Noboru Andō
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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1926-05-24 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- 2015-12-16
Known for
- Graveyard of Honor (1975) — Kisaburo Nozu
- Street Mobster (1972) — Boss Yato
- Sympathy for the Underdog (1971) — Noburo Kudo
- The Wolves (1971) — Gunjiro Ozeki
- Violent Streets (1974) — Koichi Egawa
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974) — Unokichi Kaizu
- Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969) — Noboru Ooba
- A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973) — Iketani
- Eighteen Years in Prison (1967) — Kawada
- The Sea of Genkai (1976) — Kondo
- The Homeless (1974) — Senzo Hikawa
- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape (1971)
- Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface (1997) — Novel
- By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966) — Shuichi Amamiya
- The Viper Brothers (1971) — Yukichi Hayasaki
- Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex (1976) — Noboru Ando