Awards & Winners

Minoru Chiaki

Date of Birth 28-April-1917
Place of Birth Bifuka
(Japan, Hokkaido)
Nationality Japan
Also know as Katsuharu Sasaki, Katsuji Sasaki, Chiaki Minoru, 千秋 実
Profession Actor
Minoru Chiaki 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. In real life, he was 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 Toei's Gray Sunset.

Awards by Minoru Chiaki

Check all the awards nominated and won by Minoru Chiaki.

1986


Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Honored for : Gray Sunset

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Gray Sunset