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Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

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.

Born

Mar 27, 1923

Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Died

Jan 20, 1995

Known For

Acting

Movies

236 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.8

movie

Known For

Ikiru

Ikiru

1952

as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

1984

as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

as Kirihara Gôchô
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

as Yoshio Yamamori
Godzilla 1985

Godzilla 1985

1985

as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955

Ikiru
Ikiru
1952 • as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
★ 8.3
The Return of Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla
1984 • as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
★ 7.2
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 • as Kirihara Gôchô
★ 8.4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.0
The Inferno
The Inferno
1979 • as Emma Daio
★ 6.9
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.4
Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985
1985 • as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
★ 6.8
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.0
Japan's Don
Japan's Don
1977 • as Shoji Taguchi
★ 7.3
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 • as Yoshiyuki Kawashima
★ 7.4
The Shogun Assassins
The Shogun Assassins
1979 • as Hayashi Razan
★ 5.4
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955
★ 7.7
The Biggest Gamble
The Biggest Gamble
1969
★ 7.0
The Imperial Navy
The Imperial Navy
1981 • as Chuichi Nagumo
★ 6.6
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.2
The Pledge
The Pledge
1972
★ 5.8
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
1968 • as Tokuyasu
★ 5.8
The Fall of Ako Castle
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 • as Kira
★ 6.7
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973 • as Hadano
★ 6.2
Dynamite Don-Don
Dynamite Don-Don
1978 • as Denjiro Hasimoto
★ 7.8
Kokkai e ikô!
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
Father of the Kamikaze
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
Man Who Causes a Storm
Man Who Causes a Storm
1957 • as Toru Sakyo, the critic
★ 6.8
Devil's Flute
Devil's Flute
1979
★ 6.4
Ai to shi no katami
Ai to shi no katami
1962
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
1973 • as Shigeru Satô - The President of The School
★ 6.2
The Flower and the Sword
The Flower and the Sword
1964
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979 • as Kokichi Asakura
★ 7.5
Never Give Up
Never Give Up
1978 • as Head of Mizoguchi City
★ 6.2
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
1973 • as Visitor of the Shoe Polishing
★ 5.4
Shogun's Samurai
Shogun's Samurai
1978
★ 6.9
Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain
1954
★ 7.4
The Magic Serpent
The Magic Serpent
1966 • as Dôjin Hiki
★ 6.4
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976
★ 5.4
Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast
1963 • as Sôichi Ozawa
★ 6.9
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
★ 5.7
Rogue
Rogue
1968 • as Suyama
★ 7.0
Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 • as Chief Akama
★ 6.6
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974 • as Yoshio Imazu - Warden
★ 6.6
Voice Without a Shadow
Voice Without a Shadow
1958 • as Kawai
★ 6.5
Main Street in the Underworld
Main Street in the Underworld
1964
★ 6.1
The Revenge and the Death
The Revenge and the Death
1963 • as Kawazu
★ 10.0
Curse of the Blood
Curse of the Blood
1968 • as Sojun
★ 6.7
Night Drum
Night Drum
1958
★ 5.9
The Rambling Guitarist
The Rambling Guitarist
1959 • as Akitsu
★ 6.9
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967
★ 7.5
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
1971
★ 9.0
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964 • as Unosuke
★ 6.8
Red Peony Gambler
Red Peony Gambler
1968
★ 7.5
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977 • as Hirano
★ 7.7
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom
1972
★ 6.0
Song of a Traveller
Song of a Traveller
1962
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again
1955 • as Akira Mimura
★ 7.0
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978 • as Hideyoshi Hirayama
★ 7.3
Hot Springs Geisha
Hot Springs Geisha
1968 • as Shinagawa
★ 3.4
Turtle Geisha
Turtle Geisha
1972
★ 5.1
Cops vs. Thugs
Cops vs. Thugs
1975 • as Masaichi Tomoyasu
★ 6.1
Shimane Prison Riot
Shimane Prison Riot
1975 • as Torao Yoshinari
★ 6.5
The Yakuza Awaits
The Yakuza Awaits
1969
★ 8.0
Love Eternal
Love Eternal
1966 • as Aoki
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Thugs of Shinjuku
Thugs of Shinjuku
1970
★ 9.0
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972 • as Chief of Police
★ 6.8
The Harbor of No Return
The Harbor of No Return
1966
★ 7.0
The Detective Journey
The Detective Journey
1980
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 • as Denbei
★ 7.0
An Angel is Chasing Me
An Angel is Chasing Me
1961
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
1964
★ 6.0
At the End of the Clouds
At the End of the Clouds
1953
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968
★ 6.5
Gambler's World
Gambler's World
1967 • as Ushimatsu Fujii
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
★ 10.0
Big Time Gambling Boss
Big Time Gambling Boss
1968 • as Tasaburô Senba
★ 7.3
Vendetta of a Samurai
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
★ 6.6
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
1962
★ 10.0
The Last Loyalty Offering
The Last Loyalty Offering
1967
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
1964 • as Honda Shinpachi
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates
1973 • as Kakutarô Shinohara
★ 5.1
Living Skeleton
Living Skeleton
1968 • as Suetsugu
★ 5.5
Enlisted Yakuza
Enlisted Yakuza
1968
★ 6.0
Hungry Soul, Part II
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956 • as Reiji Ajioka
★ 6.5
Quick Draw Joe
Quick Draw Joe
1961 • as Mishima
Check
Check
1991 • as Tennoji
★ 10.0
Convicted Woman
Convicted Woman
1966
Giant Rumble
Giant Rumble
1964
★ 6.0
A Yakuza Goes Home
A Yakuza Goes Home
1970
★ 10.0
Story of Japanese Bad Men
Story of Japanese Bad Men
1971
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
1973 • as Senzo Ogata
★ 9.0
movie
Nurse's Husband
1980
★ 7.0
Duel at Fort Ezo
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
★ 5.8
A Hole of My Own Making
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
★ 8.0
Intimidation
Intimidation
1960 • as Kyosuke Takita
★ 7.2
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963 • as Inspector Kumagaya
★ 6.5
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
★ 7.5
Wind and waves of the South
Wind and waves of the South
1961 • as Kihei
Wolves of the Night
Wolves of the Night
1958
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961 • as Kozo Haraguchi
★ 10.0
Rub Out the Past
Rub Out the Past
1966
★ 8.0
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975
★ 9.0
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
The Glamorous Ghost
The Glamorous Ghost
1964 • as Kenji Yamakoshi
★ 7.0
Organized Violence II
Organized Violence II
1967 • as Head of Department
★ 7.5
Black Thief
Black Thief
1964
★ 7.5
Chivalrous Life
Chivalrous Life
1965
Scoundrel
Scoundrel
1968
★ 7.0
Human Torpedoes
Human Torpedoes
1968
★ 7.0
The Great Shogunate Battle
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
★ 6.8
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975
★ 9.0
Down with The Big Boss
Down with The Big Boss
1979
★ 8.0
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971 • as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner
★ 6.1
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1956 • as Kido
★ 6.5
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975
★ 9.0
Shōwa Gokudōshi
Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972
The Man Who Became The Don
The Man Who Became The Don
1991
★ 7.0
A Drop of Grease
A Drop of Grease
1966
Standing Towards the Great Forest
Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961
Red Bud and White Flower
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
★ 7.0
Wakai hito-tachi
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
★ 8.0
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
1974
★ 6.7
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967 • as Shurinosuke Asahina
★ 6.1
Friendship of Jazz
Friendship of Jazz
1959
★ 10.0
アッと驚く為五郎
アッと驚く為五郎
1970
The Barefoot Girl
The Barefoot Girl
1957
Faraway Tomorrow
Faraway Tomorrow
1979
★ 3.7
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
★ 10.0
Ryûri no kishi
Ryûri no kishi
1956
★ 8.0
Vacuum Zone
Vacuum Zone
1952
★ 8.5
Flowering Maidens
Flowering Maidens
1965 • as Matsui
Student Double Suicide
Student Double Suicide
1954
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
★ 10.0
Dissolution Rites
Dissolution Rites
1967 • as Itagaki
★ 7.0
Black Weapon
Black Weapon
1964
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963 • as Kumagai
The Fatal Raid
The Fatal Raid
1969
★ 10.0
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979 • as Actor
The Red Light Military Base
The Red Light Military Base
1953 • as Sugio Kawanabe
★ 9.0
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
★ 5.0
Red Handkerchief
Red Handkerchief
1964
★ 7.2
movie
Stray Sheep
1955 • as Haraguchi, the painter
★ 7.0
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
★ 10.0
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973
★ 7.0
King of the Night Life
King of the Night Life
1970
★ 5.0
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961 • as Katsumata
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Cobra 2
Cobra 2
1976 • as Tajima
Whistling in the Darkness
Whistling in the Darkness
1961
Tokyo Knights
Tokyo Knights
1961 • as Mishima
★ 7.0
This Day's Life
This Day's Life
1957
★ 8.0
Karate Cop 2
Karate Cop 2
1983
★ 4.0
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
1970
★ 6.8
Surgical Designs in Flames
Surgical Designs in Flames
1986
★ 10.0
Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!
Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!
1975
★ 8.0
Wakai toppū
Wakai toppū
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
★ 10.0
The Hard Core Criminal
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
★ 7.5
Samurai Geisha
Samurai Geisha
1969 • as Osuga
★ 7.5
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 5.5
Warm Current
Warm Current
1966
Return of the Vagabond
Return of the Vagabond
1960
★ 5.0
Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
1956
Portrait of Chieko
Portrait of Chieko
1967 • as Sawada
★ 7.5
Portrait of Chieko
Portrait of Chieko
1967 • as Yamazaki
★ 7.5
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
Killer of Seven
Killer of Seven
1967
The Garden of Women
The Garden of Women
1954 • as Kihei Hirato
★ 6.6
Downtown Blues
Downtown Blues
1968
★ 9.0
Jūdan no arashi
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Merciless Bullet
Merciless Bullet
1959 • as Sawamura
Forever, My Love
Forever, My Love
1958 • as Tachio Kinumaki
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961 • as Ken
★ 6.6
The Plateau Man
The Plateau Man
1961
Prison Release Loyalty Offering
Prison Release Loyalty Offering
1966
Color
Color
1965
Itsuko to sono haha
Itsuko to sono haha
1954 • as Tokuji Funabashi
★ 8.0
The Awakening
The Awakening
1957
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950 • as Kashima
★ 1.0
The Black Cat
The Black Cat
1965
★ 9.0
Okinawa no Tami
Okinawa no Tami
1956
The Age of Our Own
The Age of Our Own
1959
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Violence
Violence
1952
★ 8.0
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
The Bad Guy Blues
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
★ 7.0
Called to the Stand
Called to the Stand
1956
★ 8.0
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965
Traces of Lead
Traces of Lead
1962
Last Round
Last Round
1962
Woman Boss
Woman Boss
1970
★ 8.0
The Worship of the Flesh
The Worship of the Flesh
1968 • as Denbei
★ 7.0
Bōkyō no umi
Bōkyō no umi
1962
The Wild Reporter
The Wild Reporter
1959 • as Funakoshi
A Man Explodes
A Man Explodes
1959
Get Over Her
Get Over Her
1959 • as Yoshino
The Third Shadow Warrior
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
★ 7.2
Hungry Soul
Hungry Soul
1956 • as Reiji Ajioka
★ 6.2
The Lost Diamond
The Lost Diamond
1960
Crimson Pistol
Crimson Pistol
1961
Gyakukōsen
Gyakukōsen
1956
Dianas of the Campus
Dianas of the Campus
1966
Postwar Secrets
Postwar Secrets
1970
★ 9.5
The Praying Man
The Praying Man
1959 • as Shinichiro Kuraki
Eight Hours of Terror
Eight Hours of Terror
1957 • as Kosaku Mori
★ 7.5
Phoenix
Phoenix
1956
★ 6.5
movie
Karate Wars
1978
Yakuza Vassal
Yakuza Vassal
1966
★ 10.0
Call My Black Dice
Call My Black Dice
1964
でかんしょ風来坊
でかんしょ風来坊
1961
The Law's Bloody Wounds
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960
Kawaii Onna
Kawaii Onna
1959
So Deep in My Heart
So Deep in My Heart
1955
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
1966
Under the Stars of Singapore
Under the Stars of Singapore
1967
That Wonderful Guy
That Wonderful Guy
1958
The Echo of Love
The Echo of Love
1959
Seven Gamblers
Seven Gamblers
1966
★ 6.5
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955 • as Sayama
★ 8.0
The Experience
The Experience
1970
★ 6.0
Diamonds of the Andes
Diamonds of the Andes
1968
★ 10.0
movie
Tonari no yome
1956
Yakuza Song
Yakuza Song
1960
★ 7.0
Queen of Eros
Queen of Eros
1973 • as Narrator
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958
We Live Today
We Live Today
1959
Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
1962
Escape Man
Escape Man
1967
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
1958
Cape Ashizuri
Cape Ashizuri
1954
★ 9.0
movie
Madam
1957
Waseda University
Waseda University
1953 • as Hotani Nitarō
Ningyō no uta
Ningyō no uta
1959
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964 • as Kansuke
★ 8.5
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1965
Unga
Unga
1958 • as Hitoshi Itami