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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-03-27 (102 years old)

Place of Birth

Taito, Tokyo, Japan

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

Acting

1994

1993

1991

Check as Tennoji

1989

Four Days of Snow and Blood as Yoshiyuki Kawashima

1986

1985

Godzilla 1985 as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

1984

The Return of Godzilla as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

1983

1981

The Imperial Navy as Chuichi Nagumo

1980

Shadow Warriors as Sakai Tadakiyo
Shōgun as Ishido

1979

The Inferno as Emma Daio
The Shogun Assassins as Hayashi Razan
Kusa Moeru as Taira no Kiyomori

1978

Never Give Up as Head of Mizoguchi City
Dynamite Don-Don as Denjiro Hasimoto
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Hideyoshi Hirayama

1977

Japan's Don as Shoji Taguchi

1976

Cobra 2 as Tajima

1975

Shimane Prison Riot as Torao Yoshinari
Cops vs. Thugs as Masaichi Tomoyasu

1974

1973

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban as Visitor of the Shoe Polishing
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom as Shigeru Satô - The President of The School

1972

1971

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner

1970

1969

1968

Rogue as Suyama
Living Skeleton as Suetsugu
Hot Springs Geisha as Shinagawa
Big Time Gambling Boss as Tasaburô Senba

1967

Organized Violence II as Head of Department
Gambler's World as Ushimatsu Fujii
Portrait of Chieko as Yamazaki

1966

The Magic Serpent as Dôjin Hiki
Love Eternal as Aoki

1965

1964

The Glamorous Ghost as Kenji Yamakoshi
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws as Honda Shinpachi

1963

Youth of the Beast as Sôichi Ozawa

1962

1961

Tokyo Knights as Mishima
Quick Draw Joe as Mishima

1960

Intimidation as Kyosuke Takita

1959

The Wild Reporter as Funakoshi
The Praying Man as Shinichiro Kuraki
Merciless Bullet as Sawamura

1958

Forever, My Love as Tachio Kinumaki

1957

Man Who Causes a Storm as Toru Sakyo, the critic
Eight Hours of Terror as Kosaku Mori

1956

Summer Storm as Kido
Hungry Soul as Reiji Ajioka
Hungry Soul, Part II as Reiji Ajioka

1955

Stray Sheep as Haraguchi, the painter
Till We Meet Again as Akira Mimura

1954

The Garden of Women as Kihei Hirato
Itsuko to sono haha as Tokuji Funabashi

1953

Red-Light Bases as Sugio Kawanabe

1952

Ikiru as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

1950