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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

70

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-05-24

Day of Death

2015-12-16 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Noboru Andō

Biography

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.[1]

Known For

Acting

The Wolves

1971

The Wolves

as

Gunjiro Ozeki

Violent Streets

1974

Violent Streets

as

Egawa Koichi

Sympathy for the Underdog

1971

Sympathy for the Underdog

as

Noburo Kudo

Graveyard of Honor

1975

Graveyard of Honor

as

Ryunosuke Nozu

Street Mobster

1972

Street Mobster

as

Boss Yato

The Homeless

1974

The Homeless

as

Senzo Hikawa

Organized Violence II

1967

Organized Violence II

as

Kenji Kunisaki

Flame and the Code

1966

Flame and the Code

as

Shin Nanjô

Parole

1967

Parole

as

Shinsuke Gunji

Secret Information

1968

Secret Information

as

Mamoru Sagara

Penitentiary Brothers

1969

Penitentiary Brothers

as

Naoji Iwamoto

Showdown at Nagasaki

1969

Showdown at Nagasaki

as

Ryukichi Koiwa

Yakuza of the Present

1973

Yakuza of the Present

as

Mitsuo Kurata

Down with The Big Boss

1979

Down with The Big Boss

as

Shozo Hanamori

KIZU

1998

KIZU

as

Production

Crew

Directing