Person

Nobuo Kaneko

Acting · 1923–1995 · Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Nobuo Kaneko (金子信雄 Kaneko Nobuo, 27 March 1923 – 20 January 1995) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1950 and 1993. He was a versatile character actor, playing roles ranging from comedic buffoons to hardened yakuza bosses.

Known for

Filmography

1994Father and Son Hawk
1993Kokkai e ikô!
1991The Great Shogunate Battle
1991CheckTennoji
1991The Man Who Became The Don
1989Four Days of Snow and BloodYoshiyuki Kawashima
1986Surgical Designs in Flames
1985Godzilla 1985Home Affairs Minister Isomura
1984The Return of GodzillaHome Affairs Minister Isomura
1983Karate Cop 2
1981The Imperial NavyChuichi Nagumo
1980The Detective Journey
1980ShōgunIshido
1980Nurse's Husband
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaYoshio Yamamori
1980Shadow WarriorsSakai Tadakiyo
1979Faraway Tomorrow
1979The Shogun AssassinsHayashi Razan
1979Troubleman Laughs and KillsActor
1979The InfernoEmma Daio
1979Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and HumanityKokichi Asakura
1979Down with The Big Boss
1979Devil's Flute
1979Kusa MoeruTaira no Kiyomori
1978The Fall of Ako CastleKira
1978Never Give UpHead of Mizoguchi City
1978Dynamite Don-DonDenjiro Hasimoto
1978Japanese Godfather: ConclusionHideyoshi Hirayama
1978Shogun's Samurai
1978Karate Wars
1977Japanese Godfather: AmbitionHirano
1977Japan's DonShoji Taguchi
1976Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976Yakuza GraveyardChief Akama
1976Cobra 2Tajima
1975Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!
1975300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975Shimane Prison RiotTorao Yoshinari
1975Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975Cops vs. ThugsMasaichi Tomoyasu
1975Unified Shadows
1975The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Yoshio Yamamori
1974The Rapacious JailbreakerYoshio Imazu - Warden
1974Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
1974Father of the Kamikaze
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeYoshio Yamamori
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsYoshio Yamamori
1973Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal ClassmatesKakutarô Shinohara
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarYoshio Yamamori
1973Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug TriangleSenzo Ogata
1973Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973Girl Boss: Escape From Reform SchoolHadano
1973The Hard Core Criminal
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaYoshio Yamamori
1973Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law ClassroomShigeru Satô - The President of The School
1973Queen of ErosNarrator
1973Girl Boss Revenge: SukebanVisitor of the Shoe Polishing
1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityYoshio Yamamori
1972Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom
1972New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972The Pledge
1972Turtle Geisha
1972Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972The Kanto Scarlet Cherry GangChief of Police
1971The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
1971Story of Japanese Bad Men
1971Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to ConfessBoss Ohya, the nightclub owner
1970Thugs of Shinjuku
1970The Experience
1970Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
1970The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970King of the Night Life
1970Postwar Secrets
1970アッと驚く為五郎
1970Duel at Fort Ezo
1970A Yakuza Goes Home
1970Woman Boss
1969The Bad Guy Blues
1969The Fatal Raid
1969Samurai GeishaOsuga
1969The Biggest Gamble
1969The Yakuza Awaits
1968New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968Living SkeletonSuetsugu
1968Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968RogueSuyama
1968Enlisted Yakuza
1968Red Peony Gambler
1968Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968Goké, Body Snatcher from HellTokuyasu
1968Downtown Blues
1968The Worship of the FleshDenbei
1968Hot Springs GeishaShinagawa
1968Curse of the BloodSojun
1968Diamonds of the Andes
1968Scoundrel
1968Big Time Gambling BossTasaburô Senba
1968Human Torpedoes
1967The Last Loyalty Offering
1967Escape Man
1967The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967Killer of Seven
1967Gambler's WorldUshimatsu Fujii
1967Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of TrapsShurinosuke Asahina
1967Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967Organized Violence IIHead of Department
1967Portrait of ChiekoSawada
1967Dissolution RitesItagaki
1967Under the Stars of Singapore
1966Prison Release Loyalty Offering
1966Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
1966A Drop of Grease
1966Rub Out the Past
1966The Harbor of No Return
1966Seven Gamblers
1966Love EternalAoki
1966Dianas of the Campus
1966Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966Warm Current
1966Convicted Woman
1966Yakuza Vassal
1966The Magic SerpentDôjin Hiki
1965Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1965Color
1965Chivalrous Life
1965The Black Cat
1965The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965Flowering MaidensMatsui
1964Black Thief
1964Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964Fight, Zatoichi, FightUnosuke
1964The Flower and the Sword
1964Call My Black Dice
1964The Glamorous GhostKenji Yamakoshi
1964Giant Rumble
1964Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's OfficeKansuke
1964Black Weapon
1964Main Street in the Underworld
1964Edo Crime Book: Black ClawsHonda Shinpachi
1964Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
1964Red Handkerchief
1963The Revenge and the DeathKawazu
1963Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and WomenKumagai
1963The Third Shadow Warrior
1963Youth of the BeastSôichi Ozawa
1963Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!Inspector Kumagaya
1962Traces of Lead
1962Ai to shi no katami
1962Bōkyō no umi
1962Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
1962Jūdan no arashi
1962Last Round
1962Red Bud and White Flower
1962Song of a Traveller
1962Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
1961Million Dollar Smash-and-GrabKozo Haraguchi
1961Wind and waves of the SouthKihei
1961Crimson Pistol
1961Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain PassKen
1961The Plateau Man
1961Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961Whistling in the Darkness
1961Quick Draw JoeMishima
1961The Famous Wanderer
1961Joe of Aces: Gambling for a LivingKatsumata
1961Tokyo KnightsMishima
1961The Human Condition III: A Soldier's PrayerKirihara Gôchô
1961An Angel is Chasing Me
1961The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1960The Rambler Rides Again
1960The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960Wakai toppū
1960The Lost Diamond
1960Return of the Vagabond
1960IntimidationKyosuke Takita
1960Yakuza Song
1960The Law's Bloody Wounds
1959The Age of Our Own
1959The Rambling GuitaristAkitsu
1959The Wild ReporterFunakoshi
1959Ningyō no uta
1959Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959Merciless BulletSawamura
1959Kawaii Onna
1959The Echo of Love
1959A Man Explodes
1959We Live Today
1959The Praying ManShinichiro Kuraki
1959Get Over HerYoshino
1959Friendship of Jazz
1958Voice Without a ShadowKawai
1958Wolves of the Night
1958The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958UngaHitoshi Itami
1958That Wonderful Guy
1958Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
1958Night Drum
1958Forever, My LoveTachio Kinumaki
1957Man Who Causes a StormToru Sakyo, the critic
1957The Awakening
1957The Barefoot Girl
1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraDenbei
1957This Day's Life
1957Madam
1957Eight Hours of TerrorKosaku Mori
1956Lunar Eclipse
1956Hungry Soul, Part IIReiji Ajioka
1956Okinawa no Tami
1956Hungry SoulReiji Ajioka
1956Summer StormKido
1956Tonari no yome
1956Gyakukōsen
1956Ryûri no kishi
1956Phoenix
1956Called to the Stand
1955Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955So Deep in My Heart
1955Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-TreeSayama
1955A Hole of My Own Making
1955Stray SheepHaraguchi, the painter
1955Till We Meet AgainAkira Mimura
1955Floating Clouds
1954Wakai hito-tachi
1954Student Double Suicide
1954Cape Ashizuri
1954The Garden of WomenKihei Hirato
1954Itsuko to sono hahaTokuji Funabashi
1954Sound of the Mountain
1953The Red Light Military BaseSugio Kawanabe
1953Waseda UniversityHotani Nitarō
1953At the End of the Clouds
1952Vacuum Zone
1952IkiruMitsuo, son of Kanji
1952Violence
1952Vendetta of a Samurai
1950The Rainbow-Colored FlowerKashima

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