Nobuo Kaneko
Acting
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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
Filmography
Father and Son Hawk
1994
Kokkai e ikô!
1993
Check
1991
as Tennoji
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
The Man Who Became The Don
1991
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Yoshiyuki Kawashima
Surgical Designs in Flames
1986
Godzilla 1985
1985
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
The Return of Godzilla
1984
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Karate Cop 2
1983
The Imperial Navy
1981
as Chuichi Nagumo
Nurse's Husband
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
as Yoshio Yamamori
The Detective Journey
1980
Shadow Warriors
1980
as Sakai Tadakiyo
Shōgun
1980
as Ishido
The Inferno
1979
as Emma Daio
Devil's Flute
1979
Down with The Big Boss
1979
The Shogun Assassins
1979
as Hayashi Razan
Faraway Tomorrow
1979
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
as Kokichi Asakura
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979
as Actor
Kusa Moeru
1979
as Taira no Kiyomori
Never Give Up
1978
as Head of Mizoguchi City
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
as Denjiro Hasimoto
Karate Wars
1978
Shogun's Samurai
1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
as Kira
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
as Hideyoshi Hirayama
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
as Hirano
Japan's Don
1977
as Shoji Taguchi
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
Cobra 2
1976
as Tajima
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
as Chief Akama
New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976
Seigida! Mikatada! Zeninshugo!!
1975
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
1975
as Torao Yoshinari
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
as Masaichi Tomoyasu
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975
Unified Shadows
1975
Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
1974
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
as Yoshio Imazu - Warden
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Yoshio Yamamori
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
Semi-Document: Eros No Joô
1973
as Narrator
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973
as Hadano
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage
1973
as Kakutarô Shinohara
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
1973
as Visitor of the Shoe Polishing
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
1973
as Shigeru Satô - The President of The School
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
as Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
as Yoshio Yamamori
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
1973
as Senzo Ogata
The Hard Core Criminal
1973
Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
as Chief of Police
Turtle Geisha
1972
The Pledge
1972
Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971
as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner
Story of Japanese Bad Men
1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
1971
Woman Boss
1970
The Experience
1970
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
King of the Night Life
1970
Thugs of Shinjuku
1970
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
Postwar Secrets
1970
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams
1970
A Yakuza Goes Home
1970
アッと驚く為五郎
1970
The Yakuza Awaits
1969
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
Samurai Geisha
1969
as Osuga
The Biggest Gamble
1969
The Fatal Raid
1969
Rogue
1968
as Suyama
Living Skeleton
1968
as Suetsugu
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
The Worship of the Flesh
1968
as Denbei
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
Enlisted Yakuza
1968
Curse of the Blood
1968
as Sojun
Human Torpedoes
1968
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968
Downtown Blues
1968
Red Peony Gambler
1968
Hot Springs Geisha
1968
as Shinagawa
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
1968
as Tokuyasu
Big Time Gambling Boss
1968
as Tasaburô Senba
Diamonds of the Andes
1968
Scoundrel
1968
Organized Violence II
1967
as Head of Department
Dissolution Rites
1967
as Itagaki
Portrait of Chieko
1967
as Sawada
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967
Gambler's World
1967
as Ushimatsu Fujii
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967
as Shurinosuke Asahina
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
The Last Loyalty Offering
1967
Killer of Seven
1967
Portrait of Chieko
1967
as Yamazaki
Under the Stars of Singapore
1967
Escape Man
1967
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
1966
Warm Current
1966
The Magic Serpent
1966
as Dôjin Hiki
The Harbor of No Return
1966
Rub Out the Past
1966
Convicted Woman
1966
Seven Gamblers
1966
Love Eternal
1966
as Aoki
Dianas of the Campus
1966
Yakuza Vassal
1966
A Drop of Grease
1966
Prison Release Loyalty Offering
1966
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Flowering Maidens
1965
as Matsui
Chivalrous Life
1965
The Black Cat
1965
Color
1965
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965
Main Street in the Underworld
1964
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
as Unosuke
Black Weapon
1964
Red Handkerchief
1964
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
as Kenji Yamakoshi
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
1964
as Honda Shinpachi
Black Thief
1964
The Flower and the Sword
1964
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
1964
Giant Rumble
1964
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964
as Kansuke
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
as Inspector Kumagaya
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
The Revenge and the Death
1963
as Kawazu
Youth of the Beast
1963
as Sôichi Ozawa
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963
as Kumagai
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
1962
Last Round
1962
Jūdan no arashi
1962
Ai to shi no katami
1962
Bōkyō no umi
1962
Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa
1962
Song of a Traveller
1962
Traces of Lead
1962
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
as Kirihara Gôchô
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961
Whistling in the Darkness
1961
Crimson pistol belt
1961
Tokyo Knights
1961
as Mishima
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961
as Kozo Haraguchi
The Plateau Man
1961
Quick Draw Joe
1961
as Mishima
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
Wind and waves of the South
1961
as Kihei
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
as Katsumata
An Angel is Chasing Me
1961
でかんしょ風来坊
1961
Intimidation
1960
as Kyosuke Takita
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
The Poem of the Blue Star
1960
The Lost Diamond
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960
Wakai toppū
1960
The Wild Reporter
1959
as Funakoshi
A Man Explodes
1959
The Age of Our Own
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
as Akitsu
The Praying Man
1959
as Shinichiro Kuraki
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Friendship of Jazz
1959
The Echo of Love
1959
Merciless Bullet
1959
as Sawamura
Kawaii Onna
1959
We Live Today
1959
Ningyō no uta
1959
Get Over Her
1959
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
1958
Wolves of the Night
1958
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
as Kawai
Night Drum
1958
That Wonderful Guy
1958
Forever, My Love
1958
as Tachio Kinumaki
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Denbei
Man Who Causes a Storm
1957
as Toru Sakyo, the critic
This Day's Life
1957
Eight Hours of Terror
1957
as Kosaku Mori
Madam
1957
The Barefoot Girl
1957
The Awakening
1957
Phoenix
1956
Ryûri no kishi
1956
Summer Storm
1956
as Kido
Called to the Stand
1956
Tonari no yome
1956
Lunar Eclipse
1956
Hungry Soul
1956
as Reiji Ajioka
Okinawa no Tami
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
as Reiji Ajioka
Gyakukōsen
1956
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Sayama
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Stray Sheep
1955
as Haraguchi, the painter
Till We Meet Again
1955
as Akira Mimura
Floating Clouds
1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Cape Ashizuri
1954
The Garden of Women
1954
as Kihei Hirato
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
as Tokuji Funabashi
Student Double Suicide
1954
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
Red-Light Bases
1953
as Sugio Kawanabe
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Ikiru
1952
as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Vacuum Zone
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
Violence
1952
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
as Kashima