Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko | |
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Born | 27 March 1923 |
Died | 20 January 1995 | (aged 71)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1950-1993 |
Nobuo Kaneko (金子信雄, Kaneko Nobuo, 27 March 1923 – 20 January 1995) was a Japanese actor.[1] His wife was actress Yatsuko Tanami.[2] He appeared in more than 200 films between 1950 and 1993.
Kaneko was a versatile character actor, playing roles ranging from comedic buffoons to hardened yakuza bosses. He is especially known for his role as Yoshio Yamamori in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series.[3]
Kaneko started his acting career at the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1946.[2] His film debut was in the 1946 film Urashimano Kōei.[2] In 1952, he appeared in the Akira Kurosawa film Ikiru.[3] He signed his contract with Nikkatsu film company in 1955 and he often played villains in action films.[3]
He was the host of a cooking program Kaneko Nobuo no Tanoshi Yushoku from 1987 to 1995 on TV Asahi.[4]
Selected filmography[]
Film[]
- Urashimano Kōei (1946)
- Ikiru (1952) - Mitsuo Watanabe
- The Garden of Women (1954) - Kihei Hirato
- Sound of the Mountain (1954)
- Floating Clouds (1955)
- A Hole of My Own Making (1955)
- Ruri no kishi (1956)
- Gesshoku (1956)
- Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) - Sagamiya
- Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)
- This Day's Life (1957)
- Night Drum (1958)
- Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
- Intimidation (1960)
- Youth of the Beast (1963)
- Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)
- Red Handkerchief (1964) - Detective Tsuchiya
- Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) - Unosuke
- Kiri no Hata (1965) - Tanimura
- The Magic Serpent (1966)
- Zoku Tōkyō nagaremono Umiwa Makkana Koinoiro (1966) - Segawa
- Portrait of Chieko (1967) - Yamazaki
- Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) - Tokuyasu
- The Living Skeleton (1968) - Sueji
- Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) - Boss Yoshio Yamamori
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Hiroshima Deathmatch (1973) - Boss Yoshio Yamamori
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) - Boss Yoshio Yamamori
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) - Boss Yoshio Yamamori
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) - Boss Yoshio Yamamori
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974)
- Cops vs. Thugs (1975) - Tomoyasu
- Yakuza Graveyard (1976) - Akama
- Shin Joshū Sasori: 701-gō (1976) - Osamu Sasaki
- Shogun's Samurai (1978) - Kujō Michifusa
- The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) - Kira Yoshinaka
- Never Give up (1978)
- Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979) - Hirokichi Asakura
- Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku (1979) - Hayashi Razan
- Hattori Hanzō Kageno Gundan (1980) - Tokugawa Mitsukuni
- Shōgun (1980) - Sekido Kazunari
- Imperial Navy (1981), Chūichi Nagumo
- The Return of Godzilla (1984) - Minister of Home Affairs Isomura
- 226 (1989) - Yoshiyuki Kawashima
- Ōte (1991)
- Edo Jō Tairan (1991), Tokugawa Mitsutomo
- Kokkaie Ikō (1993) - Tokuro Morishita
Television[]
- Shinsho Taikōki (1973) - Ankokuji Ekei
- Shiroi Kyotō (1978–1979) - Jūkichi Iwata
- Kusa Moeru (1979) - Taira no Kiyomori
- Fumō Chitai (1979) - Kaizuka[5]
- Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan (1980) - Sakai Tadakiyo
- Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) - Date Harumune
- Tobuga Gotoku (1990) - Tokugawa Nariaki
References[]
- ^ "Nobuo Kaneko". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "金子信雄" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Nobuo Kaneko profile". 映画DB. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ “個性派俳優、料理も指南・金子信雄さん死亡” Yomiuri Shimbun January 21 1995: p. 31
- ^ "不毛地帯". TV drama database. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
External links[]
- Nobuo Kaneko at IMDb
- 1923 births
- 1995 deaths
- Japanese male film actors
- 20th-century Japanese male actors