Portrait of Nobuo Kaneko

Acting

Nobuo Kaneko

Career

Active from 1952 to 1991, with a break from 1981 to 1990, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ikiru
Ikiru
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nobuo Kaneko Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    2.0, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 7
  • Yakuza 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Japanese Noir 3
  • Intense 3
  • Yakuza Warfare 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Classic Japanese Cinema 2
  • Crime Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

100
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

2 titles
Father and Son Hawk
Father and Son Hawk (1994)

TV show

Check
Check (1991)

as Tennoji

1980s

7 titles · average score 67
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
GoodWatch score 68

as Yoshiyuki Kawashima

Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
GoodWatch score 45

as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

The Return of Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

The Imperial Navy
The Imperial Navy (1981)

as Chuichi Nagumo

Shadow Warriors
Shadow Warriors (1980)

TV show · as Sakai Tadakiyo

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)

as Yoshio Yamamori

Shōgun
Shōgun (1980)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Ishido

1970s

31 titles · average score 71
Dynamite Don-Don
Dynamite Don-Don (1978)

as Denjiro Hasimoto

Cobra 2
Cobra 2 (1976)

as Tajima

Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
GoodWatch score 86

as Chief Akama

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)
GoodWatch score 64

as Yoshio Yamamori

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
GoodWatch score 72

as Yoshio Yamamori

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
GoodWatch score 71

as Yoshio Yamamori

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
GoodWatch score 78

as Yoshio Yamamori

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
GoodWatch score 71

as Yoshio Yamamori

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle (1973)

as Senzo Ogata

Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School (1973)

as Hadano

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
GoodWatch score 77

as Yoshio Yamamori

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess (1971)
GoodWatch score 64

as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner

1960s

33 titles · average score 70
Samurai Geisha
Samurai Geisha (1969)

as Osuga

Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
GoodWatch score 57

as Tokuyasu

The Magic Serpent
The Magic Serpent (1966)
GoodWatch score 66

as Dôjin Hiki

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
GoodWatch score 73

as Unosuke

The Glamorous Ghost
The Glamorous Ghost (1964)

as Kenji Yamakoshi

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)
GoodWatch score 65

as Inspector Kumagaya

The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961)

as Ken

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961)

as Kozo Haraguchi

Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living (1961)

as Katsumata

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
GoodWatch score 90

as Kirihara Gôchô

Tokyo Knights
Tokyo Knights (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mishima

Intimidation
Intimidation (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

as Kyosuke Takita

1950s

27 titles · average score 71
The Rambling Guitarist
The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
GoodWatch score 66

as Akitsu

The Praying Man
The Praying Man (1959)

as Shinichiro Kuraki

Voice Without a Shadow
Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kawai

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon (1958)

as Yuzo Hayata

Eight Hours of Terror
Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

as Kosaku Mori

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
GoodWatch score 75

as Denbei

Man Who Causes a Storm
Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)

as Toru Sakyo, the critic

Hungry Soul
Hungry Soul (1956)
GoodWatch score 66

as Reiji Ajioka

Hungry Soul, Part II
Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

as Reiji Ajioka

Called to the Stand
Called to the Stand (1956)

as Prosecutor

Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again (1955)

as Akira Mimura

Ikiru
Ikiru (1952)
GoodWatch score 91

as Mitsuo, son of Kanji