Actor

Noboru Andō

Birthday: May 24, 1926

Born in: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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]

Movie Credits

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza (2009) as Himself
Age: 82
Shibuya Story (2005)
Age: 78
True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules (2002) as Self in the present day / Narrator
Age: 75
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5 (2000)
Age: 74
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4 (1998)
Age: 71
KIZU (1998)
Age: 71
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3 (1998)
Age: 71
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2 (1998)
Age: 71
Kizu Blood Apocalypse (1998)
Age: 71
Those Swell Yakuza (1988)
Age: 62
Down with The Big Boss (1979) as Shozo Hanamori
Age: 52
Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex (1976) as Noboru Ando
Age: 50
The Sea of Genkai (1976) as Kondo
Age: 50
Graveyard of Honor (1975) as Ryunosuke Nozu
Age: 48
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974) as Unokichi Kaizu
Age: 48
Violent Fraternity (1974)
Age: 48
The Homeless (1974) as Senzo Hikawa
Age: 48
Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
Age: 48
Third Generation Boss (1974)
Age: 48
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers (1974)
Age: 48
Violent Streets (1974) as Egawa Koichi
Age: 47
Reformatory Buddies (1974)
Age: 47
The Ando Gang Documentary Film (1973)
Age: 47
Yakuza of the Present (1973) as Mitsuo Kurata
Age: 47
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973) as Iketani
Age: 47
Quarreling with Yakuza (1973)
Age: 46
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die (1972)
Age: 46
Yakuza Skirmishes (1972)
Age: 46
Street Mobster (1972) as Boss Yato
Age: 45
Gang Warfare (1972)
Age: 45
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter (1971)
Age: 45
Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor (1971) as Shingo Otsuki
Age: 45
The Wolves (1971) as Gunjiro Ozeki
Age: 45
The Viper Brothers Rage Again (1971)
Age: 45
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape (1971)
Age: 45
The Viper Brothers (1971) as Yukichi Hayasaki
Age: 45
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971) as Noburo Kudo
Age: 44
Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement (1970)
Age: 43
Showdown at Nagasaki (1969) as Ryukichi Koiwa
Age: 43
Fill the Cup with Blood (1969)
Age: 43
The Private Police (1969)
Age: 43
Penitentiary Brothers (1969) as Naoji Iwamoto
Age: 43
Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969) as Noboru Ooba
Age: 43
Secret Information (1968) as Mamoru Sagara
Age: 41
A History of the Japanese Underworld (1968)
Age: 41
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm (1967) as Todoroki
Age: 41
Parole (1967) as Shinsuke Gunji
Age: 41
King of the Gang (1967)
Age: 41
Organized Violence II (1967) as Kenji Kunisaki
Age: 41
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance (1967)
Age: 41
The Gambler's Law (1967)
Age: 40
Eighteen Years in Prison (1967) as Kawada
Age: 40
Debt of Honor (1966)
Age: 40
Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge! (1966)
Age: 40
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966) as Shuichi Amamiya
Age: 39
Flame and the Code (1966) as Shin Nanjô
Age: 39
The Betrayers Out! (1966)
Age: 39
Blood and Law (1965)
Age: 39