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 For

Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2 1998

Those Swell Yakuza 1988 ★ 8.0

Down with The Big Boss 1979 ★ 8.0

The Sea of Genkai 1976 ★ 5.8

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex 1976 ★ 7.0

Graveyard of Honor 1975 ★ 6.7

Violent Fraternity 1974 ★ 8.0

Violent Streets 1974 ★ 6.8

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 1974 ★ 5.8

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police 1973 ★ 5.6

Yakuza Skirmishes 1972 ★ 10.0

Street Mobster 1972 ★ 6.8

The Wolves 1971 ★ 7.4

Sympathy for the Underdog 1971 ★ 7.1

A History of the Japanese Underworld 1968 ★ 9.0

Secret Information 1968 ★ 9.0

King of the Gang 1967 ★ 9.0

Eighteen Years in Prison 1967 ★ 8.2

Debt of Honor 1966

Flame and the Code 1966

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him 1966 ★ 8.0

Blood and Law 1965

Law of the Wild 1965

Escape and the Law 1965