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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Noboru Andō
The Wolves
1971
Filmography
Acting (60)
2009
6.5
2005
9.0
2002
True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rulesas Self in the present day / Narrator
10.0
1998
8.0
1979
Down with The Big Bossas Shozo Hanamori
8.0
1976
Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sexas Noboru Ando
7.0
1976
The Sea of Genkaias Kondo
5.8
1975
Graveyard of Honoras Kisaburo Nozu
6.7
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1as Unokichi Kaizu
5.9
8.0
1974
The Homelessas Senzo Hikawa
7.8
8.0
1974
Violent Streetsas Koichi Egawa
6.7
1973
Yakuza of the Presentas Mitsuo Kurata
7.0
1973
A True Story of the Private Ginza Policeas Iketani
5.9
5.0
10.0
1972
Street Mobsteras Boss Yato
6.8
1972
8.0
1971
Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honoras Shingo Otsuki
1971
The Wolvesas Gunjiro Ozeki
7.4
10.0
1971
The Viper Brothersas Yukichi Hayasaki
7.7
1971
Sympathy for the Underdogas Noburo Kudo
7.1
1969
Showdown at Nagasakias Ryukichi Koiwa
8.0
7.5
1969
Penitentiary Brothersas Naoji Iwamoto
1969
Japan Organized Crime Bossas Noboru Ooba
7.4
1968
Secret Informationas Mamoru Sagara
9.0
1967
9.0
1967
Paroleas Shinsuke Gunji
9.0
1967
9.0
1967
Organized Violence IIas Kenji Kunisaki
7.5
1967
Eighteen Years in Prisonas Kawada
8.2
1966
Debt of Honoras Iwagami
1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Himas Shuichi Amamiya
8.0
1966
Flame and the Codeas Shin Nanjô
1965
1965
Production & Directing (13)
2005
Shibuya StoryOriginal Story
9.0
10.0
6.5
1988
Love on a Daily BasisProducer
1.0
1988
KizuProducer
10.0
1976
7.0
1974
Violent FraternityProducer
8.0
1974
Violent FraternityOriginal Story
8.0
1973
The Ando Gang Documentary FilmOriginal Story
6.5
1972
Yakuza SkirmishesOriginal Story
10.0
1969
Penitentiary BrothersOriginal Story
1965
Escape and the LawOriginal Story
1965
Blood and LawOriginal Story