Yoshio Inaba
July 15, 1920 · 106 years old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yoshio Inaba (稲葉 義男 Inaba Yoshio, July 15, 1920–April 20, 1998) was a Japanese actor best known for his role as one of the title characters (the good-natured, second-in-command Gorobei) in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. He died of a heart attack at the age…
Known For
11 titles
Seven Samurai
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.
Harakiri
When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
Fires on the Plain
In the closing days of WWII, remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain death by starvation.
The Challenge
A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.
The Castle of Sand
Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.
The Great Killing
A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the consp...
The Devil's Island
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Satan
Tsurumatsu, a young boy, is supposed to be a new Lord but he's not really interested, he would rather be a carpenter. So he gets kidnapped and it's up to Nemuri Kyoshiro to save him.
Willful Murder
In 1949, Mr. Shimoyama, governor of Japan National Railroads, was found dead, run by train, after a mysterious disappearance. Officially it was considered suicide, but many suspected he was killed for some political conspiracy.
