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Noboru Andō

Noboru Andō

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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 Wolves

The Wolves

1971

Violent Streets

Violent Streets

1974

Kizu Blood Apocalypse

Kizu Blood Apocalypse

1998

Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2

Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2

1998

Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5

Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5

2000

Kizu Blood Apocalypse  4

Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4

1998

Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3

Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3

1998

Sympathy for the Underdog

Sympathy for the Underdog

1971

Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor

Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor

1971

Japan Organized Crime Boss

Japan Organized Crime Boss

1969

The Sea of Genkai

The Sea of Genkai

1976

Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

1975

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

1974

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

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

2002

Street Mobster

Street Mobster

1972

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

1966

The Homeless

The Homeless

1974

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

1976

Father of the Kamikaze

Father of the Kamikaze

1974

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

1972

Eighteen Years in Prison

Eighteen Years in Prison

1967

Organized Violence II

Organized Violence II

1967

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

1967

The Gambler's Law

The Gambler's Law

1967

King of the Gang

King of the Gang

1967

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm

1967

The Betrayers Out!

The Betrayers Out!

1966

A History of the Japanese Underworld

A History of the Japanese Underworld

1968

Flame and the Code

Flame and the Code

1966

Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

1966

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

1971

Parole

Parole

1967

Secret Information

Secret Information

1968

Showdown at Nagasaki

Showdown at Nagasaki

1969

The Private Police

The Private Police

1969

Penitentiary Brothers

Penitentiary Brothers

1969

Yakuza Skirmishes

Yakuza Skirmishes

1972

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police

1973

Yakuza of the Present

Yakuza of the Present

1973

Quarreling with Yakuza

Quarreling with Yakuza

1973

The Ando Gang Documentary Film

The Ando Gang Documentary Film

1973

Reformatory Buddies

Reformatory Buddies

1974

Violent Fraternity

Violent Fraternity

1974

Third Generation Boss

Third Generation Boss

1974

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

1974

The Viper Brothers Rage Again

The Viper Brothers Rage Again

1971

Gang Warfare

Gang Warfare

1972

The Viper Brothers

The Viper Brothers

1971

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

1971

Down with The Big Boss

Down with The Big Boss

1979

Those Swell Yakuza

Those Swell Yakuza

1988

KIZU

KIZU

1998

Shibuya Story

Shibuya Story

2005

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

2009

Blood and Law

Blood and Law

1965

Debt of Honor

Debt of Honor

1966

Fill the Cup with Blood

Fill the Cup with Blood

1969

Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement

Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement

1970