Nobuo Kaneko
Acting
Born 1923-03-27
Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Nobuo Kaneko (金子信雄 Kaneko Nobuo, 27 March 1923 – 20 January 1995) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1950 and 1993. He was a versatile character actor, playing roles ranging from comedic buffoons to hardened yakuza bosses.
Known For
Popular credits
Ikiru
Mitsuo, son of Kanji
The Return of Godzilla
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Shōgun
Ishido
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Kirihara Gôchô
Godzilla 1985
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Yoshio Yamamori
Floating Clouds
Youth of the Beast
Sôichi Ozawa
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Yoshio Yamamori
Sound of the Mountain
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Unosuke
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
Tokuyasu
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Yoshio Yamamori
Shogun's Samurai
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Denbei
Yakuza Graveyard
Chief Akama
Living Skeleton
Suetsugu
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Inspector Kumagaya