Minoru Chiaki
Actor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実 Chiaki Minoru, July 30, 1917 (some sources say April 28)–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 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 Toe...
Place of Birth: Hokkaido, Japan (some sources say 28 April 1917)
Date of Birth: Jul 30, 1917
Date of Death: Nov 1, 1999
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