
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

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
as Kirihara Gôchô

The Shogun Assassins (1979)
as Hayashi Razan

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
as Yoshio Yamamori

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
as Yoshio Yamamori

Godzilla 1985 (1985)
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
as Yoshio Yamamori

The Inferno (1979)
as Emma Daio

The Imperial Navy (1981)
as Chuichi Nagumo

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
as Kira

Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Actor

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
as Denbei

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
as Yoshio Yamamori

The Detective Journey (1980)
Actor

Youth of the Beast (1963)
as Sôichi Ozawa

Floating Clouds (1955)
Actor

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
as Shigeru Satô - The President of The School

Japan's Don (1977)
as Shoji Taguchi

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
as Yoshio Yamamori

New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1976)
Actor

Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
as Chief Akama

Giant Rumble (1964)
Actor

Sound of the Mountain (1954)
Actor

Never Give Up (1978)
as Head of Mizoguchi City

The Rainbow-Colored Flower (1950)
as Kashima

Devil's Flute (1979)
Actor

Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
as Tokuyasu

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)
as Yamamori

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)
as Visitor of the Shoe Polishing

Hot Springs Geisha (1968)
as Shinagawa

The Magic Serpent (1966)
as Dôjin Hiki

Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
as Yoshiyuki Kawashima

Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
as Masaichi Tomoyasu

Night Drum (1958)
Actor

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)
as Hideyoshi Hirayama

Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates (1973)
as Kakutarô Shinohara

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973)
as Hadano

Down with The Big Boss (1979)
Actor

Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
Actor

Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game (1974)
Actor

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat (1976)
Actor

Turtle Geisha (1972)
Actor

The Hard Core Criminal (1973)
Actor

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
as Unosuke

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)
as Chief of Police

Tokyo Knights (1961)
as Mishima

Samurai Geisha (1969)
as Osuga

Till We Meet Again (1955)
as Akira Mimura

Shimane Prison Riot (1975)
as Torao Yoshinari

Portrait of Chieko (1967)
as Sawada

Intimidation (1960)
as Kyosuke Takita

The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)
as Yoshio Imazu - Warden

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom (1972)
Actor

Dangerous Trade in Kobe (1973)
Actor

Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)
Actor

The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
as Akitsu

The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)
Actor

Faraway Tomorrow (1979)
Actor

Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
Actor

Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
Actor

Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
as Kawai

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)
as Kokichi Asakura

Dynamite Don-Don (1978)
as Denjiro Hasimoto

New Prison Walls of Abashiri (1968)
Actor

Big Time Gambling Boss (1968)
as Tasaburô Senba

Dissolution Rites (1967)
as Itagaki

Duel at Fort Ezo (1970)
Actor

Vacuum Zone (1952)
Actor

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 (1967)
Actor

The Plateau Man (1961)
Actor

Rub Out the Past (1966)
Actor

The Red Light Military Base (1953)
as Sugio Kawanabe

The Great Shogunate Battle (1991)
Actor

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler (1971)
Actor

Chivalrous Life (1965)
Actor

The Man Who Became The Don (1991)
Actor

The Harbor of No Return (1966)
Actor

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle (1973)
as Senzo Ogata
Nurse's Husband (1980)
Actor

Black Weapon (1964)
Actor

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess (1971)
as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner

Traveling Alone with a Guitar (1964)
Actor

Shōwa Gokudōshi (1972)
Actor

Surgical Designs in Flames (1986)
Actor

Organized Violence II (1967)
as Head of Department

Scoundrel (1968)
Actor

Red Peony Gambler (1968)
Actor

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)
as Inspector Kumagaya

Phoenix (1956)
Actor

Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps (1967)
as Shurinosuke Asahina

Wind and waves of the South (1961)
as Kihei

At the End of the Clouds (1953)
Actor

The Garden of Women (1954)
as Kihei Hirato

The Black Cat (1965)
Actor

The Glamorous Ghost (1964)
as Kenji Yamakoshi

A Hole of My Own Making (1955)
Actor

A Man Explodes (1959)
Actor

Crimson Pistol (1961)
Actor

Cobra 2 (1976)
as Tajima

Wakai hito-tachi (1954)
Actor

Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa (1962)
Actor

Living Skeleton (1968)
as Suetsugu

Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)
as Toru Sakyo, the critic

Karate Cop 2 (1983)
Actor

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations (1975)
Actor

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (1958)
Actor

Wolves of the Night (1958)
Actor

Dianas of the Campus (1966)
Actor

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree (1955)
as Sayama

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
as Yoshio Yamamori

The Experience (1970)
Actor

Lunar Eclipse (1956)
Actor

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time (1968)
Actor

The Viper Brothers and the Young General (1975)
Actor

Love Eternal (1966)
as Aoki

Farewell to Southern Tosa (1959)
Actor

Standing Towards the Great Forest (1961)
Actor

Main Street in the Underworld (1964)
Actor

Last Round (1962)
Actor

Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha (1962)
Actor

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters (1967)
Actor

Black Thief (1964)
Actor

Gyakukōsen (1956)
Actor

King of the Night Life (1970)
Actor

Love and Desire in the Night Mist (1966)
Actor

Human Torpedoes (1968)
Actor

Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)
as Hirano

Called to the Stand (1956)
Actor

Warm Current (1966)
Actor

An Angel is Chasing Me (1961)
Actor

Get Over Her (1959)
as Yoshino

The Flower and the Sword (1964)
Actor

The Yakuza Awaits (1969)
Actor

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961)
as Kozo Haraguchi

Woman Boss (1970)
Actor

The Rambler Rides Again (1960)
Actor

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams (1970)
Actor

The Age of Our Own (1959)
Actor
Stray Sheep (1955)
as Haraguchi, the painter

Rogue (1968)
as Suyama

Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
as Reiji Ajioka

We Live Today (1959)
Actor

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office (1964)
as Kansuke

The Wild Reporter (1959)
as Funakoshi

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps (1975)
Actor

Whistling in the Darkness (1961)
Actor

Joe of Aces: Give and Take (1961)
Actor

Jūdan no arashi (1962)
Actor

Red Handkerchief (1964)
Actor

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living (1961)
as Katsumata

This Day's Life (1957)
Actor

Escape Man (1967)
Actor

Itsuko to sono haha (1954)
as Tokuji Funabashi

The Rambler under the Southern Cross (1961)
Actor
Madam (1957)
Actor

Student Double Suicide (1954)
Actor

Curse of the Blood (1968)
as Sojun

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon (1958)
Actor

Violence (1952)
Actor

Quick Draw Joe (1961)
as Mishima

The Echo of Love (1959)
Actor

Check (1991)
as Tennoji

Ryûri no kishi (1956)
Actor

Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
as Kosaku Mori

Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!! (1975)
Actor

Cape Ashizuri (1954)
Actor

Enlisted Yakuza (1968)
Actor

Under the Stars of Singapore (1967)
Actor

Kawaii Onna (1959)
Actor

Kokkai e ikô! (1993)
Actor

The Bad Guy Blues (1969)
Actor

Flowering Maidens (1965)
as Matsui

Red Bud and White Flower (1962)
Actor

The Fatal Raid (1969)
Actor

The Biggest Gamble (1969)
Actor

Summer Storm (1956)
as Kido

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm (1972)
Actor

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies (1970)
Actor

Gambler's World (1967)
as Ushimatsu Fujii

Merciless Bullet (1959)
as Sawamura

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation (1968)
Actor
Tonari no yome (1956)
Actor

The Barefoot Girl (1957)
Actor

Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut (1964)
Actor

Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women (1963)
as Kumagai

The Pledge (1972)
Actor

The Awakening (1957)
Actor

Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love (1966)
Actor

Wakai toppū (1960)
Actor

Traces of Lead (1962)
Actor

Prison Release Loyalty Offering (1966)
Actor

The Praying Man (1959)
as Shinichiro Kuraki

The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961)
as Ken

Okinawa no Tami (1956)
Actor

The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor (1971)
Actor

Friendship of Jazz (1959)
Actor

Forever, My Love (1958)
as Tachio Kinumaki

Yakuza Song (1960)
Actor

でかんしょ風来坊 (1961)
Actor

Convicted Woman (1966)
Actor

Story of Japanese Bad Men (1971)
Actor

Queen of Eros (1973)
as Narrator

Yakuza Vassal (1966)
Actor

The Lost Diamond (1960)
Actor

Diamonds of the Andes (1968)
Actor

Song of a Traveller (1962)
Actor

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm (1960)
Actor

The Last Loyalty Offering (1967)
Actor

Call My Black Dice (1964)
Actor

The Worship of the Flesh (1968)
as Denbei

Color (1965)
Actor

A Drop of Grease (1966)
Actor

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws (1964)
as Honda Shinpachi

The Revenge and the Death (1963)
as Kawazu

Downtown Blues (1968)
Actor

That Wonderful Guy (1958)
Actor

Postwar Secrets (1970)
Actor

Hungry Soul (1956)
as Reiji Ajioka

The Law's Bloody Wounds (1960)
Actor

Killer of Seven (1967)
Actor

Seven Gamblers (1966)
Actor

Bōkyō no umi (1962)
Actor

Return of the Vagabond (1960)
Actor

A Yakuza Goes Home (1970)
Actor

Ningyō no uta (1959)
Actor

Ai to shi no katami (1962)
Actor

The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow (1965)
Actor

アッと驚く為五郎 (1970)
Actor

Troubleman Laughs and Kills (1979)
as Actor

So Deep in My Heart (1955)
Actor

Unga (1958)
as Hitoshi Itami
Karate Wars (1978)
Actor

Waseda University (1953)
as Hotani Nitarō

Expelled from the Kanto Mob (1965)
Actor





