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 191,791 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Minoru Chiaki is the 3,435th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Minoru Chiakis by language

Over the past year Minoru Chiaki has had the most page views in the with 63,330 views, followed by English (25,884), and Chinese (2,713). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (41.23%), Egyptian Arabic (36.30%), and Korean (20.95%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Minoru Chiaki ranks 3,435 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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Television and Movie Roles

Seven Samurai
Heihachi Hayashida
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Apr 26o 19548.454 / 10
Rashomon
Priest
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Aug 26o 19508.1 / 10
The Hidden Fortress
Tahei
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Dec 28o 19588 / 10