Nobuo Kaneko
Born
March 27, 1923 (age 71)
Died
January 20, 1995
Birthplace
Taito, Tokyo, Japan

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.

Movies

Kokkai e ikô!
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
The Great Shogunate Battle
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991 ★ 6.0
Check
Check
1991
Tennoji
The Man Who Became The Don
The Man Who Became The Don
1991
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 ★ 6.8
Yoshiyuki Kawashima
Surgical Designs in Flames
Surgical Designs in Flames
1986
Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985
1985 ★ 6.8
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
The Return of Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla
1984 ★ 7.2
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Karate Cop 2
Karate Cop 2
1983 ★ 4.0
The Imperial Navy
The Imperial Navy
1981 ★ 6.3
Chuichi Nagumo
The Detective Journey
The Detective Journey
1980
Nurse's Husband
Nurse's Husband
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980 ★ 5.5
Yoshio Yamamori
Faraway Tomorrow
Faraway Tomorrow
1979 ★ 2.0
The Shogun Assassins
The Shogun Assassins
1979 ★ 5.1
Hayashi Razan
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979
Actor
The Inferno
The Inferno
1979 ★ 6.6
Emma Daio
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979 ★ 7.0
Kokichi Asakura
Down with The Big Boss
Down with The Big Boss
1979
Devil's Flute
Devil's Flute
1979 ★ 6.2
The Fall of Ako Castle
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 ★ 6.6
Kira
Never Give Up
Never Give Up
1978 ★ 5.7
Head of Mizoguchi City
Dynamite Don-Don
Dynamite Don-Don
1978 ★ 7.4
Denjiro Hasimoto
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978 ★ 7.0
Hideyoshi Hirayama
Shogun's Samurai
Shogun's Samurai
1978 ★ 7.0
Karate Wars
Karate Wars
1978
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977 ★ 8.8
Hirano
Japan's Don
Japan's Don
1977 ★ 7.5
Shoji Taguchi
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976 ★ 4.9
Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 ★ 6.5
Chief Akama
Cobra 2
Cobra 2
1976
Tajima
Seigida! Mikatada! Zeninshugo!!
Seigida! Mikatada! Zeninshugo!!
1975
That's Our Heroes of Justice, Gather Everyone!
That's Our Heroes of Justice, Gather Everyone!
1975
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
Shimane Prison Riot
1975 ★ 5.0
Torao Yoshinari
The Murder Corps
The Murder Corps
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
Cops vs. Thugs
1975 ★ 6.0
Masaichi Tomoyasu
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 ★ 5.4
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974 ★ 6.5
Warden
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
1974 ★ 6.7
Father of the Kamikaze
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 ★ 7.2
Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 ★ 7.0
Yoshio Yamamori
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage
1973 ★ 5.1
Kakutarô Shinohara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 ★ 7.0
Yoshio Yamamori
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
1973
Senzo Ogata
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973 ★ 6.5
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973 ★ 6.2
Hadano
The Hard Core Criminal
The Hard Core Criminal
1973 ★ 7.5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973 ★ 7.3
Yoshio Yamamori
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
1973 ★ 6.1
Shigeru Satô - The President of The School
Semi-Document: Eros No Joô
Semi-Document: Eros No Joô
1973
Narrator
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
1973 ★ 5.3
Visitor of the Shoe Polishing
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 ★ 7.3
Yoshio Yamamori
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom
1972 ★ 6.0
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
The Pledge
The Pledge
1972 ★ 5.0
Turtle Geisha
Turtle Geisha
1972 ★ 4.7
Shōwa Gokudōshi
Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972 ★ 6.0
Chief of Police
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
1971
Story of Japanese Bad Men
Story of Japanese Bad Men
1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971 ★ 10.0
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971 ★ 6.1
Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner
Thugs of Shinjuku
Thugs of Shinjuku
1970
The Experience
The Experience
1970
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
1970 ★ 6.8
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
King of the Night Life
King of the Night Life
1970
Postwar Secrets
Postwar Secrets
1970 ★ 10.0
アッと驚く為五郎
アッと驚く為五郎
1970
Duel at Fort Ezo
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970 ★ 5.4
A Yakuza Goes Home
A Yakuza Goes Home
1970
Woman Boss
Woman Boss
1970
The Bad Guy Blues
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
The Fatal Raid
The Fatal Raid
1969
Samurai Geisha
Samurai Geisha
1969 ★ 6.0
Osuga
The Biggest Gamble
The Biggest Gamble
1969 ★ 7.0
The Yakuza Awaits
The Yakuza Awaits
1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968 ★ 6.0
Living Skeleton
Living Skeleton
1968 ★ 5.4
Suetsugu
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
Rogue
Rogue
1968
Suyama
Enlisted Yakuza
Enlisted Yakuza
1968 ★ 5.0
Red Peony Gambler
Red Peony Gambler
1968 ★ 7.4
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
1968 ★ 5.7
Tokuyasu
Downtown Blues
Downtown Blues
1968
The Worship of the Flesh
The Worship of the Flesh
1968
Denbei
Hot Springs Geisha
Hot Springs Geisha
1968 ★ 2.2
Shinagawa
Curse of the Blood
Curse of the Blood
1968 ★ 6.7
Sojun
Diamonds of the Andes
Diamonds of the Andes
1968
Scoundrel
Scoundrel
1968 ★ 6.0
Big Time Gambling Boss
Big Time Gambling Boss
1968 ★ 7.2
Tasaburô Senba
Human Torpedoes
Human Torpedoes
1968
The Last Loyalty Offering
The Last Loyalty Offering
1967
Escape Man
Escape Man
1967
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
Killer of Seven
Killer of Seven
1967
Gambler's World
Gambler's World
1967
Ushimatsu Fujii
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967 ★ 6.0
Shurinosuke Asahina
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967 ★ 6.2
Organized Violence II
Organized Violence II
1967 ★ 6.0
Head of Department
Portrait of Chieko
Portrait of Chieko
1967
Sawada
Dissolution Rites
Dissolution Rites
1967 ★ 6.0
Itagaki
Under the Stars of Singapore
Under the Stars of Singapore
1967
Prison Release Loyalty Offering
Prison Release Loyalty Offering
1966
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
A Drop of Grease
A Drop of Grease
1966
Rub Out the Past
Rub Out the Past
1966 ★ 6.0
The Harbor of No Return
The Harbor of No Return
1966
Seven Gamblers
Seven Gamblers
1966 ★ 6.0
Love Eternal
Love Eternal
1966
Aoki
Dianas of the Campus
Dianas of the Campus
1966
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Warm Current
Warm Current
1966
Convicted Woman
Convicted Woman
1966
Yakuza Vassal
Yakuza Vassal
1966
The Magic Serpent
The Magic Serpent
1966 ★ 6.2
Dôjin Hiki
Color
Color
1965
Chivalrous Life
Chivalrous Life
1965
The Black Cat
The Black Cat
1965
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965
Flowering Maidens
Flowering Maidens
1965
Matsui
Black Thief
Black Thief
1964 ★ 7.5
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964 ★ 6.8
Unosuke
The Flower and the Sword
The Flower and the Sword
1964
The Glamorous Ghost
The Glamorous Ghost
1964 ★ 6.0
Kenji Yamakoshi
Giant Rumble
Giant Rumble
1964 ★ 6.0
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964 ★ 8.5
Kansuke
Black Weapon
Black Weapon
1964
Main Street in the Underworld
Main Street in the Underworld
1964 ★ 6.0
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
1964
Honda Shinpachi
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
1964 ★ 6.0
Red Handkerchief
Red Handkerchief
1964 ★ 7.0
The Revenge and the Death
The Revenge and the Death
1963
Kawazu
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963
Kumagai
The Third Shadow Warrior
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963 ★ 7.1
Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast
1963 ★ 6.9
Sôichi Ozawa
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963 ★ 6.3
Inspector Kumagaya
Namari o buchikome
Namari o buchikome
1962
Ai to shi no katami
Ai to shi no katami
1962
Bōkyō no umi
Bōkyō no umi
1962
Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
1962
Jūdan no arashi
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Last Round
Last Round
1962
Red Bud and White Flower
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Song of a Traveller
Song of a Traveller
1962
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
1962
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961
Kozo Haraguchi
Wind and waves of the South
Wind and waves of the South
1961
Kihei
Crimson pistol belt
Crimson pistol belt
1961
Standing Towards the Great Forest
Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961 ★ 5.7
The Plateau Man
The Plateau Man
1961
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
Whistling in the Darkness
Whistling in the Darkness
1961
Quick Draw Joe
Quick Draw Joe
1961
Mishima
でかんしょ風来坊
でかんしょ風来坊
1961
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
Katsumata
Tokyo Knights
Tokyo Knights
1961 ★ 6.8
Mishima
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 ★ 8.4
Kirihara Gôchô
Tenshi ga ore o oi kakeru
Tenshi ga ore o oi kakeru
1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
The Rambler Rides Again
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Wakai toppū
Wakai toppū
1960
The Lost Diamond
The Lost Diamond
1960
Return of the Vagabond
Return of the Vagabond
1960 ★ 5.0
Intimidation
Intimidation
1960 ★ 7.0
Kyosuke Takita
The Poem of the Blue Star
The Poem of the Blue Star
1960
The Law's Bloody Wounds
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960
The Age of Our Own
The Age of Our Own
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
The Rambling Guitarist
1959 ★ 6.2
Akitsu
The Wild Reporter
The Wild Reporter
1959
Funakoshi
Ningyō no uta
Ningyō no uta
1959
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Merciless Bullet
Merciless Bullet
1959
Sawamura
Kawaii Onna
Kawaii Onna
1959
The Echo of Love
The Echo of Love
1959
A Man Explodes
A Man Explodes
1959
We Live Today
We Live Today
1959
The Praying Man
The Praying Man
1959
Shinichiro Kuraki
Get Over Her
Get Over Her
1959
Friendship of Jazz
Friendship of Jazz
1959
Voice Without a Shadow
Voice Without a Shadow
1958 ★ 6.4
Kawai
Wolves of the Night
Wolves of the Night
1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958
That Wonderful Guy
That Wonderful Guy
1958
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
1958
Night Drum
Night Drum
1958 ★ 5.7
Forever, My Love
Forever, My Love
1958
Tachio Kinumaki
Man Who Causes a Storm
Man Who Causes a Storm
1957 ★ 6.7
Toru Sakyo, the critic
The Awakening
The Awakening
1957
The Barefoot Girl
The Barefoot Girl
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 ★ 7.0
Denbei
This Day's Life
This Day's Life
1957
Madam
Madam
1957
Eight Hours of Terror
Eight Hours of Terror
1957 ★ 7.3
Kosaku Mori
Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956 ★ 6.4
Reiji Ajioka
Okinawa no Tami
Okinawa no Tami
1956
Hungry Soul
Hungry Soul
1956 ★ 6.0
Reiji Ajioka
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1956 ★ 6.5
Kido
Tonari no yome
Tonari no yome
1956
Gyakukōsen
Gyakukōsen
1956
Ryûri no kishi
Ryûri no kishi
1956
Phoenix
Phoenix
1956 ★ 6.0
Called to the Stand
Called to the Stand
1956
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955 ★ 6.0
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
Sayama
A Hole of My Own Making
A Hole of My Own Making
1955 ★ 6.0
Stray Sheep
Stray Sheep
1955
Haraguchi, the painter
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again
1955 ★ 6.2
Akira Mimura
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 ★ 7.7
Wakai hito-tachi
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
Student Double Suicide
Student Double Suicide
1954
Cape Ashizuri
Cape Ashizuri
1954
The Garden of Women
The Garden of Women
1954 ★ 6.6
Kihei Hirato
Itsuko to sono haha
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
Tokuji Funabashi
Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain
1954 ★ 7.3
Red-Light Bases
Red-Light Bases
1953
Sugio Kawanabe
At the End of the Clouds
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Vacuum Zone
Vacuum Zone
1952 ★ 7.0
Ikiru
Ikiru
1952 ★ 8.3
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Violence
Violence
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952 ★ 6.8
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950 ★ 1.0
Kashima

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