986Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActorAward1985Gray SunsetFilm, Fuyukichi Takano1970Chiba Shusaku: Kendo MasshiguraSeries, Urayama Juzada (Chiba Kōemon)1966Koto - The Lake of TearsFilm, Kitao Momose1965Cold Rice, Osan, ChanFilm1962Love Under the CrucifixFilm1961Run, Genta, Run!Film1960Hero of the Red Light DistrictFilm, Jôsuke1958Little PeachFilm, Saburo Yoshida1957The Lower DepthsFilm, Former Samurai1956A Wife's HeartFilm, Zenichi1954Seven SamuraiFilm, Heihachi Hayashida1952IkiruFilm, Noguchi1950RashomonFilm, Priest1949Stray DogFilm, Girlie Show director1917Born30 July 1917People around Minoru
Akira Kurosawa Directed Seven Samurai, Rashomon and Ikiru
Toshiro Mifune Also in Rashomon, Stray Dog and The Idiot
Takashi Shimura Also in Ikiru, Stray Dog and The Idiot
Yoshio Tsuchiya Also in The Hidden Fortress and A Wife's Heart
Sōjirō Motoki Produced Seven Samurai and Ikiru
Isao Kimura Also in Stray Dog, High and Low and Anzukko
Daisuke Katō Also in Seven Samurai and Vendetta for a Samurai
Hideo Oguni Wrote Ikiru and Throne of Blood
Tomotaka Tasaka Directed Lake of Tears and Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Eijirō Tōno Also in Stray Dog and High and Low
Kokuten Kōdō Also in The Hidden Fortress and Stray Dog
Tatsuya Nakadai Also in Seven Samurai (1956)
Mikio Naruse Directed A Wife's Heart and Anzukko- Shinobu Hashimoto Wrote Rashomon, The Hidden Fortress and Ikiru
Seiji Miyaguchi Also in Seven Samurai, Ikiru and Throne of Blood
Masaru Sato Wrote Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress
Kamatari Fujiwara Also in Seven Samurai and Ikiru
Masao Shimizu Also in Stray Dog and Ikiru
Yū Fujiki Also in Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress
Bokuzen Hidari Also in Ikiru and Beauty and the Thieves
Ryūzō Kikushima Wrote Stray Dog and Throne of Blood
Michiyo Kogure Also in Lake of Tears and Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Noriko Honma Also in Stray Dog, Rashomon and Ikiru
Haruo Tanaka Also in Ikiru and The Lower Depths
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Seven Samurai 1954
High and Low 1963
Ikiru 1952
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity 1959
The Hidden Fortress 1958
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Country
Japan
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1999 · aged 82
