Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Known for
Acting
Born
March 27, 1923
Died
January 20, 1995 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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

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Filmography

1994
Father and Son Hawk poster

Father and Son Hawk

TV · 11 eps

1993
Kokkai e ikô! poster

Kokkai e ikô!

Movie

1991
Check poster

Check

Movie · as Tennoji

1991
The Great Shogunate Battle poster

The Great Shogunate Battle

Movie

1991
The Man Who Became The Don poster

The Man Who Became The Don

Movie

1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood poster

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Movie · as Yoshiyuki Kawashima

1986
Surgical Designs in Flames poster

Surgical Designs in Flames

Movie

1985
Godzilla 1985 poster

Godzilla 1985

Movie · as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

1984
The Return of Godzilla poster

The Return of Godzilla

Movie · as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

1983
Karate Cop 2 poster

Karate Cop 2

Movie

1981
The Imperial Navy poster

The Imperial Navy

Movie · as Chuichi Nagumo

1980
Nurse's Husband

Nurse's Husband

Movie

1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Movie · as Yoshio Yamamori

1980
The Detective Journey poster

The Detective Journey

Movie

1980
Shadow Warriors poster

Shadow Warriors

TV · as Sakai Tadakiyo · 27 eps

1980
Shōgun poster

Shōgun

TV · as Ishido · 5 eps

1979
The Inferno poster

The Inferno

Movie · as Emma Daio

1979
Devil's Flute poster

Devil's Flute

Movie

1979
Down with The Big Boss poster

Down with The Big Boss

Movie

1979
The Shogun Assassins poster

The Shogun Assassins

Movie · as Hayashi Razan

1979
Faraway Tomorrow poster

Faraway Tomorrow

Movie

1979
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity poster

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Movie · as Kokichi Asakura

1979
Troubleman Laughs and Kills poster

Troubleman Laughs and Kills

Movie · as Actor

1979
Kusa Moeru poster

Kusa Moeru

TV · as Taira no Kiyomori · 51 eps

1978
Never Give Up poster

Never Give Up

Movie · as Head of Mizoguchi City

1978
Dynamite Don-Don poster

Dynamite Don-Don

Movie · as Denjiro Hasimoto

1978
Karate Wars

Karate Wars

Movie

1978
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy poster

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Movie

1978
The Fall of Ako Castle poster

The Fall of Ako Castle

Movie · as Kira

1978
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion poster

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

Movie · as Hideyoshi Hirayama

1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition poster

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

Movie · as Hirano

1977
Japanese Godfather poster

Japanese Godfather

Movie · as Shoji Taguchi

1976
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat poster

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat

Movie

1976
Cobra 2 poster

Cobra 2

Movie · as Tajima

1976
Yakuza Graveyard poster

Yakuza Graveyard

Movie · as Chief Akama

1976
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion poster

New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion

Movie

1975
Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!! poster

Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!

Movie

1975
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations poster

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

Movie

1975
Shimane Prison Riot poster

Shimane Prison Riot

Movie · as Torao Yoshinari

1975
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps poster

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

Movie

1975
Cops vs. Thugs poster

Cops vs. Thugs

Movie · as Masaichi Tomoyasu

1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General poster

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

Movie

1975
Unified Shadows poster

Unified Shadows

TV · 28 eps

1974
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game poster

Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game

Movie

1974
The Rapacious Jailbreaker poster

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

Movie · as Yoshio Imazu - Warden

1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 poster

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Movie · as Yoshio Yamamori

1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Movie · as Yoshio Yamamori

1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Movie · as Yoshio Yamamori

1974
Father of the Kamikaze poster

Father of the Kamikaze

Movie

1973
Queen of Eros poster

Queen of Eros

Movie · as Narrator

1973
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School poster

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

Movie · as Hadano

1973
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates poster

Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates

Movie · as Kakutarô Shinohara

1973
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban poster

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

Movie · as Visitor of the Shoe Polishing

1973
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom poster

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

Movie · as Shigeru Satô - The President of The School

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Movie · as Yoshio Yamamori

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Movie · as Yoshio Yamamori

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Movie · as Yoshio Yamamori

1973
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle poster

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

Movie · as Senzo Ogata

1973
The Hard Core Criminal poster

The Hard Core Criminal

Movie

1973
Dangerous Trade in Kobe poster

Dangerous Trade in Kobe

Movie

1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang poster

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

Movie · as Chief of Police

1972
Turtle Geisha poster

Turtle Geisha

Movie

1972
The Pledge poster

The Pledge

Movie

1972
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom poster

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom

Movie

1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm poster

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm

Movie

1972
Shōwa Gokudōshi poster

Shōwa Gokudōshi

Movie

1971
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess poster

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess

Movie · as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner

1971
Story of Japanese Bad Men poster

Story of Japanese Bad Men

Movie

1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler poster

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

Movie

1971
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor poster

The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor

Movie

1970
Woman Boss poster

Woman Boss

Movie

1970
The Experience poster

The Experience

Movie

1970
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies poster

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies

Movie

1970
King of the Night Life poster

King of the Night Life

Movie

1970
Thugs of Shinjuku poster

Thugs of Shinjuku

Movie

1970
Duel at Fort Ezo poster

Duel at Fort Ezo

Movie

1970
Postwar Secrets poster

Postwar Secrets

Movie

1970
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams poster

Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams

Movie

1970
A Yakuza Goes Home poster

A Yakuza Goes Home

Movie

1970
アッと驚く為五郎 poster

アッと驚く為五郎

Movie

1969
The Yakuza Awaits poster

The Yakuza Awaits

Movie

1969
The Bad Guy Blues poster

The Bad Guy Blues

Movie

1969
Samurai Geisha poster

Samurai Geisha

Movie · as Osuga

1969
The Biggest Gamble poster

The Biggest Gamble

Movie

1969
The Fatal Raid poster

The Fatal Raid

Movie

1968
Rogue poster

Rogue

Movie · as Suyama

1968
Living Skeleton poster

Living Skeleton

Movie · as Suetsugu

1968
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation poster

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

Movie

1968
The Worship of the Flesh poster

The Worship of the Flesh

Movie · as Denbei

1968
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time poster

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time

Movie

1968
Enlisted Yakuza poster

Enlisted Yakuza

Movie

1968
Curse of the Blood poster

Curse of the Blood

Movie · as Sojun

1968
Human Torpedoes poster

Human Torpedoes

Movie

1968
New Prison Walls of Abashiri poster

New Prison Walls of Abashiri

Movie

1968
Downtown Blues poster

Downtown Blues

Movie

1968
Red Peony Gambler poster

Red Peony Gambler

Movie

1968
Hot Springs Geisha poster

Hot Springs Geisha

Movie · as Shinagawa

1968
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell poster

Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell

Movie · as Tokuyasu

1968
Big Time Gambling Boss poster

Big Time Gambling Boss

Movie · as Tasaburô Senba

1968
Diamonds of the Andes poster

Diamonds of the Andes

Movie

1968
Scoundrel poster

Scoundrel

Movie

1967
Organized Violence II poster

Organized Violence II

Movie · as Head of Department

1967
Dissolution Rites poster

Dissolution Rites

Movie · as Itagaki

1967
Portrait of Chieko poster

Portrait of Chieko

Movie · as Sawada, Yamazaki

1967
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 poster

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4

Movie

1967
Gambler's World poster

Gambler's World

Movie · as Ushimatsu Fujii

1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps poster

Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps

Movie · as Shurinosuke Asahina

1967
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters poster

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters

Movie

1967
The Last Loyalty Offering poster

The Last Loyalty Offering

Movie

1967
Killer of Seven poster

Killer of Seven

Movie

1967
Under the Stars of Singapore poster

Under the Stars of Singapore

Movie

1967
Escape Man poster

Escape Man

Movie

1966
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love poster

Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love

Movie

1966
Warm Current poster

Warm Current

Movie

1966
The Magic Serpent poster

The Magic Serpent

Movie · as Dôjin Hiki

1966
The Harbor of No Return poster

The Harbor of No Return

Movie

1966
Rub Out the Past poster

Rub Out the Past

Movie

1966
Convicted Woman poster

Convicted Woman

Movie

1966
Seven Gamblers poster

Seven Gamblers

Movie

1966
Love Eternal poster

Love Eternal

Movie · as Aoki

1966
Dianas of the Campus poster

Dianas of the Campus

Movie

1966
Yakuza Vassal poster

Yakuza Vassal

Movie

1966
A Drop of Grease poster

A Drop of Grease

Movie

1966
Prison Release Loyalty Offering poster

Prison Release Loyalty Offering

Movie

1966
Love and Desire in the Night Mist poster

Love and Desire in the Night Mist

Movie

1966
Hi No Taiko poster

Hi No Taiko

Movie

1966
New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City poster

New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City

Movie

1965
Flowering Maidens poster

Flowering Maidens

Movie · as Matsui

1965
Chivalrous Life poster

Chivalrous Life

Movie

1965
The Black Cat poster

The Black Cat

Movie

1965
Color poster

Color

Movie

1965
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow poster

The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow

Movie

1965
Expelled from the Kanto Mob poster

Expelled from the Kanto Mob

Movie

1964
Main Street in the Underworld poster

Main Street in the Underworld

Movie

1964
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight poster

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Movie · as Unosuke

1964
Black Weapon poster

Black Weapon

Movie

1964
Red Handkerchief poster

Red Handkerchief

Movie

1964
The Glamorous Ghost poster

The Glamorous Ghost

Movie · as Kenji Yamakoshi

1964
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws poster

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

Movie · as Honda Shinpachi

1964
Black Thief poster

Black Thief

Movie

1964
The Flower and the Sword poster

The Flower and the Sword

Movie

1964
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut poster

Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut

Movie

1964
Giant Rumble poster

Giant Rumble

Movie

1964
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office poster

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office

Movie · as Kansuke

1964
Traveling Alone with a Guitar poster

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

Movie

1964
Call My Black Dice poster

Call My Black Dice

Movie · as Sakakibara (Boss of the Tokyo-based Sakakibara gang)

1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! poster

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

Movie · as Inspector Kumagaya

1963
The Third Shadow Warrior poster

The Third Shadow Warrior

Movie

1963
The Revenge and the Death poster

The Revenge and the Death

Movie · as Kawazu

1963
Youth of the Beast poster

Youth of the Beast

Movie · as Sôichi Ozawa

1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women poster

Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women

Movie · as Kumagai

1962
Red Bud and White Flower poster

Red Bud and White Flower

Movie

1962
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha poster

Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha

Movie

1962
Last Round poster

Last Round

Movie

1962
Jūdan no arashi poster

Jūdan no arashi

Movie

1962
Ai to shi no katami poster

Ai to shi no katami

Movie

1962
Bōkyō no umi poster

Bōkyō no umi

Movie

1962
Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa poster

Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa

Movie

1962
Song of a Traveller poster

Song of a Traveller

Movie

1962
Traces of Lead poster

Traces of Lead

Movie

1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer poster

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Movie · as Kirihara Gôchô

1961
Joe of Aces: Give and Take poster

Joe of Aces: Give and Take

Movie

1961
Standing Towards the Great Forest poster

Standing Towards the Great Forest

Movie

1961
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass poster

The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass

Movie · as Ken

1961
Whistling in the Darkness poster

Whistling in the Darkness

Movie

1961
Crimson Pistol poster

Crimson Pistol

Movie

1961
Tokyo Knights poster

Tokyo Knights

Movie · as Mishima

1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab poster

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab

Movie · as Kozo Haraguchi

1961
The Plateau Man poster

The Plateau Man

Movie

1961
Quick Draw Joe poster

Quick Draw Joe

Movie · as Mishima

1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross poster

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

Movie

1961
Wind and waves of the South poster

Wind and waves of the South

Movie · as Kihei

1961
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living poster

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

Movie · as Katsumata

1961
An Angel is Chasing Me poster

An Angel is Chasing Me

Movie

1961
The Famous Wanderer poster

The Famous Wanderer

Movie

1960
Intimidation poster

Intimidation

Movie · as Kyosuke Takita

1960
Return of the Vagabond poster

Return of the Vagabond

Movie

1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm poster

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

Movie

1960
Yakuza Song poster

Yakuza Song

Movie

1960
The Lost Diamond poster

The Lost Diamond

Movie

1960
The Rambler Rides Again poster

The Rambler Rides Again

Movie

1960
The Law's Bloody Wounds poster

The Law's Bloody Wounds

Movie

1960
Wakai toppū poster

Wakai toppū

Movie

1959
The Wild Reporter poster

The Wild Reporter

Movie · as Funakoshi

1959
A Man Explodes poster

A Man Explodes

Movie

1959
The Age of Our Own poster

The Age of Our Own

Movie

1959
The Rambling Guitarist poster

The Rambling Guitarist

Movie · as Akitsu

1959
The Praying Man poster

The Praying Man

Movie · as Shinichiro Kuraki

1959
Farewell to Southern Tosa poster

Farewell to Southern Tosa

Movie

1959
Friendship of Jazz poster

Friendship of Jazz

Movie

1959
The Echo of Love poster

The Echo of Love

Movie

1959
Merciless Bullet poster

Merciless Bullet

Movie · as Sawamura

1959
Kawaii Onna poster

Kawaii Onna

Movie

1959
We Live Today poster

We Live Today

Movie

1959
Ningyō no uta poster

Ningyō no uta

Movie

1959
Get Over Her poster

Get Over Her

Movie · as Yoshino

1958
Tomorrow is Another Day poster

Tomorrow is Another Day

Movie

1958
Wolves of the Night poster

Wolves of the Night

Movie

1958
Voice Without a Shadow poster

Voice Without a Shadow

Movie · as Kawai

1958
Night Drum poster

Night Drum

Movie

1958
That Wonderful Guy poster

That Wonderful Guy

Movie

1958
Forever, My Love poster

Forever, My Love

Movie · as Tachio Kinumaki

1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon poster

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon

Movie · as Yuzo Hayata

1958
Unga poster

Unga

Movie · as Hitoshi Itami

1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era poster

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Movie · as Denbei

1957
Man Who Causes a Storm poster

Man Who Causes a Storm

Movie · as Toru Sakyo, the critic

1957
This Day's Life poster

This Day's Life

Movie

1957
Eight Hours of Terror poster

Eight Hours of Terror

Movie · as Kosaku Mori

1957
Madam

Madam

Movie

1957
The Barefoot Girl poster

The Barefoot Girl

Movie

1957
The Awakening poster

The Awakening

Movie

1957
危険な関係 poster

危険な関係

Movie

1956
Phoenix poster

Phoenix

Movie · as Fuji director

1956
Wandering Shore poster

Wandering Shore

Movie

1956
Summer Storm poster

Summer Storm

Movie · as Kido

1956
Called to the Stand poster

Called to the Stand

Movie · as Prosecutor

1956
Tonari no yome

Tonari no yome

Movie

1956
Lunar Eclipse poster

Lunar Eclipse

Movie

1956
Hungry Soul poster

Hungry Soul

Movie · as Reiji Ajioka

1956
Okinawa no Tami poster

Okinawa no Tami

Movie

1956
Hungry Soul, Part II poster

Hungry Soul, Part II

Movie · as Reiji Ajioka

1956
Gyakukōsen poster

Gyakukōsen

Movie

1956
Lovers poster

Lovers

Movie

1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree poster

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

Movie · as Sayama

1955
A Hole of My Own Making poster

A Hole of My Own Making

Movie

1955
Stray Sheep

Stray Sheep

Movie · as Haraguchi, the painter

1955
Till We Meet Again poster

Till We Meet Again

Movie · as Akira Mimura

1955
Floating Clouds poster

Floating Clouds

Movie

1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 poster

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Movie

1955
So Deep in My Heart poster

So Deep in My Heart

Movie

1955
Women of Ginza poster

Women of Ginza

Movie

1954
Sound of the Mountain poster

Sound of the Mountain

Movie

1954
Cape Ashizuri poster

Cape Ashizuri

Movie

1954
The Garden of Women poster

The Garden of Women

Movie · as Kihei Hirato

1954
Itsuko to sono haha poster

Itsuko to sono haha

Movie · as Tokuji Funabashi

1954
Student Double Suicide poster

Student Double Suicide

Movie

1954
Wakai hito-tachi poster

Wakai hito-tachi

Movie

1953
The Red Light Military Base poster

The Red Light Military Base

Movie · as Sugio Kawanabe

1953
At the End of the Clouds poster

At the End of the Clouds

Movie

1953
Waseda University poster

Waseda University

Movie · as Hotani Nitarō

1952
Ikiru poster

Ikiru

Movie · as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

1952
Vacuum Zone poster

Vacuum Zone

Movie · as Sergeant Kaneko

1952
Vendetta of a Samurai poster

Vendetta of a Samurai

Movie

1952
Violence poster

Violence

Movie

1951
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai poster

Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai

Movie

1950
The Rainbow-Colored Flower poster

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

Movie · as Kashima