Noboru Andō

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

58

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-05-24

Day of death

2015-12-16 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

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.[1]

Known For

  • The Sea of Genkai

    The Sea of Genkai

  • The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

    The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

  • Penitentiary Brothers

    Penitentiary Brothers

  • The Viper Brothers Rage Again

    The Viper Brothers Rage Again

  • Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

    Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

  • Japan Organized Crime Boss

    Japan Organized Crime Boss

  • Secret Information

    Secret Information

  • A True Story of the Private Ginza Police

    A True Story of the Private Ginza Police

  • Flame and the Code

    Flame and the Code

  • Street Mobster

    Street Mobster

  • A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

    A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

  • Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5

    Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5

  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

  • Those Swell Yakuza

    Those Swell Yakuza

  • King of the Gang

    King of the Gang

  • Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor

    Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor

  • Yakuza of the Present

    Yakuza of the Present

  • The Gambler's Law

    The Gambler's Law

  • A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

    A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

  • Reformatory Buddies

    Reformatory Buddies

  • KIZU

    KIZU

  • Violent Fraternity

    Violent Fraternity

  • The Viper Brothers

    The Viper Brothers

  • New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

    New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

  • Organized Violence II

    Organized Violence II

  • Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement

    Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement

  • A History of the Japanese Underworld

    A History of the Japanese Underworld

  • The Wolves

    The Wolves

  • Blood and Law

    Blood and Law

  • Gang Warfare

    Gang Warfare

  • Father of the Kamikaze

    Father of the Kamikaze

  • Violent Streets

    Violent Streets

  • Quarreling with Yakuza

    Quarreling with Yakuza

  • Fill the Cup with Blood

    Fill the Cup with Blood

  • New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

    New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

  • The Homeless

    The Homeless

  • Debt of Honor

    Debt of Honor

  • The Private Police

    The Private Police

  • Yakuza Skirmishes

    Yakuza Skirmishes

  • Down with The Big Boss

    Down with The Big Boss

  • By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

    By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

  • Sympathy for the Underdog

    Sympathy for the Underdog

  • Kizu Blood Apocalypse

    Kizu Blood Apocalypse

  • Eighteen Years in Prison

    Eighteen Years in Prison

  • Parole

    Parole

  • Shibuya Story

    Shibuya Story

  • The Betrayers Out!

    The Betrayers Out!

  • Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3

    Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3

  • The Ando Gang Documentary Film

    The Ando Gang Documentary Film

  • Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4

    Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4

  • Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

    Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

  • Third Generation Boss

    Third Generation Boss

  • Graveyard of Honor

    Graveyard of Honor

  • Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2

    Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2

  • Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

    Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

  • Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

    Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

  • True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules

    True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules

  • Showdown at Nagasaki

    Showdown at Nagasaki