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 (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 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) - Shūji Masutani Keiji monogatari 2 - Ringo no uta (1983) - Kenzo Tashiro Yōkirō (1983) Kita no hotaru (1984) - Bessho (final film role)

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