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

Film

  • Umi no hanabi
  • Wakare-gumo
  • Seven Samurai - Gorobei Katayama
  • Horafuki tanji - Escaped Prisoner Iwagorō
  • - Mijagi
  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
  • Uruwashiki haha - Shigematsu
  • Shujinsen
  • Arashi - Detective of the special political police
  • Mitsu-kubi-tou - Shōshichi Kitō
  • Throne of Blood - Third Military Commander
  • Ninjitsu
  • Jun'ai Monogatari - Doctor at Nisseki Hospital
  • Ballad of the Cart - Fujitaro
  • Fires on the Plain
  • Fujimi no otoko
  • Haru no yume - Yamada
  • Matsukawa-Jiken
  • Gokai senryo yari - Shibata
  • Kutsukake Tokijirō - Shōten
  • Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi - Shizuo Iwasaki
  • Woman of Design - Yasuda
  • Destiny's Son - Giichirō Ikebe
  • Harakiri - Jinai Chijiiwa
  • Zoku rokunin shimai
  • Yōsō
  • Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki - Ronin
  • Ken - Seiichiro Kokubun
  • The Scent of Incense - Nibu: Mitsumata no shō
  • The Great Killing
  • Nemuri Kyōshirō: Joyōken - Bizen-ya the Merchant
  • Samurai Assassin - Keijiro Sumita
  • Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan - Mizuno
  • Taiheiyō kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka - Tamai
  • Kemonomichi
  • The Guardman: Tokyo yōjimbō - Yoshida
  • Gohiki no shinshi
  • Onna no naka ni iru tanin
  • The Guardman: Tokyo Ninja Butai - Yoshida
  • Hikinige
  • Ichiman sanzennin
  • Rikugun Nakano gakko: Ryu-sango shirei
  • Chichi to ko: Zoku Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku
  • Nemuri Kyōshirō burai-hikae: Mashō no hada
  • Rengō kantai shirei chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku - Chief of Staff Ugaki
  • Battle of the Japan Sea - Chief of Staff Officer Shimamura
  • Kage no kuruma
  • Wakamono no hata
  • Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 - Yoshitarō Araki
  • Silence - Prisoner official
  • Shinobu-ito
  • Yajū gari - Onimaru
  • Kaseki
  • Karei-naru Ichizoku - Ichinose Factory's owner
  • Castle of Sand - Search chief clerk
  • Koi wa midori no kaze no naka
  • Shōwa karesusuki
  • Gokumon-tō - Village Mayor Makihei Araki
  • Village of Eight Gravestones - Ochimusha
  • Mitsuyaku: Gaimushō kimitsu rōei jiken - Nakada
  • Kumokiri Nizaemon - Seizō
  • Nihon no don: kanketsuhen - Satomi
  • Mito Kōmon - Kihei
  • Blue Christmas
  • The Battle of Port Arthur - Ijichi Kōsuke
  • Willful Murder - Horii
  • Matagi - Kokichi Suzuki
  • The Challenge - Instructor
  • Battle Anthem - Kamimura
  • Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō - Shūji Masutani
  • Keiji monogatari 2 - Ringo no uta - Kenzo Tashiro
  • Yōkirō
  • Kita no hotaru - Bessho

    Television

  • Taikōki as Katō Kiyotada
  • Daichūshingura as Kajikawa Yoriteru
  • Amigasa Jūbei
  • Tōge no Gunzō as Inakichi