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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Minoru Chiaki has received more than 212,137 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Minoru Chiaki is the 3,438th most popular actor (up from 3,470th in 2019), the 1,072nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 56th most popular Japanese Actor.

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  • 210k

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  • 57.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Minoru Chiaki ranks 3,438 out of 13,578. Before him are Felicia Farr, Héctor Alterio, Laura Harring, Robert Webber, Michael Vartan, and Małgorzata Braunek. After him are Georgette Leblanc, William Hickey, Adrian Paul, Shirley Eaton, Taylor Lautner, and Jean Marsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Minoru Chiaki ranks 198. Before him are Johannes Bobrowski, Pío Leyva, Adolfo Consolini, Barry Commoner, Victor Marijnen, and Gloria Fuertes. After him are Yvette Chauviré, Knut Haugland, Virginia Grey, R. G. Armstrong, Henry Carlsson, and Leandro Remondini. Among people deceased in 1999, Minoru Chiaki ranks 153. Before him are Primo Nebiolo, Yevgeny Morgunov, Nilde Iotti, Grete Stern, Carlos Hathcock, and Josefina Pla. After him are Riccardo Cucciolla, Rudolf Kárpáti, Henry Carlsson, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Alfred Bickel, and Art Farmer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Minoru Chiaki ranks 1,072 out of 6,245. Before him are Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Takeshi Urata (1947), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Shoji Nishio (1927), Takayuki Kuwata (1941), and Sekiryo Kaneda (1901). After him are Sion Sono (1961), Kenichi Ohmae (1943), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Haruhiko Kuroda (1944), Tadahiko Ueda (1947), and Kanō Tan'yū (1602).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Minoru Chiaki ranks 56. Before him are Ken Ogata (1937), Norio Wakamoto (1945), So Yamamura (1910), Kazuhiko Inoue (1954), Rentarō Mikuni (1923), and Eiji Okada (1920). After him are Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Tadanobu Asano (1973), Ryūsei Nakao (1951), Unshō Ishizuka (1951), Ikue Ōtani (1965), and Kōichi Yamadera (1961).

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