Ando Noboru

Name: Ando Noboru
Native name: 安藤昇
Given name: Ando Noboru
Also Known as: Andou Noboru
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: May 24, 1926
Died: December 16, 2015

Ando Noboru is a Japanese actor and former yakuza. He is known for utilizing his experiences as a criminal in his many roles in yakuza films. One clear sign of his past occupation is the large knife scar on his left cheek, the result of a brawl with a Korean gangster as a young man Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1974	Violent Fraternity	Movie	3.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1973	Yakuza to Koso: Jitsuroku Ando Gumi	Movie	0.0
1972	Yakuza to Koso	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
1974	Daitozoku Japanese Drama, 1974, 13 eps (Ep. 6) (Guest Role)	13	(Ep. 6) Guest Role	3.0

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2002	True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules Japanese Movie, 2002, Himself in the present day / Narrator (Main Role)	Himself in the present day / Narrator Main Role	1.0
1988	Yakuza Tosei no Suteki na Menmen Japanese Movie, 1988, [Pastor] (Support Role)	[Pastor] Support Role	6.8
1976	Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex Japanese Movie, 1976, Noboru Ando (Main Role)	Noboru Ando Main Role	8.0
1976	The Sea of Genkai Japanese Movie, 1976, Kondo (Unknown)	Kondo Unknown	7.6
1975	Graveyard of Honor Japanese Movie, 1975, Nozu Kisaburo (Support Role)	Nozu Kisaburo Support Role	7.1
1974	Violent Fraternity Japanese Movie, 1974, (Unknown)	Unknown	3.0
1974	The Homeless Japanese Movie, 1974, (Main Role)	Main Role	7.3
1974	Violent Streets Japanese Movie, 1974, Egawa (Main Role)	Egawa Main Role	7.4
1974	The Yakuza Papers 4: Police Tactics Japanese Movie, 1974, (Support Role)	Support Role	7.4
1973	Gendai Ninkyoshi Japanese Movie, 1973, Kurita Mitsuo (Guest Role)	Kurita Mitsuo Guest Role	0.0
1973	A True Story of the Private Ginza Police Japanese Movie, 1973, Iketani (Main Role)	Iketani Main Role	6.4
1973	Yakuza to Koso: Jitsuroku Ando Gumi Japanese Movie, 1973, Ando Noboru (Main Role)	Ando Noboru Main Role	0.0
1972	Yakuza to Koso Japanese Movie, 1972, "Bomb Match" (Main Role)	"Bomb Match" Main Role	0.0
1972	Street Mobster Japanese Movie, 1972, Yato Shunsuke (Main Role)	Yato Shunsuke Main Role	6.9
1972	Brutal Tales of Chivalry 9 Japanese Movie, 1972, (Support Role)	Support Role	2.0
1971	The Wolves Japanese Movie, 1971, Ozeki Gunjiro (Support Role)	Ozeki Gunjiro Support Role	7.4
1971	Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7 Japanese Movie, 1971, (Support Role)	Support Role	2.0
1971	Sympathy for the Underdog Japanese Movie, 1971, Kudo Noburo (Main Role)	Kudo Noburo Main Role	7.4
1969	Japan's Organized Crime Boss Japanese Movie, 1969, Ooba (Support Role)	Ooba Support Role	6.9
1968	Secret Information Japanese Movie, 1968, Sagara Mamoru (Main Role)	Sagara Mamoru Main Role	0.0
1967	Parole Japanese Movie, 1967, Gunji Shinsuke (Main Role)	Gunji Shinsuke Main Role	0.0
1967	Nihon Ankoku Shi: Chi no Koso Japanese Movie, 1967, Kawakami Junichi (Main Role)	Kawakami Junichi Main Role	0.0
1967	The Gambler's Law Japanese Movie, 1967, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
1966	By a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him Japanese Movie, 1966, (Main Role)	Main Role	7.0

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