Noboru Andō

Noboru Andō

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
May 24, 1926

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.

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Noboru Andō 1

Representative Works

Street Mobster
Street Mobster
6.8
/ Japanese
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
6.5
/ Japanese
Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
7.0
/ Japanese
Graveyard of Honor
Graveyard of Honor
6.7
/ Japanese
Violent Streets
Violent Streets
6.7
/ Japanese
Violent Fraternity
Violent Fraternity
8.0
/ Japanese
The Wolves
The Wolves
7.4
/ Japanese
Those Swell Yakuza
Those Swell Yakuza
8.0
/ Japanese
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
5.9
/ Japanese
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Japan Organized Crime Boss
7.4
/ Japanese
Debt of Honor
Debt of Honor
No Rating Yet
/ Japanese
Yakuza Skirmishes
Yakuza Skirmishes
10.0
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Street Mobster
1972Nominee

Best Performance

Street Mobster

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
1997Nominee

Best Writing

Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
1976Nominee

Best Performance

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

Career Highlights

Graveyard of Honor
1975Highlight

Best Performance

Graveyard of Honor

Violent Streets
1974Highlight

Best Performance

Violent Streets

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