Yoshio Inaba

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Yoshio Inaba (center), Jukichi Uno (right) filming Daigo Fukuryū Maru

Yoshio Inaba ( Japanese 稲 葉 義 男 , Inaba Yoshio ; born July 15, 1920 in Narita , Chiba Prefecture , Japan ; † April 20, 1998 in Suginami , Tokyo , Japan) was a Japanese actor.

He starred in over 44 films, including two works by Akira Kurosawa . His best known role is probably that of the good samurai Gorobei Katayama in The Seven Samurai . He died in 1998 of complications from a heart attack .

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