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Nobuo Kaneko

Acting • 1923-03-27 • Taito, Tokyo, Japan

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

Ikiru

Ikiru

1952

Shōgun

Shōgun

1980

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

1964

The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

1984

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

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Filmography

1994
Father and Son HawkTV
1993
Kokkai e ikô!Film
1991
The Great Shogunate BattleFilm
★ 6.8
1991
CheckFilm
Tennoji
★ 10.0
1991
The Man Who Became The DonFilm
★ 7.0
1989
Four Days of Snow and BloodFilm
Yoshiyuki Kawashima
★ 7.3
1986
Surgical Designs in FlamesFilm
★ 10.0
1985
Godzilla 1985Film
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
★ 6.8
1984
The Return of GodzillaFilm
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
★ 7.2
1983
Karate Cop 2Film
★ 4.0
1981
The Imperial NavyFilm
Chuichi Nagumo
★ 6.6
1980
ShōgunTV
Ishido • 5 episodes
★ 7.6
1980
Shadow WarriorsTV
Sakai Tadakiyo • 27 episodes
★ 8.0
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaFilm
Yoshio Yamamori
★ 5.5
1980
The Detective JourneyFilm
★ 7.0
1980
Nurse's HusbandFilm
★ 7.0
1979
The InfernoFilm
Emma Daio
★ 6.9
1979
The Shogun AssassinsFilm
Hayashi Razan
★ 5.5
1979
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and HumanityFilm
Kokichi Asakura
★ 7.8
1979
Devil's FluteFilm
★ 6.4
1979
Kusa MoeruTV
Taira no Kiyomori • 51 episodes
★ 7.0
1979
Down with The Big BossFilm
★ 8.0
1979
Faraway TomorrowFilm
★ 3.7
1979
Troubleman Laughs and KillsFilm
Actor
1978
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan ConspiracyFilm
★ 7.0
1978
The Fall of Ako CastleFilm
Kira
★ 6.8
1978
Never Give UpFilm
Head of Mizoguchi City
★ 6.4
1978
Dynamite Don-DonFilm
Denjiro Hasimoto
★ 7.8
1978
Japanese Godfather: ConclusionFilm
Hideyoshi Hirayama
★ 7.2
1978
Karate WarsFilm
1977
Japanese Godfather: AmbitionFilm
Hirano
★ 7.7
1977
Japanese GodfatherFilm
Shoji Taguchi
★ 7.2
1976
Yakuza GraveyardFilm
Chief Akama
★ 6.6
1976
New Female Prisoner 701: ScorpionFilm
★ 5.4
1976
Truck Rascals in Fever HeatFilm
★ 10.0
1976
Cobra 2Film
Tajima
1975
Cops vs. ThugsFilm
Masaichi Tomoyasu
★ 6.1
1975
300 Million Thief: Statute of LimitationsFilm
★ 9.0
1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young GeneralFilm
★ 9.0
1975
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder CorpsFilm
★ 9.0
1975
Shimane Prison RiotFilm
Torao Yoshinari
★ 6.5
1975
Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!Film
★ 8.0
1975
Unified ShadowsTV
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsFilm
Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.0
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeFilm
Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.2
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Film
Yoshio Yamamori
★ 5.9
1974
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball GameFilm
★ 6.7
1974
The Rapacious JailbreakerFilm
Yoshio Imazu - Warden
★ 6.6
1974
Father of the KamikazeFilm
1973
Battles Without Honor and HumanityFilm
Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.3
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaFilm
Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.3
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarFilm
Yoshio Yamamori
★ 7.0
1973
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law ClassroomFilm
Shigeru Satô - The President of The School
★ 6.2
1973
Girl Boss Revenge: SukebanFilm
Visitor of the Shoe Polishing
★ 5.5
1973
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform SchoolFilm
Hadano
★ 6.2
1973
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal ClassmatesFilm
Kakutarô Shinohara
★ 5.1
1973
Dangerous Trade in KobeFilm
★ 7.0
1973
The Hard Core CriminalFilm
★ 7.5
1973
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug TriangleFilm
Senzo Ogata
★ 9.0
1973
Queen of ErosFilm
Narrator
1972
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent ClassroomFilm
★ 6.1
1972
Turtle GeishaFilm
★ 5.1
1972
The PledgeFilm
★ 5.8
1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry GangFilm
Chief of Police
★ 6.8
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the StormFilm
★ 10.0
1972
Shōwa GokudōshiFilm
1971
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to ConfessFilm
Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner
★ 6.1
1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman GamblerFilm
★ 10.0
1971
The Kanto Brothers' Code of HonorFilm
★ 9.0
1971
Story of Japanese Bad MenFilm
1970
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night DreamsFilm
★ 6.8
1970
Duel at Fort EzoFilm
★ 5.8
1970
Postwar SecretsFilm
★ 9.5
1970
A Yakuza Goes HomeFilm
★ 10.0
1970
Thugs of ShinjukuFilm
★ 9.0
1970
Woman BossFilm
★ 8.0
1970
King of the Night LifeFilm
★ 5.5
1970
The Kingpin of Fair LadiesFilm
★ 5.5
1970
The ExperienceFilm
★ 6.0
1970
アッと驚く為五郎Film
1969
The Fatal RaidFilm
★ 10.0
1969
Samurai GeishaFilm
Osuga
★ 7.5
1969
The Biggest GambleFilm
★ 7.0
1969
The Yakuza AwaitsFilm
★ 8.0
1969
The Bad Guy BluesFilm
★ 7.0
1968
Goké, Body Snatcher from HellFilm
Tokuyasu
★ 5.8
1968
Living SkeletonFilm
Suetsugu
★ 5.6
1968
Big Time Gambling BossFilm
Tasaburô Senba
★ 7.2
1968
Red Peony GamblerFilm
★ 7.4
1968
Curse of the BloodFilm
Sojun
★ 6.7
1968
ScoundrelFilm
★ 7.0
1968
Diamonds of the AndesFilm
★ 10.0
1968
Hot Springs GeishaFilm
Shinagawa
★ 3.4
1968
New Prison Walls of AbashiriFilm
★ 6.5
1968
Downtown BluesFilm
★ 9.0
1968
Enlisted YakuzaFilm
★ 6.0
1968
Human TorpedoesFilm
★ 7.0
1968
The Worship of the FleshFilm
Denbei
★ 7.0
1968
RogueFilm
Suyama
★ 7.0
1968
Brothers'Code - The Back RelationFilm
1968
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First TimeFilm
1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of TrapsFilm
Shurinosuke Asahina
★ 6.1
1967
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4Film
★ 7.5
1967
The Domain: Where The Blade EntersFilm
★ 10.0
1967
Organized Violence IIFilm
Head of Department
★ 7.5
1967
Portrait of ChiekoFilm
Sawada
★ 7.5
1967
Portrait of ChiekoFilm
Yamazaki
★ 7.5
1967
Dissolution RitesFilm
Itagaki
★ 7.0
1967
Gambler's WorldFilm
Ushimatsu Fujii
1967
The Last Loyalty OfferingFilm
1967
Killer of SevenFilm
1967
Escape ManFilm
1967
Under the Stars of SingaporeFilm
1966
The Magic SerpentFilm
Dôjin Hiki
★ 6.4
1966
Rub Out the PastFilm
★ 8.0
1966
Yakuza VassalFilm
★ 10.0
1966
Seven GamblersFilm
★ 6.5
1966
The Harbor of No ReturnFilm
★ 7.0
1966
Dianas of the CampusFilm
1966
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of LoveFilm
1966
Love EternalFilm
Aoki
1966
Convicted WomanFilm
1966
Warm CurrentFilm
1966
Love and Desire in the Night MistFilm
1966
A Drop of GreaseFilm
1966
New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big CityFilm
1966
Hi No TaikoFilm
1966
Prison Release Loyalty OfferingFilm
1965
The Black CatFilm
★ 9.0
1965
Flowering MaidensFilm
Matsui
1965
Chivalrous LifeFilm
1965
Expelled from the Kanto MobFilm
1965
ColorFilm
1965
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About TomorrowFilm
1964
Fight, Zatoichi, FightFilm
Unosuke
★ 6.8
1964
Main Street in the UnderworldFilm
★ 6.1
1964
Red HandkerchiefFilm
★ 7.2
1964
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's OfficeFilm
Kansuke
★ 8.5
1964
Black ThiefFilm
★ 7.5
1964
The Glamorous GhostFilm
Kenji Yamakoshi
★ 7.0
1964
Giant RumbleFilm
★ 6.0
1964
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji CutFilm
★ 6.0
1964
The Flower and the SwordFilm
1964
Traveling Alone with a GuitarFilm
1964
Edo Crime Book: Black ClawsFilm
Honda Shinpachi
1964
Black WeaponFilm
1964
Call My Black DiceFilm
Sakakibara (Boss of the Tokyo-based Sakakibara gang)
1963
Youth of the BeastFilm
Sôichi Ozawa
★ 7.0
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!Film
Inspector Kumagaya
★ 6.7
1963
The Third Shadow WarriorFilm
★ 7.2
1963
The Revenge and the DeathFilm
Kawazu
★ 10.0
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and WomenFilm
Kumagai
1962
Sugata Naki TsuisekishaFilm
★ 10.0
1962
Red Bud and White FlowerFilm
★ 7.0
1962
Ai to shi no katamiFilm
1962
Traces of LeadFilm
1962
Song of a TravellerFilm
1962
Bōkyō no umiFilm
1962
Last RoundFilm
1962
Jūdan no arashiFilm
1962
Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta saFilm
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's PrayerFilm
Kirihara Gôchô
★ 8.4
1961
Tokyo KnightsFilm
Mishima
★ 6.9
1961
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain PassFilm
Ken
★ 6.6
1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-GrabFilm
Kozo Haraguchi
★ 10.0
1961
Quick Draw JoeFilm
Mishima
1961
Crimson PistolFilm
1961
The Famous WandererFilm
1961
Standing Towards the Great ForestFilm
1961
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a LivingFilm
Katsumata
1961
Whistling in the DarknessFilm
1961
The Rambler under the Southern CrossFilm
1961
The Plateau ManFilm
1961
An Angel is Chasing MeFilm
1961
Wind and waves of the SouthFilm
Kihei
1961
Joe of Aces: Give and TakeFilm
1960
IntimidationFilm
Kyosuke Takita
★ 7.2
1960
The Rambler Rides AgainFilm
★ 10.0
1960
Return of the VagabondFilm
★ 5.0
1960
Yakuza SongFilm
★ 7.0
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl FarmFilm
1960
The Law's Bloody WoundsFilm
1960
The Lost DiamondFilm
1960
Wakai toppūFilm
1959
The Rambling GuitaristFilm
Akitsu
★ 6.9
1959
Friendship of JazzFilm
★ 10.0
1959
A Man ExplodesFilm
1959
Kawaii OnnaFilm
1959
We Live TodayFilm
1959
Merciless BulletFilm
Sawamura
1959
Farewell to Southern TosaFilm
1959
The Age of Our OwnFilm
1959
Get Over HerFilm
Yoshino
1959
The Echo of LoveFilm
1959
The Praying ManFilm
Shinichiro Kuraki
1959
Ningyō no utaFilm
1959
The Wild ReporterFilm
Funakoshi
1958
Night DrumFilm
★ 5.9
1958
Voice Without a ShadowFilm
Kawai
★ 6.2
1958
That Wonderful GuyFilm
★ 6.0
1958
The Man Who Rode the TyphoonFilm
Yuzo Hayata
1958
Tomorrow is Another DayFilm
1958
Wolves of the NightFilm
1958
UngaFilm
Hitoshi Itami
1958
Forever, My LoveFilm
Tachio Kinumaki
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraFilm
Denbei
★ 7.0
1957
Eight Hours of TerrorFilm
Kosaku Mori
★ 7.5
1957
Man Who Causes a StormFilm
Toru Sakyo, the critic
★ 6.8
1957
This Day's LifeFilm
★ 8.0
1957
The AwakeningFilm
1957
MadamFilm
1957
危険な関係Film
1957
The Barefoot GirlFilm
1956
Hungry SoulFilm
Reiji Ajioka
★ 6.2
1956
Hungry Soul, Part IIFilm
Reiji Ajioka
★ 6.5
1956
PhoenixFilm
Fuji director
★ 6.5
1956
Summer StormFilm
Kido
★ 6.5
1956
Wandering ShoreFilm
★ 8.0
1956
Called to the StandFilm
Prosecutor
★ 8.0
1956
LoversFilm
1956
Tonari no yomeFilm
1956
Lunar EclipseFilm
1956
GyakukōsenFilm
1956
Okinawa no TamiFilm
1955
Floating CloudsFilm
★ 7.7
1955
Till We Meet AgainFilm
Akira Mimura
★ 7.0
1955
A Hole of My Own MakingFilm
★ 8.0
1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2Film
★ 7.5
1955
Women of GinzaFilm
★ 9.0
1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-TreeFilm
Sayama
★ 8.0
1955
Stray SheepFilm
Haraguchi, the painter
★ 7.0
1955
So Deep in My HeartFilm
1954
Sound of the MountainFilm
★ 7.4
1954
The Garden of WomenFilm
Kihei Hirato
★ 6.6
1954
Cape AshizuriFilm
★ 9.0
1954
Itsuko to sono hahaFilm
Tokuji Funabashi
★ 8.0
1954
Wakai hito-tachiFilm
★ 8.0
1954
Student Double SuicideFilm
1953
The Red Light Military BaseFilm
Sugio Kawanabe
★ 9.0
1953
At the End of the CloudsFilm
1953
Waseda UniversityFilm
Hotani Nitarō
1952
IkiruFilm
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
★ 8.3
1952
Vendetta of a SamuraiFilm
★ 6.6
1952
Vacuum ZoneFilm
Sergeant Kaneko
★ 8.5
1952
ViolenceFilm
★ 8.0
1951
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzaiFilm
1950
The Rainbow-Colored FlowerFilm
Kashima
★ 1.0