Noboru Andō

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-05-24

Deathday 2015-12-16 (89 years old)

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]

Known For

Actor

2002
1998
1979
Down with The Big Boss

as Shozo Hanamori

1976
1975
Graveyard of Honor

as Ryunosuke Nozu

1974
The Homeless

as Senzo Hikawa

1974
Violent Streets

as Egawa Koichi

1973
Yakuza of the Present

as Mitsuo Kurata

1972
Street Mobster

as Boss Yato

1971
The Wolves

as Gunjiro Ozeki

1971
1969
Showdown at Nagasaki

as Ryukichi Koiwa

1969
Penitentiary Brothers

as Naoji Iwamoto

1968
Secret Information

as Mamoru Sagara

1967
Parole

as Shinsuke Gunji

1967
Organized Violence II

as Kenji Kunisaki

1966
1966
Flame and the Code

as Shin Nanjô

Writer

2005
Shibuya Story

as Original Story

1974
Violent Fraternity

as Original Story

1973
1972
Yakuza Skirmishes

as Original Story

1969
Penitentiary Brothers

as Original Story

1965
Blood and Law

as Original Story

Producer