Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 27, 1923
Died
January 20, 1995 (age 71)
Place of Birth
Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
Нобуо Канэко
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
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
TV
Shōgun
Ishido
1980
Film
Ikiru
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
1952
TV
Kusa Moeru
Taira no Kiyomori
1979
TV
Shadow Warriors
Sakai Tadakiyo
1980
TV
Unified Shadows
1975
Film
The Fall of Ako Castle
Kira
1978
Film
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Yoshio Yamamori
1973
Film
The Return of Godzilla
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
1984
Film
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Yoshio Yamamori
1973
Film
Floating Clouds
1955
Film
The Shogun Assassins
Hayashi Razan
1979
Film
Shogun's Samurai
1978
Film
The Imperial Navy
Chuichi Nagumo
1981
Film
Godzilla 1985
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
1985
Film
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Yoshiyuki Kawashima
1989
Film
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Kirihara Gôchô
1961
Film
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Yoshio Yamamori
1973
Film
The Inferno
Emma Daio
1979
Film
Japan's Don
Shoji Taguchi
1977
TV
Father and Son Hawk
1994
Filmography
1994TVFather and Son Hawk1993FilmKokkai e ikô!1991FilmThe Great Shogunate Battle1991FilmCheckas Tennoji1991FilmThe Man Who Became The Don1989FilmFour Days of Snow and Bloodas Yoshiyuki Kawashima1986FilmSurgical Designs in Flames1985FilmGodzilla 1985as Home Affairs Minister Isomura1984FilmThe Return of Godzillaas Home Affairs Minister Isomura1983FilmKarate Cop 21981FilmThe Imperial Navyas Chuichi Nagumo1980FilmThe Detective Journey1980TVShōgunas Ishido1980FilmNurse's Husband1980FilmBattles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Sagaas Yoshio Yamamori1980TVShadow Warriorsas Sakai Tadakiyo1979FilmFaraway Tomorrow1979FilmThe Shogun Assassinsas Hayashi Razan1979FilmTroubleman Laughs and Killsas Actor1979FilmThe Infernoas Emma Daio1979FilmAftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanityas Kokichi Asakura1979FilmDown with The Big Boss1979FilmDevil's Flute1979TVKusa Moeruas Taira no Kiyomori1978FilmThe Fall of Ako Castleas Kira1978FilmNever Give Upas Head of Mizoguchi City1978FilmDynamite Don-Donas Denjiro Hasimoto1978FilmJapanese Godfather: Conclusionas Hideyoshi Hirayama1978FilmShogun's Samurai1978FilmKarate Wars1977FilmJapanese Godfather: Ambitionas Hirano1977FilmJapan's Donas Shoji Taguchi1976FilmTruck Rascals in Fever Heat1976FilmNew Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion1976FilmYakuza Graveyardas Chief Akama1976FilmCobra 2as Tajima1975FilmSeigida! Mikatada! Zeninshugo!!1975Film300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations1975FilmShimane Prison Riotas Torao Yoshinari1975FilmJapan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps1975FilmCops vs. Thugsas Masaichi Tomoyasu1975TVUnified Shadows1975FilmThe Viper Brothers and the Young General1974FilmNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 11974FilmThe Rapacious Jailbreakeras Yoshio Imazu - Warden1974FilmGirl Boss: Crazy Ball Game1974FilmFather of the Kamikaze1974FilmBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episodeas Yoshio Yamamori1974FilmBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tacticsas Yoshio Yamamori1973FilmTerrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmatesas Kakutarô Shinohara1973FilmBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy Waras Yoshio Yamamori1973FilmTokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangleas Senzo Ogata1973FilmDangerous Trade in Kobe1973FilmGirl Boss: Escape From Reform Schoolas Hadano1973FilmThe Hard Core Criminal1973FilmBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshimaas Yoshio Yamamori1973FilmTerrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroomas Shigeru Satô - The President of The School1973FilmSemi-Document: Eros No Joôas Narrator1973FilmGirl Boss Revenge: Sukebanas Visitor of the Shoe Polishing1973FilmBattles Without Honor and Humanityas Yoshio Yamamori1972FilmTerrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom1972FilmNew Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm1972FilmThe Pledge1972FilmTurtle Geisha1972FilmShōwa Gokudōshi1972FilmThe Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gangas Chief of Police1971FilmThe Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor1971FilmStory of Japanese Bad Men1971FilmBitter Tears of a Woman Gambler1971FilmDelinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confessas Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner1970FilmThugs of Shinjuku1970FilmThe Experience1970FilmDelinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams1970FilmThe Kingpin of Fair Ladies1970FilmKing of the Night Life1970FilmPostwar Secrets1970Filmアッと驚く為五郎1970FilmDuel at Fort Ezo1970FilmA Yakuza Goes Home1970FilmWoman Boss1969FilmThe Bad Guy Blues1969FilmThe Fatal Raid1969FilmSamurai Geishaas Osuga1969FilmThe Biggest Gamble1969FilmThe Yakuza Awaits1968FilmNew Prison Walls of Abashiri1968FilmLiving Skeletonas Suetsugu1968FilmRecord of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time1968FilmRogueas Suyama1968FilmEnlisted Yakuza1968FilmRed Peony Gambler1968FilmBrothers'Code - The Back Relation1968FilmGoké, Body Snatcher from Hellas Tokuyasu1968FilmDowntown Blues1968FilmThe Worship of the Fleshas Denbei1968FilmHot Springs Geishaas Shinagawa1968FilmCurse of the Bloodas Sojun1968FilmDiamonds of the Andes1968FilmScoundrel1968FilmBig Time Gambling Bossas Tasaburô Senba1968FilmHuman Torpedoes1967FilmThe Last Loyalty Offering1967FilmEscape Man1967FilmThe Domain: Where The Blade Enters1967FilmKiller of Seven1967FilmGambler's Worldas Ushimatsu Fujii1967FilmSleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Trapsas Shurinosuke Asahina1967FilmContemporary Tales of Chivalry 41967FilmOrganized Violence IIas Head of Department1967FilmPortrait of Chiekoas Sawada1967FilmDissolution Ritesas Itagaki1967FilmUnder the Stars of Singapore1966FilmPrison Release Loyalty Offering1966FilmTokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love1966FilmA Drop of Grease1966FilmRub Out the Past1966FilmThe Harbor of No Return1966FilmSeven Gamblers1966FilmLove Eternalas Aoki1966FilmDianas of the Campus1966FilmLove and Desire in the Night Mist1966FilmWarm Current1966FilmConvicted Woman1966FilmYakuza Vassal1966FilmThe Magic Serpentas Dôjin Hiki1965FilmExpelled from the Kanto Mob1965FilmColor1965FilmChivalrous Life1965FilmThe Black Cat1965FilmThe Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow1965FilmFlowering Maidensas Matsui1964FilmBlack Thief1964FilmTraveling Alone with a Guitar1964FilmFight, Zatoichi, Fightas Unosuke1964FilmThe Flower and the Sword1964FilmCall My Black Dice1964FilmThe Glamorous Ghostas Kenji Yamakoshi1964FilmGiant Rumble1964FilmGroup Burglars Break the Magistrate's Officeas Kansuke1964FilmBlack Weapon1964FilmMain Street in the Underworld1964FilmEdo Crime Book: Black Clawsas Honda Shinpachi1964FilmUkyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut1964FilmRed Handkerchief1963FilmThe Revenge and the Deathas Kawazu1963FilmDetective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Womenas Kumagai1963FilmThe Third Shadow Warrior1963FilmYouth of the Beastas Sôichi Ozawa1963FilmDetective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!as Inspector Kumagaya1962FilmTraces of Lead1962FilmAi to shi no katami1962FilmBōkyō no umi1962FilmKenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa1962FilmJūdan no arashi1962FilmLast Round1962FilmRed Bud and White Flower1962FilmSong of a Traveller1962FilmSugata Naki Tsuisekisha1961FilmMillion Dollar Smash-and-Grabas Kozo Haraguchi1961FilmWind and waves of the Southas Kihei1961FilmCrimson Pistol1961FilmStanding Towards the Great Forest1961FilmThe Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Passas Ken1961FilmThe Plateau Man1961FilmJoe of Aces: Give and Take1961FilmWhistling in the Darkness1961FilmQuick Draw Joeas Mishima1961Filmでかんしょ風来坊1961FilmJoe of Aces: Gambling for a Livingas Katsumata1961FilmTokyo Knightsas Mishima1961FilmThe Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayeras Kirihara Gôchô1961FilmAn Angel is Chasing Me1961FilmThe Rambler under the Southern Cross1960FilmThe Rambler Rides Again1960FilmThe Rambler on a Pearl Farm1960FilmWakai toppū1960FilmThe Lost Diamond1960FilmReturn of the Vagabond1960FilmIntimidationas Kyosuke Takita1960FilmThe Poem of the Blue Star1960FilmThe Law's Bloody Wounds1959FilmThe Age of Our Own1959FilmThe Rambling Guitaristas Akitsu1959FilmThe Wild Reporteras Funakoshi1959FilmNingyō no uta1959FilmFarewell to Southern Tosa1959FilmMerciless Bulletas Sawamura1959FilmKawaii Onna1959FilmThe Echo of Love1959FilmA Man Explodes1959FilmWe Live Today1959FilmThe Praying Manas Shinichiro Kuraki1959FilmGet Over Heras Yoshino1959FilmFriendship of Jazz1958FilmVoice Without a Shadowas Kawai1958FilmWolves of the Night1958FilmThe Man Who Rode the Typhoon1958FilmThat Wonderful Guy1958FilmAshita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku1958FilmNight Drum1958FilmForever, My Loveas Tachio Kinumaki1957FilmMan Who Causes a Stormas Toru Sakyo, the critic1957FilmThe Awakening1957FilmThe Barefoot Girl1957FilmA Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Eraas Denbei1957FilmThis Day's Life1957FilmMadam1957FilmEight Hours of Terroras Kosaku Mori1956FilmLunar Eclipse1956FilmHungry Soul, Part IIas Reiji Ajioka1956FilmOkinawa no Tami1956FilmHungry Soulas Reiji Ajioka1956FilmSummer Stormas Kido1956FilmTonari no yome1956FilmGyakukōsen1956FilmRyûri no kishi1956FilmPhoenix1956FilmCalled to the Stand1955FilmPoliceman's Diary, Part 21955FilmTomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Treeas Sayama1955FilmA Hole of My Own Making1955FilmStray Sheepas Haraguchi, the painter1955FilmTill We Meet Againas Akira Mimura1955FilmFloating Clouds1954FilmWakai hito-tachi1954FilmStudent Double Suicide1954FilmCape Ashizuri1954FilmThe Garden of Womenas Kihei Hirato1954FilmItsuko to sono hahaas Tokuji Funabashi1954FilmSound of the Mountain1953FilmRed-Light Basesas Sugio Kawanabe1953FilmAt the End of the Clouds1952FilmVacuum Zone1952FilmIkiruas Mitsuo, son of Kanji1952FilmViolence1952FilmVendetta of a Samurai1950FilmThe Rainbow-Colored Floweras Kashima