Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki
30.07.1917 - 01.11.1999 (82 years) (Hokkaido, Japan (some sources say 28 April 1917))
Minoru Chiaki (千秋 実, Chiaki Minoru, April 28, 1917 – November 1, 1999) was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. 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).