Portrait of Noboru Andō

Noboru Andō

Acting

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]

Born: May 24, 1926

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Filmography

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
The Viper Brothers

as Yukichi Hayasaki

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
Flame and the Code

as Shin Nanjô