Personal Info
Birth date
1926-05-24 (99 Years)
Day of death
2015-12-16
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
-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]
Filmography
Graveyard of Honor
6.7
Overview:
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
5.571
Overview:
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.The Wolves
7.4
Overview:
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew? Set in 1926 Japan, this serpentine crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha also stars Toshio Kurosawa and Isao Natsuyagi as Iwahashi's closest ally.Violent Streets
6.9
Overview:
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.Sympathy for the Underdog
7.2
Overview:
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.Street Mobster
6.907
Overview:
After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.Japan Organized Crime Boss
7.9
Overview:
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
8
Overview:
Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.The Homeless
7.5
Overview:
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help her escape and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast.New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
5
Overview:
Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.Those Swell Yakuza
6
Overview:
Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.The Private Police
7
Overview:
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans to join their group. In Ginza, the Togawa gang have taken over Sakurada's territory. After several fights Kijima and Ôba gain control of the territory by chasing out the notorious Togawa Group in the name of Sakurada. But Kijima is arrested for assaulting an American soldier. A few years pass. Kijima has served his prison term and the sears of war have been erased from Ginza. Ôba is now president of a company specializing in collection of bad debts, cheque frauds and everything that means money. People call their organization the “Private Police,” and Kijima begins to work for Ôba. Now the Takegami gang waits a chance to seize the Ginza territory.Eighteen Years in Prison
8.7
Overview:
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.Quarreling with Yakuza
5
Overview:
Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most powerful gang in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya ward.Third Generation Boss
NYR
Overview:
Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.Father of the Kamikaze
NYR
Overview:
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.The Ando Gang Documentary Film
6
Overview:
This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm
NYR
Overview:
Convict son revenges innocent father's death.Kizu
NYR
Overview:
Once again, director Shunichi Kajima and star Takanori Jinnai are teaming up to create a new type of yakuza film that stylishly depicts the short but vibrant life of legendary urban yakuza Takashi Hanagata.Down with The Big Boss
NYR
Overview:
In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the highest echelons of Tokyo's underworld.Yakuza of the Present
NYR
Overview:
In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his former family being overrun by a modern yakuza group from the Kansai region.A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
6
Overview:
Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated streets of Tokyo, a desperate and ambitious group of war veterans and gamblers struggle to take control of the Ginza district's underworld with the help of a deranged soldier.Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
NYR
Overview:
The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.Acting
2009Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza as Himself
2005Shibuya Story as Unknown
2002True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules as Self in the present day / Narrator
2000Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5 as Unknown
1998Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4 as Unknown
1998KIZU as Unknown
1998Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3 as Unknown
1998Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2 as Unknown
1998Kizu Blood Apocalypse as Unknown
1988Those Swell Yakuza as Unknown
1979Down with The Big Boss as Shozo Hanamori
1976Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex as Noboru Ando
1976The Sea of Genkai as Kondo
1975Graveyard of Honor as Ryunosuke Nozu
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Unokichi Kaizu
1974Violent Fraternity as Unknown
1974The Homeless as Senzo Hikawa
1974Father of the Kamikaze as Unknown
1974Third Generation Boss as Unknown
1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers as Unknown
1974Violent Streets as Egawa Koichi
1974Reformatory Buddies as Unknown
1973The Ando Gang Documentary Film as Unknown
1973Yakuza of the Present as Mitsuo Kurata
1973A True Story of the Private Ginza Police as Iketani
1973Quarreling with Yakuza as Unknown
1972Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die as Unknown
1972Yakuza Skirmishes as Unknown
1972Street Mobster as Boss Yato
1972Gang Warfare as Unknown
1971New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter as Unknown
1971Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor as Unknown
1971The Wolves as Gunjiro Ozeki
1971The Viper Brothers Rage Again as Unknown
1971New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape as Unknown
1971The Viper Brothers as Unknown
1971Sympathy for the Underdog as Noburo Kudo
1970Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement as Unknown
1969Showdown at Nagasaki as Ryukichi Koiwa
1969Fill the Cup with Blood as Unknown
1969The Private Police as Unknown
1969Penitentiary Brothers as Naoji Iwamoto
1969Japan Organized Crime Boss as Ooba
1968Secret Information as Mamoru Sagara
1968A History of the Japanese Underworld as Unknown
1967A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm as Todoroki
1967Parole as Shinsuke Gunji
1967King of the Gang as Unknown
1967Organized Violence II as Kenji Kunisaki
1967A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance as Unknown
1967The Gambler's Law as Unknown
1967Eighteen Years in Prison as Kawada
1966Debt of Honor as Unknown
1966Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge! as Unknown
1966By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him as Shuichi Amamiya
1966Flame and the Code as Shin Nanjô
1966The Betrayers Out! as Unknown
1965Blood and Law as Unknown
Writing
2005Shibuya Story ... Original Story
1997Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface ... Novel
1974Violent Fraternity ... Original Story
1973The Ando Gang Documentary Film ... Original Story
1972Yakuza Skirmishes ... Original Story
1969Penitentiary Brothers ... Original Story
1965Blood and Law ... Original Story
Production
2002True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules ... Producer
1988Love on a Daily Basis ... Producer
1988Kizu ... Producer
1974Violent Fraternity ... Producer
Directing
1976Yakuza Cruel Secret Amputation Of An Arm ... Director