Minoru Chiaki

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Minoru Chiaki 千秋 実 Chiaki Minoru was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawas Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress In Seven Samurai he was the goodnatured 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 Toei films In 1986 he was given the Best Actor prize at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performance in Toeis Gray Sunset 1985 Description above from the Wikipedia article Minoru Chiaki licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia