Yoshio Inaba

Japanese actor

Yoshio Inaba

Born| (1920-07-15)July 15, 1920

Narita, Chiba, Japan

Died| April 20, 1998(1998-04-20) (aged 77)
Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1953–1989
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Yoshio Inaba (稲葉 義男, Inaba Yoshio; July 15, 1920 – April 20, 1998) was a Japanese actor[1] best known for his role as Gorobei in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.[2] In addition to his career in film, Inaba was also a prolific theater actor and a member of the prestigious Haiyuza Theatre Company.[2][3] He died of a heart attack at the age of 77.

## Filmography

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### Film

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* Umi no hanabi (1951)
* Wakare-gumo (1951)
* Seven Samurai (1954) - Gorobei Katayama
* Horafuki tanji (1954) - Escaped Prisoner Iwagorō
* Verrat an Deutschland [de] (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 Shimamura
* Kage 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 Kōsuke
* Willful Murder (1981) - Horii
* Matagi (1982) - Kokichi Suzuki
* The Challenge (1982) - Instructor
* Battle Anthem (1983) - Kamimura
* Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō (1983)
* Keiji monogatari 2 - Ringo no uta (1983) - Kenzo Tashiro
* Yōkirō (1983)
* Kita no hotaru (1984) - Bessho (final film role)

### Television

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* Taikōki (1965) as Katō Kiyotada
* Daichūshingura (1971) as Kajikawa Yoriteru
* Amigasa Jūbei (1974–75)
* Tōge no Gunzō (1982) as Inakichi

## References

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1. ^ "Yoshio Inaba". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
2. ^ a b "Yoshio Inaba". kotobank. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. ^ "稲葉 義男". 映画DB. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

## External links

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* Yoshio Inaba at IMDb
* Yoshio Inaba at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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