Nobuo Kaneko
Known for
Acting
Life
1923 – 1995 (aged 71)
Born in
Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Credits
View on IMDb242 acting credits
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
Ikiru
09 Oct 1952
The Return of Godzilla
15 Dec 1984
Shōgun
15 Sep 1980
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
28 Jan 1961
Godzilla 1985
23 Aug 1985
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
13 Jan 1973
Floating Clouds
15 Jan 1955
Youth of the Beast
21 Apr 1963
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Filmography
1994
- Father and Son Hawk11 episodes
1993
1989
- Four Days of Snow and Bloodas Yoshiyuki Kawashima
1985
- Godzilla 1985as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
1984
- The Return of Godzillaas Home Affairs Minister Isomura
1983
1981
- The Imperial Navyas Chuichi Nagumo
1980
- The Detective Journey
- Shōgunas Ishido5 episodes
- Nurse's Husband
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Sagaas Yoshio Yamamori
- Shadow Warriorsas Sakai Tadakiyo27 episodes
1979
- Faraway Tomorrow
- The Shogun Assassinsas Hayashi Razan
- Troubleman Laughs and Killsas Actor
- The Infernoas Emma Daio
- Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanityas Kokichi Asakura
- Down with The Big Boss
- Devil's Flute
- Kusa Moeruas Taira no Kiyomori51 episodes
1978
- The Fall of Ako Castleas Kira
- Never Give Upas Head of Mizoguchi City
- Dynamite Don-Donas Denjiro Hasimoto
- Japanese Godfather: Conclusionas Hideyoshi Hirayama
- Shogun's Samurai
- Karate Wars
1977
- Japanese Godfather: Ambitionas Hirano
- Japan's Donas Shoji Taguchi
1976
- Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
- New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
- Yakuza Graveyardas Chief Akama
- Cobra 2as Tajima
1975
1974
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1as Yoshio Yamamori
- The Rapacious Jailbreakeras Yoshio Imazu - Warden
- Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
- Father of the Kamikaze
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episodeas Yoshio Yamamori
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tacticsas Yoshio Yamamori
1973
- Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmatesas Kakutarô Shinohara
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy Waras Yoshio Yamamori
- Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangleas Senzo Ogata
- Dangerous Trade in Kobe
- Girl Boss: Escape From Reform Schoolas Hadano
- The Hard Core Criminal
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshimaas Yoshio Yamamori
- Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroomas Shigeru Satô - The President of The School
- Queen of Erosas Narrator
- Girl Boss Revenge: Sukebanas Visitor of the Shoe Polishing
- Battles Without Honor and Humanityas Yoshio Yamamori
1972
1971
- The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
- Story of Japanese Bad Men
- Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
- Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confessas Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner
1970
1968
- New Prison Walls of Abashiri
- Living Skeletonas Suetsugu
- Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
- Rogueas Suyama
- Enlisted Yakuza
- Red Peony Gambler
- Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
- Goké, Body Snatcher from Hellas Tokuyasu
- Downtown Blues
- The Worship of the Fleshas Denbei
- Hot Springs Geishaas Shinagawa
- Curse of the Bloodas Sojun
- Diamonds of the Andes
- Scoundrel
- Big Time Gambling Bossas Tasaburô Senba
- Human Torpedoes
1967
- The Last Loyalty Offering
- Escape Man
- The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
- Killer of Seven
- Gambler's Worldas Ushimatsu Fujii
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Trapsas Shurinosuke Asahina
- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
- Organized Violence IIas Head of Department
- Portrait of Chiekoas Yamazaki
- Dissolution Ritesas Itagaki
- Under the Stars of Singapore
1966
- Prison Release Loyalty Offering
- Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
- A Drop of Grease
- Rub Out the Past
- The Harbor of No Return
- Seven Gamblers
- Love Eternalas Aoki
- Dianas of the Campus
- Love and Desire in the Night Mist
- Warm Current
- Convicted Woman
- Yakuza Vassal
- The Magic Serpentas Dôjin Hiki
- Hi No Taiko
1965
1964
- Black Thief
- Traveling Alone with a Guitar
- Fight, Zatoichi, Fightas Unosuke
- The Flower and the Sword
- Call My Black Diceas Sakakibara (Boss of the Tokyo-based Sakakibara gang)
- The Glamorous Ghostas Kenji Yamakoshi
- Giant Rumble
- Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Officeas Kansuke
- Black Weapon
- Main Street in the Underworld
- Edo Crime Book: Black Clawsas Honda Shinpachi
- Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
- Red Handkerchief
1963
- The Revenge and the Deathas Kawazu
- Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Womenas Kumagai
- The Third Shadow Warrior
- Youth of the Beastas Sôichi Ozawa
- Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!as Inspector Kumagaya
1962
1961
- Million Dollar Smash-and-Grabas Kozo Haraguchi
- Wind and waves of the Southas Kihei
- Crimson Pistol
- Standing Towards the Great Forest
- The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Passas Ken
- The Plateau Man
- Joe of Aces: Give and Take
- Whistling in the Darkness
- Quick Draw Joeas Mishima
- The Famous Wanderer
- Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Livingas Katsumata
- Tokyo Knightsas Mishima
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayeras Kirihara Gôchô
- An Angel is Chasing Me
- The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1960
1959
- The Age of Our Own
- The Rambling Guitaristas Akitsu
- The Wild Reporteras Funakoshi
- Ningyō no uta
- Farewell to Southern Tosa
- Merciless Bulletas Sawamura
- Kawaii Onna
- The Echo of Love
- A Man Explodes
- We Live Today
- The Praying Manas Shinichiro Kuraki
- Get Over Heras Yoshino
- Friendship of Jazz
1958
- Voice Without a Shadowas Kawai
- Wolves of the Night
- The Man Who Rode the Typhoonas Yuzo Hayata
- Ungaas Hitoshi Itami
- That Wonderful Guy
- Tomorrow is Another Day
- Night Drum
- Forever, My Loveas Tachio Kinumaki
1957
- Man Who Causes a Stormas Toru Sakyo, the critic
- The Awakening
- The Barefoot Girl
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Eraas Denbei
- This Day's Life
- Madam
- Eight Hours of Terroras Kosaku Mori
1956
- Lunar Eclipse
- Hungry Soul, Part IIas Reiji Ajioka
- Okinawa no Tami
- Hungry Soulas Reiji Ajioka
- Summer Stormas Kido
- Tonari no yome
- Gyakukōsen
- Wandering Shore
- Phoenixas Fuji director
- Called to the Stand
1955
- Policeman's Diary, Part 2
- So Deep in My Heart
- Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Treeas Sayama
- A Hole of My Own Making
- Stray Sheepas Haraguchi, the painter
- Till We Meet Againas Akira Mimura
- Floating Clouds
1954
- Wakai hito-tachi
- Student Double Suicide
- Cape Ashizuri
- The Garden of Womenas Kihei Hirato
- Itsuko to sono hahaas Tokuji Funabashi
- Sound of the Mountain
1953
- The Red Light Military Baseas Sugio Kawanabe
- Waseda Universityas Hotani Nitarō
- At the End of the Clouds
1952
- Vacuum Zoneas Sergeant Kaneko
- Ikiruas Mitsuo, son of Kanji
- Violence
- Vendetta of a Samurai
1950
- The Rainbow-Colored Floweras Kashima