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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

238 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

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
Godzilla 1985

Godzilla 1985

1985

as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

as Yoshio Yamamori
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
Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985
1985 • as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
★ 6.8
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: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.0
Shogun's Samurai
Shogun's Samurai
1978
★ 7.0
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 • as Yoshiyuki Kawashima
★ 7.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.0
The Inferno
The Inferno
1979 • as Emma Daio
★ 6.9
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.3
The Shogun Assassins
The Shogun Assassins
1979 • as Hayashi Razan
★ 5.4
Giant Rumble
Giant Rumble
1964
★ 6.0
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976
★ 5.4
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964 • as Unosuke
★ 6.8
The Imperial Navy
The Imperial Navy
1981 • as Chuichi Nagumo
★ 6.6
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955
★ 7.7
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
1968 • as Tokuyasu
★ 5.8
Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain
1954
★ 7.4
Song of a Traveller
Song of a Traveller
1962
Japan's Don
Japan's Don
1977 • as Shoji Taguchi
★ 7.2
The Fall of Ako Castle
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 • as Kira
★ 6.8
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
Color
Color
1965
Kokkai e ikô!
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
Turtle Geisha
Turtle Geisha
1972
★ 5.1
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978 • as Hideyoshi Hirayama
★ 7.3
Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast
1963 • as Sôichi Ozawa
★ 7.0
That Wonderful Guy
That Wonderful Guy
1958
Wandering Shore
Wandering Shore
1956
★ 8.0
Black Thief
Black Thief
1964
★ 7.5
The Biggest Gamble
The Biggest Gamble
1969
★ 7.0
Never Give Up
Never Give Up
1978 • as Head of Mizoguchi City
★ 6.4
Down with The Big Boss
Down with The Big Boss
1979
★ 8.0
Hungry Soul, Part II
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956 • as Reiji Ajioka
★ 6.5
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
1973 • as Visitor of the Shoe Polishing
★ 5.5
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
★ 10.0
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972 • as Chief of Police
★ 6.8
Main Street in the Underworld
Main Street in the Underworld
1964
★ 6.1
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 • as Denbei
★ 7.0
The Flower and the Sword
The Flower and the Sword
1964
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977 • as Hirano
★ 7.7
Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 • as Chief Akama
★ 6.6
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates
1973 • as Kakutarô Shinohara
★ 5.1
Cops vs. Thugs
Cops vs. Thugs
1975 • as Masaichi Tomoyasu
★ 6.1
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom
1972
★ 6.1
Hot Springs Geisha
Hot Springs Geisha
1968 • as Shinagawa
★ 3.4
The Rambler Rides Again
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
★ 10.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 5.5
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1956 • as Kido
★ 6.5
Father of the Kamikaze
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979 • as Actor
Ai to shi no katami
Ai to shi no katami
1962
The Pledge
The Pledge
1972
★ 5.8
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961 • as Kozo Haraguchi
★ 10.0
The Great Shogunate Battle
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
★ 6.8
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
1964
★ 6.0
Living Skeleton
Living Skeleton
1968 • as Suetsugu
★ 5.6
Killer of Seven
Killer of Seven
1967
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973
★ 7.0
Red Peony Gambler
Red Peony Gambler
1968
★ 7.4
Man Who Causes a Storm
Man Who Causes a Storm
1957 • as Toru Sakyo, the critic
★ 6.8
Eight Hours of Terror
Eight Hours of Terror
1957 • as Kosaku Mori
★ 7.5
Shimane Prison Riot
Shimane Prison Riot
1975 • as Torao Yoshinari
★ 6.5
Big Time Gambling Boss
Big Time Gambling Boss
1968 • as Tasaburô Senba
★ 7.2
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 5.8
Vacuum Zone
Vacuum Zone
1952 • as Sergeant Kaneko
★ 8.5
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973 • as Hadano
★ 6.2
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967
★ 7.5
Quick Draw Joe
Quick Draw Joe
1961 • as Mishima
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
1974
★ 6.7
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
1971
★ 9.0
The Wild Reporter
The Wild Reporter
1959 • as Funakoshi
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975
★ 9.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 • as Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.2
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
This Day's Life
This Day's Life
1957
★ 8.0
At the End of the Clouds
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Vendetta of a Samurai
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
★ 6.6
Karate Cop 2
Karate Cop 2
1983
★ 4.0
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974 • as Yoshio Imazu - Warden
★ 6.6
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
1962
★ 10.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967 • as Shurinosuke Asahina
★ 6.1
Woman Boss
Woman Boss
1970
★ 8.0
Hungry Soul
Hungry Soul
1956 • as Reiji Ajioka
★ 6.2
Dynamite Don-Don
Dynamite Don-Don
1978 • as Denjiro Hasimoto
★ 7.8
Red Handkerchief
Red Handkerchief
1964
★ 7.2
Samurai Geisha
Samurai Geisha
1969 • as Osuga
★ 7.5
Scoundrel
Scoundrel
1968
★ 7.0
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968
★ 6.5
Cobra 2
Cobra 2
1976 • as Tajima
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
1973 • as Senzo Ogata
★ 9.0
Devil's Flute
Devil's Flute
1979
★ 6.4
The Magic Serpent
The Magic Serpent
1966 • as Dôjin Hiki
★ 6.4
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
1970
★ 6.8
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
Intimidation
Intimidation
1960 • as Kyosuke Takita
★ 7.2
Return of the Vagabond
Return of the Vagabond
1960
★ 5.0
The Age of Our Own
The Age of Our Own
1959
Enlisted Yakuza
Enlisted Yakuza
1968
★ 6.0
Voice Without a Shadow
Voice Without a Shadow
1958 • as Kawai
★ 6.2
movie
Stray Sheep
1955 • as Haraguchi, the painter
★ 7.0
Rub Out the Past
Rub Out the Past
1966
★ 8.0
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
★ 7.5
Check
Check
1991 • as Tennoji
★ 10.0
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950 • as Kashima
★ 1.0
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961 • as Ken
★ 6.6
The Glamorous Ghost
The Glamorous Ghost
1964 • as Kenji Yamakoshi
★ 7.0
Thugs of Shinjuku
Thugs of Shinjuku
1970
★ 9.0
Tokyo Knights
Tokyo Knights
1961 • as Mishima
★ 7.0
Night Drum
Night Drum
1958
★ 5.9
Waseda University
Waseda University
1953 • as Hotani Nitarō
Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
1956
The Revenge and the Death
The Revenge and the Death
1963 • as Kawazu
★ 10.0
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975
★ 9.0
Traces of Lead
Traces of Lead
1962
The Barefoot Girl
The Barefoot Girl
1957
Convicted Woman
Convicted Woman
1966
Red Bud and White Flower
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
★ 7.0
The Yakuza Awaits
The Yakuza Awaits
1969
★ 8.0
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971 • as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner
★ 6.1
The Detective Journey
The Detective Journey
1980
The Third Shadow Warrior
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
★ 7.2
Dissolution Rites
Dissolution Rites
1967 • as Itagaki
★ 7.0
Gambler's World
Gambler's World
1967 • as Ushimatsu Fujii
Diamonds of the Andes
Diamonds of the Andes
1968
★ 10.0
The Rambling Guitarist
The Rambling Guitarist
1959 • as Akitsu
★ 6.9
Black Weapon
Black Weapon
1964
The Famous Wanderer
The Famous Wanderer
1961
Portrait of Chieko
Portrait of Chieko
1967 • as Sawada
★ 7.5
Portrait of Chieko
Portrait of Chieko
1967 • as Yamazaki
★ 7.5
Merciless Bullet
Merciless Bullet
1959 • as Sawamura
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Organized Violence II
Organized Violence II
1967 • as Head of Department
★ 7.5
Love Eternal
Love Eternal
1966 • as Aoki
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
Surgical Designs in Flames
Surgical Designs in Flames
1986
★ 10.0
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963 • as Inspector Kumagaya
★ 6.5
Human Torpedoes
Human Torpedoes
1968
★ 7.0
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
★ 10.0
Curse of the Blood
Curse of the Blood
1968 • as Sojun
★ 6.7
The Worship of the Flesh
The Worship of the Flesh
1968 • as Denbei
★ 7.0
Hi No Taiko
Hi No Taiko
1966
King of the Night Life
King of the Night Life
1970
★ 5.0
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
★ 10.0
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964 • as Kansuke
★ 8.5
Standing Towards the Great Forest
Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961
movie
Nurse's Husband
1980
★ 7.0
The Man Who Became The Don
The Man Who Became The Don
1991
★ 7.0
Wakai toppū
Wakai toppū
1960
Wind and waves of the South
Wind and waves of the South
1961 • as Kihei
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979 • as Kokichi Asakura
★ 7.7
Itsuko to sono haha
Itsuko to sono haha
1954 • as Tokuji Funabashi
★ 8.0
The Last Loyalty Offering
The Last Loyalty Offering
1967
movie
Karate Wars
1978
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again
1955 • as Akira Mimura
★ 7.0
Dianas of the Campus
Dianas of the Campus
1966
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
★ 5.0
A Yakuza Goes Home
A Yakuza Goes Home
1970
★ 10.0
An Angel is Chasing Me
An Angel is Chasing Me
1961
We Live Today
We Live Today
1959
The Black Cat
The Black Cat
1965
★ 9.0
Warm Current
Warm Current
1966
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961 • as Katsumata
Cape Ashizuri
Cape Ashizuri
1954
★ 9.0
The Experience
The Experience
1970
★ 6.0
The Garden of Women
The Garden of Women
1954 • as Kihei Hirato
★ 6.6
Called to the Stand
Called to the Stand
1956
★ 8.0
The Echo of Love
The Echo of Love
1959
The Fatal Raid
The Fatal Raid
1969
★ 10.0
Call My Black Dice
Call My Black Dice
1964 • as Sakakibara (Boss of the Tokyo-based Sakakibara gang)
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
A Hole of My Own Making
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
★ 8.0
Duel at Fort Ezo
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
★ 5.8
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958 • as Yuzo Hayata
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
1958
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
So Deep in My Heart
So Deep in My Heart
1955
A Man Explodes
A Man Explodes
1959
Postwar Secrets
Postwar Secrets
1970
★ 9.5
Wakai hito-tachi
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
★ 8.0
Get Over Her
Get Over Her
1959 • as Yoshino
Crimson Pistol
Crimson Pistol
1961
Rogue
Rogue
1968 • as Suyama
★ 7.0
The Harbor of No Return
The Harbor of No Return
1966
★ 7.0
Yakuza Song
Yakuza Song
1960
★ 7.0
Seven Gamblers
Seven Gamblers
1966
★ 6.5
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
Wolves of the Night
Wolves of the Night
1958
The Red Light Military Base
The Red Light Military Base
1953 • as Sugio Kawanabe
★ 9.0
The Law's Bloody Wounds
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960
Forever, My Love
Forever, My Love
1958 • as Tachio Kinumaki
Under the Stars of Singapore
Under the Stars of Singapore
1967
Shōwa Gokudōshi
Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975
★ 9.0
The Lost Diamond
The Lost Diamond
1960
Last Round
Last Round
1962
Kawaii Onna
Kawaii Onna
1959
The Hard Core Criminal
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
★ 7.5
Faraway Tomorrow
Faraway Tomorrow
1979
★ 3.7
Flowering Maidens
Flowering Maidens
1965 • as Matsui
Student Double Suicide
Student Double Suicide
1954
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
アッと驚く為五郎
アッと驚く為五郎
1970
Jūdan no arashi
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
1964 • as Honda Shinpachi
Queen of Eros
Queen of Eros
1973 • as Narrator
Bōkyō no umi
Bōkyō no umi
1962
Whistling in the Darkness
Whistling in the Darkness
1961
The Bad Guy Blues
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
★ 7.0
Escape Man
Escape Man
1967
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1965
The Awakening
The Awakening
1957
Phoenix
Phoenix
1956 • as Fuji director
★ 6.5
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Chivalrous Life
Chivalrous Life
1965
Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!
Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!
1975
★ 8.0
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955 • as Sayama
★ 8.0
Friendship of Jazz
Friendship of Jazz
1959
★ 10.0
The Praying Man
The Praying Man
1959 • as Shinichiro Kuraki
movie
Madam
1957
Yakuza Vassal
Yakuza Vassal
1966
★ 10.0
Prison Release Loyalty Offering
Prison Release Loyalty Offering
1966
Downtown Blues
Downtown Blues
1968
★ 9.0
Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
1962
Ningyō no uta
Ningyō no uta
1959
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965
Story of Japanese Bad Men
Story of Japanese Bad Men
1971
Violence
Violence
1952
★ 8.0
A Drop of Grease
A Drop of Grease
1966
The Plateau Man
The Plateau Man
1961
Okinawa no Tami
Okinawa no Tami
1956
Gyakukōsen
Gyakukōsen
1956
movie
Tonari no yome
1956
Unga
Unga
1958 • as Hitoshi Itami
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
1951