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Yoshio Inaba (1920–1998)

Japanese character actor who achieved his greatest acclaim in the role of "Gorobei" in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. Inaba began in the theatre after the Second World War, joining the Haiyu-Za company and appearing in plays such as The Cherry Orchard and The Threepenny Opera. His film debut came in 1954... See full bio »

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(age 77) in Tokyo, Japan

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Filmography

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1984 Kita no hotaru
Bessho
 
1983 Keiji monogatari 2 - Ringo no uta
Kenzo Tashiro
 
1982 The Challenge
Instructor
 
1982 The Old Bear Hunter
Kokichi Suzuki
 
1981 Willful Murder
Horii
 
1980 203 kochi
 
1978 Nihon no don: kanketsuhen
Satomi
 
1977 Village of Eight Gravestones
Ochimusha
 
1977 The Devil's Island
Village Mayor Makihei Araki
 
1975 Kaseki
 
1974 The Castle of Sand
Search chief clerk
 
1974 The Family
Ichinose Factory's owner
 
1971 Nora-neko rokku: Bôsô shudan '71
Yoshitaro Araki
 
1969 Nihonkai daikaisen
Chief of Staff Officer Shimamura
 
1968 Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku
Chief of Staff Ugaki
 
1966 Hit and Run
 
1965 Beast Alley
 
1965 The Guard-man (TV series)
 
1965 Samurai Assassin
Keijiro Sumita
 
1964 Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Seduction
Bizen-ya the Merchant
 
1964 Ken
Seiichiro Kokubun
 
1962 Harakiri
Jinai Chijiiwa
 
1961 Gokai senryo yari
Shibata
 
1961 Matsukawa-Jiken
 
1959 Niguruma no uta
Fujitaro
 
1957 Throne of Blood
Third Military Commander
 
1956 Arashi
Detective of the special political police
 
1956 Shujinsen
 
1956 Mitsu-kubi-tou
Shôshichi Kitô
 
1955 Verrat an Deutschland
Mijagi
 
1954 Horafuki tanji
Escaped Prisoner Iwagorô
 

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Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Cancer