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