Noboru Andō

Born

5/24/1926

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Noboru Andō

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.

Known For39 Movies

Street Mobster
1972
★6.8
Those Swell Yakuza
1988
★8.0
Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
1976
★7.0
King of the Gang
1967
★9.0
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
★7.5
Graveyard of Honor
1975
★6.7
Violent Fraternity
1974
★8.0
The Sea of Genkai
1976
★5.8
Eighteen Years in Prison
1967
★8.2
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
★7.1
Yakuza Skirmishes
1972
★10.0
Violent Streets
1974
★6.8
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
★5.8
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
★8.0
Down with The Big Boss
1979
★8.0
Third Generation Boss
1974
★8.0
The Homeless
1974
★7.8
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
1972
★7.0
Yakuza of the Present
1973
★7.0
The Viper Brothers
1971
★7.7
A History of the Japanese Underworld
1968
★9.0
The Wolves
1971
★7.4
The Viper Brothers Rage Again
1971
★10.0
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
1967
★9.0
Parole
1967
★9.0
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973
★5.6
Secret Information
1968
★9.0
The Private Police
1969
★7.5
Shibuya Story
2005
★9.0
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971
★8.0
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
★10.0
Organized Violence II
1967
★7.5
Gang Warfare
1972
★8.0
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
★6.5
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
★5.8
Quarreling with Yakuza
1973
★5.0
The Ando Gang Documentary Film
1973
★6.5
Showdown at Nagasaki
1969
★8.0
True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules
2002
★10.0