Yoshio Inaba
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 of 77. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yoshio , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Seven Samurai
as Gorobei KatayamaA samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town...
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Love Is in the Green Wind
as uncreditedA youthful film depicting the sexual awakening of a boy who has just entered adolescence and his...
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Harakiri
as Jinai ChijiiwaDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi....
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Fireflies in the North
as BesshoSet in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal...
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Throne of Blood
as Military Commander #3Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who...
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The Challenge
as InstructorRick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the...
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as (uncredited)After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns...
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Fires on the Plain
as uncreditedIn the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his...
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Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
as Yoshitaro ArakiThe series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and...
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Samurai Assassin
as Keijiro SumitaJapan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the...
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The Storm
as uncreditedA widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.
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The Castle of Sand
as Search Chief ClerkTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
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Fireworks Over the Sea
as uncreditedA fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains...
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The Great Duel
as uncreditedA cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
as Chief of Staff Officer ShimamuraJapan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...
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Blood Type: Blue
as uncreditedUFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned...
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Admiral Yamamoto
as Chief of Staff UgakiAs Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...
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Island of Hell
as Village head ArakiA scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
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The Shadow Within
as uncreditedWhen a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young...
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Port Arthur
as Kosuke IjichiDepicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified...
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Beast Alley
as uncredited"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite...
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Without Complaint
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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Village of Eight Gravestones
as uncreditedThe heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries...
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Spring Dreams
as YamadaWhen a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their...
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Willful Murder
as HoriiThe president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train...
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Moment of Terror
as uncreditedWhen an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the...
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Battle Anthem
as uncreditedThe story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
as uncreditedSixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a...
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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as SeizôKumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a...
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The Spy
as uncreditedBased on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as uncreditedA fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have...
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Broken Swords
as uncreditedThe tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47...
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The Thin Line
as uncreditedTashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in...
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Bronze Magician
as Мицунари из рода ФудзивараYoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same...
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Human Revolution II
as uncreditedDramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
as uncreditedOn a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...
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Beyond Love and Hate
as uncreditedA young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his...
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Hoodlum Soldier
as uncreditedA young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in...
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The Fossil
as ToyoshimaAn industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a...
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Lucky Dragon No. 5
as uncreditedAn ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of...
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The Story of Pure Love
as uncreditedJunai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling...
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Destiny's Son
as Giichirô IkebeIn Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
as uncreditedThe Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri...
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Magnitude 7.9
as National Land Agency DirectorA large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
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Dispersed Clouds
as uncreditedFive women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when...
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Silence
as Prisoner officialTwo Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread...
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The Yoshida School
as Shūji MasutaniCoinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece...
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Karate Cop 2
as uncreditedKarate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple...
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The Three Undelivered Letters
as uncreditedA young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to...
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Oniisan to oneesan
as uncreditedA 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.
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The Retreat from Kiska
as TamaiIn 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers....
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Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
as uncreditedThe federal lord of Kofu, Tunatoyo (Tsutomu Isobe), was elected to be the next General. On his...
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The Song of the Cart
as uncreditedA lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
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The Old Bear Hunter
as Kokichi SuzukiAfter an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as uncreditedIn the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan...
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The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
as OnimaruA taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.
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Hirado Pirates
as uncreditedIn the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado,...
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Gassan
as GensukeAkira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and...
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Cash Calls Hell
as uncreditedBefore leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in...
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Three-Headed Tower
as uncreditedNewly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition...
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Ken
as Seiichiro KokubunKokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic...
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Long Journey into Love
as uncreditedA beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving...
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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as SatomiThe three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to...
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Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident
as uncreditedTV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to...
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Whirlwind
as uncreditedSet at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the...
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運命の殺意 北信濃母子心中
as OtaniIn the past, a woman was raped by her brother-in-law. Keeping this dark secret, she lives a...
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Assassin's Road
as uncreditedToma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick...
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Assignment Dragon No. 3
as uncreditedIn late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel...
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Ukyunosuke on Patrol
as uncreditedThis is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of...
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Woman of Design
as YasudaStory of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a...
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The Perennial Weed
as uncreditedA detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.
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Cut the Shadow
as uncreditedThe womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good...
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The Gambler's Code
as ShôtenOne of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who...
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The Angry Sea
as uncreditedA semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.
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The Black Scar
as uncreditedA yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek...
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Banner of the Young
as uncreditedThe final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the...
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Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
as uncreditedAfter discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police...
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Shogunate Secret Ninja
as uncreditedLord Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, bound for Edo to be sworn in as the next shogun, is the target of...
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Men in a Rough Town
as Missile TatsuAn action-packed, dramatic gangster film.
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A Fishmonger's Tour
as uncreditedThe supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a...
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I Hear the Whistle
as KitagawaTells of the feelings and sufferings of a young girl with an incurable paralytic disease.
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The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
as uncreditedThe hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a...
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Kogarashi Monjiro
as YachiyoshiMonjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned...
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Taikouki
as Kato KiyotadaBased on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period...
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