Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba
Born July 15, 1920
Narita, Chiba, Japan
Died April 20, 1998 (aged 77)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1953–1989

Yoshio Inaba (稲葉 義男, Inaba Yoshio, July 15, 1920 – April 20, 1998) 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

Film

  • Umi no hanabi (1951)
  • Wakare-gumo (1951)
  • Seven Samurai (1954) - Gorobei Katayama
  • Horafuki tanji (1954) - Escaped Prisoner Iwagorō
  • Verrat an Deutschland (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