Noboru Andō
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]
Street Mobster
as Boss YatoAfter serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza...
Movie pageNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as Unokichi KaizuBunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a...
Movie pageViolent Streets
as Egawa KoichiWith a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back...
Movie pageGraveyard of Honor
as Ryunosuke NozuA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his...
Movie pageFather of the Kamikaze
as uncreditedVice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to...
Movie pageNew Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
as uncreditedFormer inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand...
Movie pageEighteen Years in Prison
as uncreditedA former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes...
Movie pageJapan Organized Crime Boss
as OobaComing out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang...
Movie pageThe Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
as uncreditedWith a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the...
Movie pageThe Wolves
as Gunjiro OzekiAfter going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai)...
Movie pageNoboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
as Noboru AndoAndo on the run, stopping in to service all the women in his life, with a bit of the old...
Movie pageThose Swell Yakuza
as uncreditedRyo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him,...
Movie pageDown with The Big Boss
as Shozo HanamoriIn pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the...
Movie pageViolent Fraternity
as uncreditedSet in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's...
Movie pageThe Private Police
as uncreditedAfter the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an...
Movie pageBy a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as Shuichi AmamiyaAlso known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant...
Movie pageQuarreling with Yakuza
as uncreditedSet loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most...
Movie pageThe Ando Gang Documentary Film
as uncreditedThis biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his...
Movie pageSympathy for the Underdog
as Noburo KudoA yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to...
Movie pageA True Story of the Private Ginza Police
as Iketani SanroAfter a desperate gang of ex-soldiers and gamblers meet in a fistfight in occupied Ginza they...
Movie pageBlood and Law
as uncreditedBased on the autobiography of Noboru Andô .
Movie pageA History of the Japanese Underworld
as uncreditedThe hero tries to unite various gangs.
Movie pageOpium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
as uncreditedFollowing “A Man's Face Shows His Personal History”, this movie is the second of the “Trilogy of...
Movie pageA Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
as TodorokiConvict son revenges innocent father's death.
Movie pageThe Homeless
as Senzo HikawaTwo inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross...
Movie pageKing of the Gang
as uncreditedThe 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast,...
Movie pageSecret Information
as Mamoru SagaraA gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and...
Movie pageYakuza Skirmishes
as uncreditedIn the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively...
Movie pageContemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
as uncreditedThe ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.
Movie pageThe Viper Brothers Rage Again
as uncreditedPart 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...
Movie pageThird Generation Boss
as uncreditedBased on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small...
Movie pageThe Sea of Genkai
as KondoTwo yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean...
Movie pageShibuya Story
as uncreditedBiopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.
Movie pageTrue Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules
as Self in the present day / NarratorFormer yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.
Movie pageA History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
as uncreditedFill the Cup with Blood
as uncreditedSecond delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn...
Movie pageThe Betrayers Out!
as uncreditedShochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on...
Movie pagePenitentiary Brothers
as Naoji IwamotoAuthentic action drama of modern gangsters.
Movie pageYakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
as HimselfThe history of the Yakuza Eiga at the TOEI studio is roughly outlined. Real Yakuza and also...
Movie pageKanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor
as uncreditedThe fifth and final chapter of the Kanto Street Peddlers series! Will the battle in Asakusa be...
Movie pageParole
as Shinsuke GunjiThree men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.
Movie pageYakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement
as uncreditedThird and last movie in the Yakuza Hijoshi trilogy.
Movie pageShowdown at Nagasaki
as Ryukichi KoiwaWhen Keiji Takama returns to Nagasaki, he finds many changes. The rights of the entertainment...
Movie pageDebt of Honor
as uncreditedA hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.
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