Noboru Andō

actor • writer • producer

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 Kore...

Born: May 24, 1926 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Died: December 16, 2015 (age 89)

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Known For

7.2

The Wolves

Movies & TV Credits

68 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza Movie	6.8	Actor	Himself	2009
Shibuya Story Movie	—	Actor	—	2005
Shibuya Story Movie	—	Writing	Original Story	2005
True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules Movie	—	Actor	Self in the present day / Narrator	2002
True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules Movie	—	Production	Producer	2002
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5 Movie	—	Actor	—	2000
KIZU Movie	—	Actor	—	1998
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2 Movie	—	Actor	—	1998
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3 Movie	—	Actor	—	1998
Kizu Blood Apocalypse Movie	—	Actor	—	1998
Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4 Movie	—	Actor	—	1998
Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface Movie	6.9	Writing	Novel	1997
Those Swell Yakuza Movie	6.3	Actor	—	1988
Kizu Movie	4.7	Production	Producer	1988
Love on a Daily Basis Movie	—	Production	Producer	1988
Down with The Big Boss Movie	6.3	Actor	Shozo Hanamori	1979
Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex Movie	6.4	Actor	Noboru Ando	1976
The Sea of Genkai Movie	6.9	Actor	Kondo	1976
Graveyard of Honor Movie	6.9	Actor	Ryunosuke Nozu	1975
Violent Streets Movie	6.7	Actor	Egawa Koichi	1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 Movie	6.7	Actor	Unokichi Kaizu	1974
Father of the Kamikaze Movie	7.2	Actor	—	1974
Reformatory Buddies Movie	—	Actor	—	1974
The Homeless Movie	5.7	Actor	Senzo Hikawa	1974
Third Generation Boss Movie	5.6	Actor	—	1974
Violent Fraternity Movie	6.9	Actor	—	1974
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers Movie	5.8	Actor	—	1974
Violent Fraternity Movie	6.9	Production	Producer	1974
Quarreling with Yakuza Movie	6.6	Actor	—	1973
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police Movie	6.7	Actor	Iketani	1973
Yakuza of the Present Movie	6.1	Actor	Mitsuo Kurata	1973
The Ando Gang Documentary Film Movie	7.2	Actor	—	1973
The Ando Gang Documentary Film Movie	7.2	Writing	Original Story	1973
Street Mobster Movie	6.9	Actor	Boss Yato	1972
Gang Warfare Movie	6.3	Actor	—	1972
Yakuza Skirmishes Movie	6.8	Actor	—	1972
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die Movie	6.8	Actor	—	1972
Yakuza Skirmishes Movie	6.8	Writing	Original Story	1972
Sympathy for the Underdog Movie	7.2	Actor	Noburo Kudo	1971
The Wolves Movie	7.0	Actor	Gunjiro Ozeki	1971
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape Movie	6.3	Actor	—	1971
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter Movie	5.8	Actor	—	1971
The Viper Brothers Rage Again Movie	6.7	Actor	—	1971
The Viper Brothers Movie	6.9	Actor	—	1971
Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor Movie	—	Actor	—	1971
Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement Movie	—	Actor	—	1970
Japan Organized Crime Boss Movie	6.8	Actor	Ooba	1969
The Private Police Movie	6.9	Actor	—	1969
Showdown at Nagasaki Movie	5.5	Actor	Ryukichi Koiwa	1969
Penitentiary Brothers Movie	—	Actor	Naoji Iwamoto	1969
Fill the Cup with Blood Movie	—	Actor	—	1969
Penitentiary Brothers Movie	—	Writing	Original Story	1969
A History of the Japanese Underworld Movie	6.1	Actor	—	1968
Secret Information Movie	6.9	Actor	Mamoru Sagara	1968
Organized Violence II Movie	7.1	Actor	Kenji Kunisaki	1967
Parole Movie	7.1	Actor	Shinsuke Gunji	1967
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance Movie	—	Actor	—	1967
Eighteen Years in Prison Movie	7.0	Actor	Kawada	1967
A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm Movie	7.3	Actor	Todoroki	1967
King of the Gang Movie	7.2	Actor	—	1967
The Gambler's Law Movie	—	Actor	—	1967
Flame and the Code Movie	—	Actor	Shin Nanjô	1966
Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge! Movie	6.5	Actor	—	1966
The Betrayers Out! Movie	—	Actor	—	1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him Movie	6.7	Actor	Shuichi Amamiya	1966
Debt of Honor Movie	—	Actor	—	1966
Blood and Law Movie	—	Actor	—	1965
Blood and Law Movie	—	Writing	Original Story	1965

Noboru Andō

Known For

Sympathy for the Underdog

Graveyard of Honor

Street Mobster

The Wolves

Movies & TV Credits