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Noboru Andō

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Noboru Andō

Born May 24, 1926 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, JapanDied December 16, 201558 films

Noboru Ando (Japanese: 安藤 昇, Hepburn: Andō Noboru, 24 May 1926 – 16 December 2015) was a Japanese actor, writer and former yakuza. He is known for utilizing his experiences as a criminal in his many roles in yakuza films. He had a large knife scar on his left cheek, the result of a brawl with a Korean gangster as a young man.

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Graveyard of Honor posterFirst watchGraveyard of Honor19756.7as Kisaburo NozuA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.View film

Filmography

58 films as actor
  1. 2005Shibuya Story
  2. 2000Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5
  3. 1998Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4
  4. 1998KIZU
  5. 1998Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3
  6. 1998Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2
  7. 1998Kizu Blood Apocalypse
  8. 1988Those Swell Yakuza
  9. 1979Down with The Big BossShozo Hanamori
  10. 1976Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and SexNoboru Ando
  11. 1976The Sea of GenkaiKondo
  12. 1975Graveyard of HonorKisaburo Nozu
  13. 1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Unokichi Kaizu
  14. 1974Violent Fraternity
  15. 1974The HomelessSenzo Hikawa
  16. 1974Father of the Kamikaze
  17. 1974Third Generation Boss
  18. 1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
  19. 1974Violent StreetsKoichi Egawa
  20. 1974Reformatory Buddies
  21. 1973The Ando Gang Documentary Film
  22. 1973Yakuza of the PresentMitsuo Kurata
  23. 1973A True Story of the Private Ginza PoliceIketani
  24. 1973Quarreling with Yakuza
  25. 1972Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
  26. 1972Yakuza Skirmishes
  27. 1972Street MobsterBoss Yato
  28. 1972Gang Warfare
  29. 1971New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
  30. 1971Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan HonorShingo Otsuki
  31. 1971The WolvesGunjiro Ozeki
  32. 1971The Viper Brothers Rage Again
  33. 1971New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
  34. 1971The Viper BrothersYukichi Hayasaki
  35. 1971Sympathy for the UnderdogNoburo Kudo
  36. 1970Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement
  37. 1969Showdown at NagasakiRyukichi Koiwa
  38. 1969Fill the Cup with Blood
  39. 1969The Private Police
  40. 1969Penitentiary BrothersNaoji Iwamoto
  41. 1969Japan Organized Crime BossNoboru Ooba
  42. 1968Secret InformationMamoru Sagara
  43. 1968A History of the Japanese Underworld
  44. 1967A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow StormTodoroki
  45. 1967ParoleShinsuke Gunji
  46. 1967King of the Gang
  47. 1967Organized Violence IIKenji Kunisaki
  48. 1967A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
  49. 1967The Gambler's Law
  50. 1967Eighteen Years in PrisonKawada
  51. 1966Debt of HonorIwagami
  52. 1966Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
  53. 1966By a Man's Face Shall You Know HimShuichi Amamiya
  54. 1966Flame and the CodeShin Nanjô
  55. 1966The Betrayers Out!
  56. 1965Escape and the Law
  57. 1965Law of the Wild
  58. 1965Blood and Law