Biography and filmography

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.

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Movies (241)

Kokkai e ikô!

Kokkai e ikô!

1993

The Great Shogunate Battle

The Great Shogunate Battle

1991

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 · Yoshiyuki Kawashima

Surgical Designs in Flames

Surgical Designs in Flames

1986

Godzilla 1985

Godzilla 1985

1985 · Home Affairs Minister Isomura

The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

1984 · Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Karate Cop 2

Karate Cop 2

1983

The Imperial Navy

The Imperial Navy

1981 · 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 · Yoshio Yamamori

Faraway Tomorrow

Faraway Tomorrow

1979

The Shogun Assassins

The Shogun Assassins

1979 · Hayashi Razan

Troubleman Laughs and Kills

Troubleman Laughs and Kills

1979 · Actor

The Inferno

The Inferno

1979 · Emma Daio

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1979 · Kokichi Asakura

Down with The Big Boss

Down with The Big Boss

1979

Devil's Flute

Devil's Flute

1979

The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle

1978 · Kira

Never Give Up

Never Give Up

1978 · Head of Mizoguchi City

Dynamite Don-Don

Dynamite Don-Don

1978 · Denjiro Hasimoto

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

1978 · Hideyoshi Hirayama

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

1978

Karate Wars

Karate Wars

1978

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

1977 · Hirano

Japanese Godfather

Japanese Godfather

1977 · Shoji Taguchi

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat

1976

New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion

New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion

1976

Yakuza Graveyard

Yakuza Graveyard

1976 · Chief Akama

Cobra 2

Cobra 2

1976 · Tajima

Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!

Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!

1975

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

1975

Shimane Prison Riot

Shimane Prison Riot

1975 · Torao Yoshinari

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

1975

Cops vs. Thugs

Cops vs. Thugs

1975 · 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 · Yoshio Yamamori

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

1974 · Yoshio Imazu - Warden

Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game

Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game

1974

Father of the Kamikaze

Father of the Kamikaze

1974

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974 · Yoshio Yamamori

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974 · Yoshio Yamamori

Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates

Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates

1973 · Kakutarô Shinohara

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973 · Yoshio Yamamori

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

1973 · Senzo Ogata

Dangerous Trade in Kobe

Dangerous Trade in Kobe

1973

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School

1973 · Hadano

The Hard Core Criminal

The Hard Core Criminal

1973

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973 · Yoshio Yamamori

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

1973 · Shigeru Satô - The President of The School

Queen of Eros

Queen of Eros

1973 · Narrator

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

1973 · Visitor of the Shoe Polishing

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973 · Yoshio Yamamori

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom

1972

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

Turtle Geisha

Turtle Geisha

1972

Shōwa Gokudōshi

Shōwa Gokudōshi

1972

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

1972 · 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

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess

1971 · 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

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

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

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 · Osuga

The Biggest Gamble

The Biggest Gamble

1969

The Yakuza Awaits

The Yakuza Awaits

1969

New Prison Walls of Abashiri

New Prison Walls of Abashiri

1968

Living Skeleton

Living Skeleton

1968 · 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

Red Peony Gambler

Red Peony Gambler

1968

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

1968

Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell

Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell

1968 · 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 · Shinagawa

Curse of the Blood

Curse of the Blood

1968 · Sojun

Diamonds of the Andes

Diamonds of the Andes

1968

Scoundrel

Scoundrel

1968

Big Time Gambling Boss

Big Time Gambling Boss

1968 · 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 · Shurinosuke Asahina

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4

1967

Organized Violence II

Organized Violence II

1967 · Head of Department

Portrait of Chieko

Portrait of Chieko

1967 · Sawada, Yamazaki

Dissolution Rites

Dissolution Rites

1967 · 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

The Harbor of No Return

The Harbor of No Return

1966

Seven Gamblers

Seven Gamblers

1966

Love Eternal

Love Eternal

1966 · Aoki

New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City

New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City

1966

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 · Dôjin Hiki

Hi No Taiko

Hi No Taiko

1966

Expelled from the Kanto Mob

Expelled from the Kanto Mob

1965

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

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

1964

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

1964 · Unosuke

The Flower and the Sword

The Flower and the Sword

1964

Call My Black Dice

Call My Black Dice

1964 · Sakakibara (Boss of the Tokyo-based Sakakibara gang)

The Glamorous Ghost

The Glamorous Ghost

1964 · Kenji Yamakoshi

Giant Rumble

Giant Rumble

1964

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office

1964 · Kansuke

Black Weapon

Black Weapon

1964

Main Street in the Underworld

Main Street in the Underworld

1964

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

1964 · Honda Shinpachi

Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut

Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut

1964

Red Handkerchief

Red Handkerchief

1964

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

Youth of the Beast

Youth of the Beast

1963 · Sôichi Ozawa

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

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

1963 · Inspector Kumagaya

Traces of Lead

Traces of Lead

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

Crimson Pistol

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 · Ken

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

The Famous Wanderer

The Famous Wanderer

1961

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living

1961 · Katsumata

Tokyo Knights

Tokyo Knights

1961 · Mishima

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961 · Kirihara Gôchô

An Angel is Chasing Me

An Angel is Chasing Me

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

Intimidation

Intimidation

1960 · Kyosuke Takita

Yakuza Song

Yakuza Song

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 · 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 · Yoshino

Friendship of Jazz

Friendship of Jazz

1959

Voice Without a Shadow

Voice Without a Shadow

1958 · Kawai

Wolves of the Night

Wolves of the Night

1958

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon

1958 · Yuzo Hayata

Unga

Unga

1958 · Hitoshi Itami

That Wonderful Guy

That Wonderful Guy

1958

Tomorrow is Another Day

Tomorrow is Another Day

1958

Night Drum

Night Drum

1958

Forever, My Love

Forever, My Love

1958 · Tachio Kinumaki

Man Who Causes a Storm

Man Who Causes a Storm

1957 · 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 · Denbei

This Day's Life

This Day's Life

1957

Madam

Madam

1957

Eight Hours of Terror

Eight Hours of Terror

1957 · Kosaku Mori

危険な関係

危険な関係

1957

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

1956

Hungry Soul, Part II

Hungry Soul, Part II

1956 · Reiji Ajioka

Okinawa no Tami

Okinawa no Tami

1956

Hungry Soul

Hungry Soul

1956 · Reiji Ajioka

Summer Storm

Summer Storm

1956 · Kido

Tonari no yome

Tonari no yome

1956

Gyakukōsen

Gyakukōsen

1956

Wandering Shore

Wandering Shore

1956

Phoenix

Phoenix

1956 · Fuji director

Lovers

Lovers

1956

Called to the Stand

Called to the Stand

1956 · Prosecutor

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

1955

So Deep in My Heart

So Deep in My Heart

1955

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

Stray Sheep

Stray Sheep

1955 · Haraguchi, the painter

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

1955 · Akira Mimura

Women of Ginza

Women of Ginza

1955

Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955

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 · Kihei Hirato

Itsuko to sono haha

Itsuko to sono haha

1954 · Tokuji Funabashi

Sound of the Mountain

Sound of the Mountain

1954

The Red Light Military Base

The Red Light Military Base

1953 · Sugio Kawanabe

Waseda University

Waseda University

1953 · Hotani Nitarō

At the End of the Clouds

At the End of the Clouds

1953

Vacuum Zone

Vacuum Zone

1952 · Sergeant Kaneko

Ikiru

Ikiru

1952 · Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Violence

Violence

1952

Vendetta of a Samurai

Vendetta of a Samurai

1952

Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai

Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai

1951

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

1950 · Kashima

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