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Yoshio Inaba

Acting Born Jul 15, 1920 Narita, Chiba, Japan 24 credits

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Yoshio Inaba (稲葉 義男 Inaba Yoshio, July 15, 1920–April 20, 1998) was a Japanese actor best known for his role as one of the title characters (the good-natured, second-in-command Gorobei) in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. He died of a heart attack at the age of 77.

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Known for

Film

Seven Samurai

as Gorobei Katayama
Film

Harakiri

as Jinai Chijiiwa
Film

Throne of Blood

as Military Commander #3
Film

Fireflies in the North

as Bessho
Film

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

as Seizô
Film

Port Arthur

as Kosuke Ijichi

Full filmography

  • Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (1977)
  • Seven Samurai (1954) as Gorobei Katayama
  • Harakiri (1962) as Jinai Chijiiwa
  • Kogarashi Monjiro (1972) as Yachiyoshi
  • Love Is in the Green Wind (1974)
  • Taikouki (1965) as Kato Kiyotada
  • The Perennial Weed (1975)
  • シークレット部隊 (1972)
  • Throne of Blood (1957) as Military Commander #3
  • Fireflies in the North (1984) as Bessho
  • Farm Girls (1962)
  • The Night of Martial Law (1980)
  • Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) as Seizô
  • Port Arthur (1980) as Kosuke Ijichi
  • Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Chief of Staff Ugaki
  • Fires on the Plain (1959)
  • The Castle of Sand (1974) as Search Chief Clerk
  • Island of Hell (1977) as Village head Araki
  • Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)
  • Willful Murder (1981) as Horii
  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) as (uncredited)
  • The Challenge (1982) as Instructor
  • Samurai Assassin (1965) as Keijiro Sumita
  • The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)