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Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba was a Japanese actor best known for his role as Gorobei in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. In addition to his career in film, Inaba was also a prolific theater actor and a member of the prestigious Haiyuza Theatre Company. He died of a heart attack at the age of 77.

Filmography
FilmUmi no hanabi (1951) • Wakare-gumo (1951) • Seven Samurai (1954) - Gorobei Katayama • Horafuki tanji (1954) - Escaped Prisoner Iwagorō • '''' (1955) - Mijagi • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘 Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) (1955) • Uruwashiki haha (1955) - Shigematsu • Shujinsen (1956) • Arashi (1956) - Detective of the special political police • Mitsu-kubi-tou (1956) - Shōshichi Kitō • Throne of Blood (1957) - Third Military Commander • Ninjitsu (1957) • ''Jun'ai Monogatari'' (1957) - Doctor at Nisseki Hospital • Ballad of the Cart (1959) - Fujitaro • Fires on the Plain (1959) • Fujimi no otoko (1960) • Haru no yume (1960) - Yamada • Matsukawa-Jiken (1961) • Gokai senryo yari (1961) - Shibata • Kutsukake Tokijirō (1961) - Shōten • Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi (1962) - Shizuo Iwasaki • Woman of Design (1962) - Yasuda • ''Destiny's Son'' (1962) - Giichirō Ikebe • Harakiri (1962) - Jinai Chijiiwa • Zoku rokunin shimai (1962) • Yōsō (1963) • Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki (1964) - Ronin (uncredited) • Ken (1964) - Seiichiro Kokubun • The Scent of Incense - Nibu: Mitsumata no shō (1964) • The Great Killing (1964) • Nemuri Kyōshirō: Joyōken (1964) - Bizen-ya the Merchant • Samurai Assassin (1965) - Keijiro Sumita • Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan (1965) - Mizuno • Taiheiyō kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965) - Tamai • Kemonomichi (1965) • The Guardman: Tokyo yōjimbō (1965) - Yoshida • Gohiki no shinshi (1966) • Onna no naka ni iru tanin (1966) • The Guardman: Tokyo Ninja Butai (1966) - Yoshida • Hikinige (1966) • Ichiman sanzennin (1966) • Rikugun Nakano gakko: Ryu-sango shirei (1967) • Chichi to ko: Zoku Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku (1967) • Nemuri Kyōshirō burai-hikae: Mashō no hada (1967) • Rengō kantai shirei chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968) - Chief of Staff Ugaki • Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) - Chief of Staff Officer ShimamuraKage no kuruma (1970) • Wakamono no hata (1970) • ''Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71'' (1971) - Yoshitarō Araki • Silence (1971) - Prisoner official • Shinobu-ito (1973) • Yajū gari (1973) - Onimaru • Kaseki (1974) • Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974) - Ichinose Factory's owner • Castle of Sand (1974) - Search chief clerk • Koi wa midori no kaze no naka (1974) • Shōwa karesusuki (1975) • Gokumon-tō (1977) - Village Mayor Makihei Araki • Village of Eight Gravestones (1977) - Ochimusha • Mitsuyaku: Gaimushō kimitsu rōei jiken (1978) - Nakada • Kumokiri Nizaemon (1978) - Seizō • Nihon no don: kanketsuhen (1978) - Satomi • Mito Kōmon (1978) - Kihei • Blue Christmas (1978) • The Battle of Port Arthur (1980) - Ijichi KōsukeWillful Murder (1981) - Horii • Matagi (1982) - Kokichi Suzuki • The Challenge (1982) - Instructor • Battle Anthem (1983) - Kamimura • Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō (1983) - Shūji MasutaniKeiji monogatari 2 - Ringo no uta (1983) - Kenzo Tashiro • Yōkirō (1983) • Kita no hotaru (1984) - Bessho (final film role) TelevisionTaikōki (1965) as Katō Kiyotada • Daichūshingura (1971) as Kajikawa YoriteruAmigasa Jūbei (1974–75) • Tōge no Gunzō (1982) as Inakichi ==References==
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