Noboru Andō

1926-05-24 – 2015-12-16 (age 89) Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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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.

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Noboru Andō

Known For

Those Swell Yakuza

Those Swell Yakuza

1988

Street Mobster

Street Mobster

1972

as Boss Yato

Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

1975

as Kisaburo Nozu

Japan Organized Crime Boss

Japan Organized Crime Boss

1969

as Noboru Ooba

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

1976

as Noboru Ando

King of the Gang

King of the Gang

1967

Violent Streets

Violent Streets

1974

as Koichi Egawa

Yakuza Skirmishes

Yakuza Skirmishes

1972

Eighteen Years in Prison

Eighteen Years in Prison

1967

as Kawada

Debt of Honor

Debt of Honor

1966

as Iwagami

Down with The Big Boss

Down with The Big Boss

1979

as Shozo Hanamori

Blood and Law

Blood and Law

1965

Violent Fraternity

Violent Fraternity

1974

Flame and the Code

Flame and the Code

1966

as Shin Nanjô

Father of the Kamikaze

Father of the Kamikaze

1974

The Homeless

The Homeless

1974

as Senzo Hikawa

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police

1973

as Iketani

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

1966

as Shuichi Amamiya

Yakuza of the Present

Yakuza of the Present

1973

as Mitsuo Kurata

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

1974

as Unokichi Kaizu