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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

236

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-03-27

Day of Death

1995-01-20 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Нобуо Канэко

Nobuo Kaneko

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

Ikiru

1952

Ikiru

as

Mitsuo, son of Kanji

Never Give Up

1978

Never Give Up

as

Head of Mizoguchi City

Phoenix

1956

Phoenix

as

Rogue

1968

Rogue

as

Suyama

Godzilla 1985

1985

Godzilla 1985

as

Home Affairs Minister Isomura

The Magic Serpent

1966

The Magic Serpent

as

Dôjin Hiki

Intimidation

1960

Intimidation

as

Kyosuke Takita

Living Skeleton

1968

Living Skeleton

as

Suetsugu

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

1974

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

as

Yoshio Imazu - Warden

Man Who Causes a Storm

1957

Man Who Causes a Storm

as

Toru Sakyo, the critic

The Garden of Women

1954

The Garden of Women

as

Kihei Hirato

The Wild Reporter

1959

The Wild Reporter

as

Funakoshi

The Inferno

1979

The Inferno

as

Emma Daio

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

1973

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban

as

Visitor of the Shoe Polishing

Flowering Maidens

1965

Flowering Maidens

as

Matsui

Summer Storm

1956

Summer Storm

as

Kido

The Imperial Navy

1981

The Imperial Navy

as

Chuichi Nagumo

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess

1971

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess

as

Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

1973

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

as

Shigeru Satô - The President of The School

Eight Hours of Terror

1957

Eight Hours of Terror

as

Kosaku Mori

Cobra 2

1976

Cobra 2

as

Tajima

The Glamorous Ghost

1964

The Glamorous Ghost

as

Kenji Yamakoshi

Madam

1957

Madam

as

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

1964

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

as

Honda Shinpachi

Dynamite Don-Don

1978

Dynamite Don-Don

as

Denjiro Hasimoto

The Return of Godzilla

1984

The Return of Godzilla

as

Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Stray Sheep

1955

Stray Sheep

as

Haraguchi, the painter

Tokyo Knights

1961

Tokyo Knights

as

Mishima

Samurai Geisha

1969

Samurai Geisha

as

Osuga

Organized Violence II

1967

Organized Violence II

as

Head of Department

Four Days of Snow and Blood

1989

Four Days of Snow and Blood

as

Yoshiyuki Kawashima

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

1972

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

as

Chief of Police

Yakuza Graveyard

1976

Yakuza Graveyard

as

Chief Akama

Dissolution Rites

1967

Dissolution Rites

as

Itagaki

Portrait of Chieko

1967

Portrait of Chieko

as

Sawada

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab

1961

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab

as

Kozo Haraguchi

Shimane Prison Riot

1975

Shimane Prison Riot

as

Torao Yoshinari

Hot Springs Geisha

1968

Hot Springs Geisha

as

Shinagawa

The Shogun Assassins

1979

The Shogun Assassins

as

Hayashi Razan

Gambler's World

1967

Gambler's World

as

Ushimatsu Fujii

Quick Draw Joe

1961

Quick Draw Joe

as

Mishima

Till We Meet Again

1955

Till We Meet Again

as

Akira Mimura

The Praying Man

1959

The Praying Man

as

Shinichiro Kuraki

Forever, My Love

1958

Forever, My Love

as

Tachio Kinumaki

Big Time Gambling Boss

1968

Big Time Gambling Boss

as

Tasaburô Senba

Love Eternal

1966

Love Eternal

as

Aoki

Hungry Soul

1956

Hungry Soul

as

Reiji Ajioka

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

1978

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

as

Hideyoshi Hirayama

Hungry Soul, Part II

1956

Hungry Soul, Part II

as

Reiji Ajioka

Youth of the Beast

1963

Youth of the Beast

as

Sôichi Ozawa

Cops vs. Thugs

1975

Cops vs. Thugs

as

Masaichi Tomoyasu

Check

1991

Check

as

Tennoji

Itsuko to sono haha

1954

Itsuko to sono haha

as

Tokuji Funabashi

Red-Light Bases

1953

Red-Light Bases

as

Sugio Kawanabe

Japan's Don

1977

Japan's Don

as

Shoji Taguchi

Violence

1952

Violence

as

Merciless Bullet

1959

Merciless Bullet

as

Sawamura

Color

1965

Color

as

Portrait of Chieko

1967

Portrait of Chieko

as

Yamazaki

Scoundrel

1968

Scoundrel

as

Kusa Moeru

Kusa Moeru

as

Taira no Kiyomori

Shadow Warriors

Shadow Warriors

as

Sakai Tadakiyo

Shōgun

Shōgun

as

Ishido

Production

Crew

Directing