ACTOR

Minoru Chiaki

1917 - 1999

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Minoru Chiaki (Japanese: 千秋 実, Hepburn: Chiaki Minoru; April 28, 1917 – November 1, 1999) 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 favorite actors. He attended, but did not graduate from, Chuo University. Later in his career, he appeared as a secondary actor in many Toei films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Minoru Chiaki is the 3,631st most popular actor (down from 3,436th in 2019), the 1,130th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,072nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Minoru Chiaki ranks 3,631 out of 13,578. Before him are Michael Vartan, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Michael Peña, Antonio Moreno, Bob Crane, and David Zayas. After him are Jennifer Carpenter, Ann Rutherford, Dominic West, Stanley Baker, Jacques Lecoq, and Henry Travers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Minoru Chiaki ranks 201. Before him are M. G. Ramachandran, José Perácio, Song Ping, Lev Kerbel, Inge Scholl, and Charles Drake. After him are José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Ann Rutherford, Robert Byrd, J. L. Mackie, Yvette Chauviré, and Olga Sanfirova. Among people deceased in 1999, Minoru Chiaki ranks 164. Before him are John Bromwich, Louis Boyer, Paris Pişmiş, Betty Robinson, Albert Charles Smith, and Igor M. Diakonoff. After him are Jacques Lecoq, Riccardo Cucciolla, Fritzi Burger, Vivian Fuchs, Alfred Bickel, and Lee Falk.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Minoru Chiaki ranks 1,130 out of 6,245. Before him are Akira Terao (1947), Kenji Kawai (1957), Jinichi Kusaka (1888), Masayoshi Ito (1913), Hiroki Iizuka (1978), and Susumu Hirasawa (1954). After him are Ikuo Matsumoto (1941), Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), Mutsuhiro Watanabe (1918), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), and Masato Kudo (1990).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Minoru Chiaki ranks 47. Before him are Yoko Shimada (1953), Chishū Ryū (1904), Haruo Nakajima (1929), Yūsaku Matsuda (1949), Norio Wakamoto (1945), and Akira Terao (1947). After him are Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), Kazuhiko Inoue (1954), Akira Kamiya (1946), Ayako Wakao (1933), Toshio Furukawa (1946), and Tsuru Aoki (1892).

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