Noboru Andō

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-05-24 (89 years old)

Deathday

2015-12-16

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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]

Acting

1971

The Wolves

as Gunjiro Ozeki

1974

Violent Streets

as Egawa Koichi

1971

1976

1975

Graveyard of Honor

as Ryunosuke Nozu

2002

1972

Street Mobster

as Boss Yato

1974

The Homeless

as Senzo Hikawa

1967

Organized Violence II

as Kenji Kunisaki

1966

Flame and the Code

as Shin Nanjô

1967

Parole

as Shinsuke Gunji

1968

Secret Information

as Mamoru Sagara

1969

Showdown at Nagasaki

as Ryukichi Koiwa

1969

Penitentiary Brothers

as Naoji Iwamoto

1973

Yakuza of the Present

as Mitsuo Kurata

1979

Down with The Big Boss

as Shozo Hanamori

1998

Production

1969

Penitentiary Brothers

as Original Story

1988

1974

2005

Shibuya Story

as Original Story

1973

1972

Yakuza Skirmishes

as Original Story

1965

Blood and Law

as Original Story

1974

Violent Fraternity

as Original Story

1988

Kizu

as Producer

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