
Nobuo Kaneko
Known for Acting · 240 credits
- Born
- 1923-03-27
- Died
- 1995-01-20
- Place of birth
- Taito, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Нобуо Канэко · 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
TV Shows (5)
Movies (235)

Ikiru
1952
as Mitsuo, son of Kanji

The Return of Godzilla
1984
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
as Kirihara Gôchô

The Imperial Navy
1981
as Chuichi Nagumo

Floating Clouds
1955

The Inferno
1979
as Emma Daio

Shogun's Samurai
1978

Japan's Don
1977
as Shoji Taguchi

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
as Yoshio Yamamori

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
as Yoshio Yamamori

Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Yoshiyuki Kawashima

Never Give Up
1978
as Head of Mizoguchi City

The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
as Kira

Godzilla 1985
1985
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Yoshio Yamamori

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
as Unosuke

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974

Devil's Flute
1979

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
as Chief of Police

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
1973
as Shigeru Satô - The President of The School

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Yoshio Yamamori

Cops vs. Thugs
1975
as Masaichi Tomoyasu

Sound of the Mountain
1954

The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
as Yoshio Imazu - Warden

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
1967

Father of the Kamikaze
1974

Yakuza Graveyard
1976
as Chief Akama

Human Torpedoes
1968

Till We Meet Again
1955
as Akira Mimura

Intimidation
1960
as Kyosuke Takita

Man Who Causes a Storm
1957
as Toru Sakyo, the critic

Dynamite Don-Don
1978
as Denjiro Hasimoto

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976

The Shogun Assassins
1979
as Hayashi Razan

Down with The Big Boss
1979

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
as Hideyoshi Hirayama

Youth of the Beast
1963
as Sôichi Ozawa

Big Time Gambling Boss
1968
as Tasaburô Senba

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom
1972

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
as Yoshio Yamamori

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973
as Hadano

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Denbei

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
as Kokichi Asakura

Vendetta of a Samurai
1952

The Rambling Guitarist
1959
as Akitsu

New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968

Yakuza Vassal
1966

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Yoshio Yamamori

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
as Inspector Kumagaya

Crimson Pistol
1961

Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
as Hirano

Woman Boss
1970

Turtle Geisha
1972

Wolves of the Night
1958

The Third Shadow Warrior
1963

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971
as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner

Red Bud and White Flower
1962

Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
1973
as Visitor of the Shoe Polishing

Night Drum
1958

Red-Light Bases
1953
as Sugio Kawanabe

Red Peony Gambler
1968

New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion
1976

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Sayama

Love Eternal
1966
as Aoki

Rogue
1968
as Suyama

Samurai Geisha
1969
as Osuga

Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game
1974

Scoundrel
1968

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975

The Garden of Women
1954
as Kihei Hirato

Voice Without a Shadow
1958
as Kawai
Stray Sheep
1955
as Haraguchi, the painter

Faraway Tomorrow
1979

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967

Thugs of Shinjuku
1970

Bōkyō no umi
1962

The Great Shogunate Battle
1991

Duel at Fort Ezo
1970

Surgical Designs in Flames
1986

Dangerous Trade in Kobe
1973

Vacuum Zone
1952

Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
1968
as Tokuyasu
Nurse's Husband
1980

Dissolution Rites
1967
as Itagaki

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972

The Fatal Raid
1969

King of the Night Life
1970

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970

Shimane Prison Riot
1975
as Torao Yoshinari

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971

Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates
1973
as Kakutarô Shinohara

Lunar Eclipse
1956

The Harbor of No Return
1966

The Revenge and the Death
1963
as Kawazu

At the End of the Clouds
1953

Seigida! Mikatada! Zeninshugo!!
1975

The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975

The Glamorous Ghost
1964
as Kenji Yamakoshi

The Age of Our Own
1959

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
1973
as Senzo Ogata

Portrait of Chieko
1967
as Sawada / Yamazaki

Cobra 2
1976
as Tajima

The Barefoot Girl
1957

The Poem of the Blue Star
1960

Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967
as Shurinosuke Asahina

Student Double Suicide
1954

The Black Cat
1965

Wind and waves of the South
1961
as Kihei

The Biggest Gamble
1969

Hot Springs Geisha
1968
as Shinagawa

Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha
1962

Check
1991
as Tennoji

Jūdan no arashi
1962

Wakai hito-tachi
1954

Chivalrous Life
1965

Last Round
1962

Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961

The Hard Core Criminal
1973

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958

Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
About Nobuo Kaneko
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. With 240 credits spanning from 1950 to 1994, Nobuo Kaneko has appeared in 235 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Nobuo Kaneko Movies
- Ikiru (1952) — as Mitsuo, son of Kanji
- The Return of Godzilla (1984) — as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) — as Kirihara Gôchô
- The Imperial Navy (1981) — as Chuichi Nagumo
- Floating Clouds (1955)
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