Actor Minoru Chiaki (1917-1999)

Rashomon Seven Samurai The Hidden Fortress

Stray DogAkira Kurosawa (1949)
RashomonAkira Kurosawa (1950)
IkiruAkira Kurosawa (1952)
Seven SamuraiAkira Kurosawa (1954)
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu IslandHiroshi Inagaki (1956)
Throne of BloodAkira Kurosawa (1957)
The Lower DepthsAkira Kurosawa (1957)
The Hidden FortressAkira Kurosawa (1958)
The Human Condition II: The Road to EternityMasaki Kobayashi (1959)
Their Own WorldTomu Uchida (1959)
Killing in YoshiwaraTomu Uchida (1960)
Yakuza of Ina – Masahiro Makino (1960)
High and LowAkira Kurosawa (1963)

(Key films outside the jidai-geki genre are listed in gray)

A favorite performer of Akira Kurosawa, Chiaki left an indeliable mark as the priest in Rashomon, the light-hearted, wood-chopping Heihachi in Seven Samurai, and half of the bickering peasant duo in The Hidden Fortress.

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