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  "description": "​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  \n\nYoshio 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.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article Yoshio , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.",
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