Acting
Nobuo Kaneko
- Titles
- 85movies5TV shows
- Career
Active from 1952 to 1991, with a break from 1981 to 1990, busiest in 1973 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 17top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Ikiru83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.2average 2.6
- Politics5.5average 2.6
- Crime6.3average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism5.8average 3.3
- Violence6.7average 4.3
- Social Commentary6.6average 4.9
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.6
- Melancholy5.8average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.0, average 5.2
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.6, average 2.7
- Wholesome2.3, average 3.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 6
- Political Intrigue 4
- Yakuza Warfare 3
- Yakuza 3
- Japanese Noir 2
- Crime Thriller 2
- Intense 2
- Gritty Realism 2
- Brotherhood & Betrayal 2
- Power Struggles 2
- Feudal Japan 2
- Mystery 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jō ShishidoActorVoice Without a Shadow, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!, Quick Draw Joe, Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living, +3 more
Yōko MinamidaActorVoice Without a Shadow, A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era, Tokyo Knights, Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living, Hungry Soul, +1 more- AAkira SuzukiEditorVoice Without a Shadow, Tokyo Knights, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!, Intimidation, Eight Hours of Terror, +1 more
Kinji FukasakuDirectorShadow Warriors, Unified Shadows, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, +1 more- KKuratarō TakamuraCinematographerA Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era, Hungry Soul, Till We Meet Again, The Rambling Guitarist, Hungry Soul, Part II, +1 more
Hiroki MatsukataActorBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga, The Magic Serpent, Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
Kunie TanakaActorBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga, Dynamite Don-Don
Bunta SugawaraActorBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga, Dynamite Don-Don
Sadao NakajimaDirectorShadow Warriors, Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School, Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle, Edo Crime Book: Black Claws, Semi-Document: Eros No Joô- TToshiaki TsushimaComposerBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, The Magic Serpent, Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
- SSadaji YoshidaCinematographerBattles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga, Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Seijun SuzukiDirectorVoice Without a Shadow, Tokyo Knights, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!, Eight Hours of Terror, Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Movies and TV shows
901990s
2 titles
Father and Son Hawk (1994)
TV show
Check (1991)
as Tennoji
1980s
7 titles · average score 72
66
Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
as Yoshiyuki Kawashima
64
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
80
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
as Home Affairs Minister Isomura
The Imperial Navy (1981)
as Chuichi Nagumo
Shadow Warriors (1980)
TV show · as Sakai Tadakiyo
78
Shōgun (1980)
TV show · as Ishido
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
as Yoshio Yamamori
1970s
30 titles · average score 68
Dynamite Don-Don (1978)
as Denjiro Hasimoto
Cobra 2 (1976)
as Tajima
68
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
as Chief Akama
65
Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
as Masaichi Tomoyasu
72
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
as Yoshio Yamamori
71
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
as Yoshio Yamamori
73
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
as Yoshio Yamamori
71
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
as Yoshio Yamamori
73
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
as Yoshio Yamamori
65
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess (1971)
as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner
1960s
31 titles · average score 69
Samurai Geisha (1969)
as Osuga
59
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
as Tokuyasu
Love Eternal (1966)
as Aoki
71
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
as Unosuke
65
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)
as Inspector Kumagaya
71
Youth of the Beast (1963)
as Sôichi Ozawa
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961)
as Kozo Haraguchi
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living (1961)
as Katsumata
64
Tokyo Knights (1961)
as Mishima
85
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
as Kirihara Gôchô
71
Intimidation (1960)
as Kyosuke Takita
1950s
20 titles · average score 70
The Praying Man (1959)
as Shinichiro Kuraki
The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
as Akitsu
65
Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
as Kawai
Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
as Kosaku Mori
Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)
as Toru Sakyo, the critic
66
Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
as Reiji Ajioka
Hungry Soul (1956)
as Reiji Ajioka
Summer Storm (1956)
as Kido
Till We Meet Again (1955)
as Akira Mimura
67
The Garden of Women (1954)
as Kihei Hirato
83
Ikiru (1952)
as Mitsuo, son of Kanji