Nobuo Kaneko
Known for
Long careers are rarer than they look, and Nobuo Kaneko has become a familiar face who has been at it long enough for audiences to grow up watching him. 'Ikiru' is the most-watched work of the career, as Mitsuo, son of Kanji. Among the rest of the work, 'The Return of Godzilla' stands out. The early stretch of the career is the part least seen today. Counting cinema and television together, the tally passes 90 titles.
Nobuo Kaneko
87 Movies
3 Series
Long careers are rarer than they look, and Nobuo Kaneko has become a familiar face who has been at it long enough for audiences to grow up watching him. 'Ikiru' is the most-watched work of the career, as Mitsuo, son of Kanji. Among the rest of the work, 'The Return of Godzilla' stands out. The early stretch of the career is the part least seen today. Counting cinema and television together, the tally passes 90 titles.
Movies
Plays Mitsuo, son of Kanji
Ikiru
1952
Plays Home Affairs Minister Isomura
The Return of Godzilla
1984
Plays Kido
Summer Storm
1956
Plays Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Plays Actor
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979
Plays Yoshiyuki Kawashima
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Plays Kirihara Gôchô
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Plays Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
Plays Emma Daio
The Inferno
1979
Plays Home Affairs Minister Isomura
Godzilla 1985
1985
Plays Kira
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Plays Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Plays Hayashi Razan
The Shogun Assassins
1979
Plays Chuichi Nagumo
The Imperial Navy
1981
Plays Dôjin Hiki
The Magic Serpent
1966
Plays Denbei
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Plays Shigeru Satô - The President of The School
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
1973
Plays Head of Mizoguchi City
Never Give Up
1978
Plays Sôichi Ozawa
Youth of the Beast
1963
Plays Chief Akama
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
Plays Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Plays Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971
Plays Masaichi Tomoyasu
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
Plays Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Plays Visitor of the Shoe Polishing
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban
1973
Plays Tokuyasu
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
1968
Plays Sojun
Curse of the Blood
1968
Plays Reiji Ajioka
Hungry Soul
1956
Plays Shoji Taguchi
Japan's Don
1977
Plays Suetsugu
Living Skeleton
1968
Plays Hirano
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
Plays Yoshio Yamamori
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Plays Toru Sakyo, the critic
Man Who Causes a Storm
1957
Plays Yoshio Imazu - Warden
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
Plays Unosuke
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
Plays Kyosuke Takita
Intimidation
1960
Plays Inspector Kumagaya
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
Plays Kakutarô Shinohara
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates
1973
Plays Shinagawa
Hot Springs Geisha
1968
Plays Akitsu
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
Plays Hideyoshi Hirayama
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
Plays Kokichi Asakura
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
Plays Reiji Ajioka
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
Plays Kosaku Mori
Eight Hours of Terror
1957
Plays Tasaburô Senba
Big Time Gambling Boss
1968
Plays Mishima
Tokyo Knights
1961
Plays Chief of Police
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
Plays Yoshio Yamamori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
Plays Kawai
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
Plays Denjiro Hasimoto
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
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Tennoji
1991
Film
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Yoshiyuki Kawashima
1989
Film
Godzilla 1985
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
1985
Film
The Return of Godzilla
Home Affairs Minister Isomura
1984
Film
The Imperial Navy
Chuichi Nagumo
1981
Film
Shōgun
Ishido · 5 episodes
1980
TV
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Yoshio Yamamori
1980
Film
Shadow Warriors
Sakai Tadakiyo · 27 episodes
1980–
TV
The Shogun Assassins
Hayashi Razan
1979
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Nobuo Kaneko still alive?
Nobuo Kaneko passed away on January 20, 1995 at age 71.
What are the most famous roles of Nobuo Kaneko?
Nobuo Kaneko is best known for roles in Ikiru, The Return of Godzilla, The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer.
How many movies has Nobuo Kaneko been in?
Over a 45-year career (since 1950), Nobuo Kaneko has appeared in 87 movies and 3 TV shows.
What was Nobuo Kaneko's first movie?
The career of Nobuo Kaneko began with The Rainbow-Colored Flower (1950).
What is Nobuo Kaneko's most recent movie or series?
Nobuo Kaneko's most recent release is Father and Son Hawk, which premiered on January 11, 1994.
What TV shows has Nobuo Kaneko appeared in?
On television, Nobuo Kaneko has appeared in Shōgun, Shadow Warriors, Kusa Moeru, Unified Shadows.
Nobuo Kaneko
1923-03-27 · Taito, Tokyo, Japan
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.