Nobuo Kaneko
Acting1923 Taito, Tokyo, Japan
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 History
1993
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Yoshiyuki Kawashima
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
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Yoshio Yamamori
Shadow Warriors
TVas Sakai Tadakiyo
Shōgun
TVas Ishido
1979
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
as Actor
The Inferno
as Emma Daio
The Shogun Assassins
as Hayashi Razan
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Kokichi Asakura
Kusa Moeru
TVas Taira no Kiyomori
1978
Never Give Up
as Head of Mizoguchi City
Dynamite Don-Don
as Denjiro Hasimoto
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Kira
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Hideyoshi Hirayama
1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Hirano
Japan's Don
as Shoji Taguchi
1976
Cobra 2
as Tajima
Yakuza Graveyard
as Chief Akama
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
as Torao Yoshinari
Cops vs. Thugs
as Masaichi Tomoyasu
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Yoshio Yamamori
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
as Yoshio Imazu - Warden
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
as Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Yoshio Yamamori
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
as Senzo Ogata
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Yoshio Yamamori
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage
as Kakutarô Shinohara
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
as Shigeru Satô - The President of The School
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
as Visitor of the Shoe Polishing
Semi-Document: Eros No Joô
as Narrator
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
as Hadano
1971
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner
1968
Hot Springs Geisha
as Shinagawa
The Worship of the Flesh
as Denbei
Big Time Gambling Boss
as Tasaburô Senba
Rogue
as Suyama
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
as Tokuyasu
Living Skeleton
as Suetsugu
Curse of the Blood
as Sojun
1967
Dissolution Rites
as Itagaki
Organized Violence II
as Head of Department
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
as Shurinosuke Asahina
Gambler's World
as Ushimatsu Fujii
Portrait of Chieko
as Yamazaki
1966
Love Eternal
as Aoki
The Magic Serpent
as Dôjin Hiki
1964
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
as Unosuke
The Glamorous Ghost
as Kenji Yamakoshi
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
as Honda Shinpachi
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
as Inspector Kumagaya
Youth of the Beast
as Sôichi Ozawa
The Revenge and the Death
as Kawazu
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Kirihara Gôchô
Wind and waves of the South
as Kihei
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
as Kozo Haraguchi
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
as Katsumata
Tokyo Knights
as Mishima
Quick Draw Joe
as Mishima
1959
1957
Eight Hours of Terror
as Kosaku Mori
Man Who Causes a Storm
as Toru Sakyo, the critic
1956
1955
Till We Meet Again
as Akira Mimura
Stray Sheep
as Haraguchi, the painter
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Sayama
1954
Itsuko to sono haha
as Tokuji Funabashi
The Garden of Women
as Kihei Hirato
1953
Red-Light Bases
as Sugio Kawanabe
1952
1950
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
as Kashima