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Noboru Andō

Acting Born May 24, 1926 Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Noboru Ando (Japanese: 安藤 昇, Hepburn: Andō Noboru, 24 May 1926 – 16 December 2015) was a Japanese actor, writer and former yakuza. He is known for utilizing his experiences as a criminal in his many roles in yakuza films. He had a large knife scar on his left cheek, the result of a brawl with a Korean gangster as a young man.[1]

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Known for

Film

Graveyard of Honor

as Ryunosuke Nozu

Full filmography

  • Graveyard of Honor (1975) as Ryunosuke Nozu
  • Those Swell Yakuza (1988)
  • Violent Streets (1974) as Egawa Koichi
  • Street Mobster (1972) as Boss Yato
  • Sympathy for the Underdog (1971) as Noburo Kudo
  • The Wolves (1971) as Gunjiro Ozeki
  • Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex (1976) as Noboru Ando
  • Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969) as Noboru Ooba
  • Down with The Big Boss (1979) as Shozo Hanamori
  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974) as Unokichi Kaizu
  • Shibuya Story (2005)
  • By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966) as Shuichi Amamiya
  • Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
  • Third Generation Boss (1974)
  • The Ando Gang Documentary Film (1973)
  • A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973) as Iketani
  • Eighteen Years in Prison (1967) as Kawada
  • Debt of Honor (1966) as Iwagami
  • The Sea of Genkai (1976) as Kondo
  • The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers (1974)
  • Violent Fraternity (1974)
  • Yakuza of the Present (1973) as Mitsuo Kurata
  • KIZU (1998)
  • Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die (1972)