--- name: "Nobuo Kaneko" canonical: "https://film.one/person/nobuo-kaneko" fi1m_id: "nobuo-kaneko" imdb_id: "nm0437520" tmdb_id: 34376 wikidata_id: "Q11646709" roles: ["Actor"] born: "27 March 1923" died: "20 January 1995" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-28T20:43:34.442531+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Nobuo Kaneko ## Identity Nobuo Kaneko - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nobuo-kaneko - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** nobuo-kaneko - **IMDb ID:** nm0437520 - **TMDB ID:** 34376 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11646709 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Kaneko, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11646709, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34376 Actor. Born 27 March 1923 in Taito, Tokyo, Japan. Died 20 January 1995. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 27 March 1923, Taito, Tokyo, Japan - **Died:** 20 January 1995 - **Active:** 1952–1984 - **Also known as:** Нобуо Канэко - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 92 (1), 1980s 55 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Kaneko, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11646709, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34376 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Ikiru*](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) (92) - **Apple TV:** [*The Return of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) (55) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Nobuo Kaneko (27 March 1923 – 20 January 1995) was a Japanese actor. He began his career with the Bungakuza theatre troupe in 1946 and made his film debut that year in *Urashimano Kōei*. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1946 and 1993. Kaneko played Mitsuo Watanabe, the son of Kanji, in Akira Kurosawa's *Ikiru* (1952). He is also known for his role as Yoshio Yamamori in the *Battles Without Honor and Humanity* series (1973–1974) and for portraying Home Affairs Minister Isomura in *The Return of Godzilla* (1984) and *Godzilla 1985* (1985). He was married to actress Yatsuko Tanami. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, as Home Affairs Minister Isomura — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) - *Ikiru* (1952), Fi1m 92, as Mitsuo, son of Kanji — [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) ## Complete filmography (243) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Father and Son Hawk* (1994), series, Actor - *Kokkai e ikô!* (1993), Actor - *The Great Shogunate Battle* (1991), Actor - *Check* (1991), as Tennoji - *The Man Who Became The Don* (1991), Actor - *Four Days of Snow and Blood* (1989), as Yoshiyuki Kawashima - *Surgical Designs in Flames* (1986), Actor - *Godzilla 1985* (1985), as Home Affairs Minister Isomura - *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), as Home Affairs Minister Isomura — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) - *Karate Cop 2* (1983), Actor - *The Imperial Navy* (1981), as Chuichi Nagumo - *The Detective Journey* (1980), Actor - *Shōgun* (1980), series, as Ishido - *Nurse's Husband* (1980), Actor - *Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga* (1980), as Yoshio Yamamori - *Shadow Warriors* (1980), series, as Sakai Tadakiyo - *Faraway Tomorrow* (1979), Actor - *The Shogun Assassins* (1979), as Hayashi Razan - *Troubleman Laughs and Kills* (1979), as Actor - *The Inferno* (1979), as Emma Daio - *Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity* (1979), as Kokichi Asakura - *Down with The Big Boss* (1979), Actor - *Devil's Flute* (1979), Actor - *Kusa Moeru* (1979), series, as Taira no Kiyomori - *The Fall of Ako Castle* (1978), as Kira - *Never Give Up* (1978), as Head of Mizoguchi City - *Dynamite Don-Don* (1978), as Denjiro Hasimoto - *Japanese Godfather: Conclusion* (1978), as Hideyoshi Hirayama - *Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy* (1978), Actor - *Karate Wars* (1978), Actor - *Japanese Godfather: Ambition* (1977), as Hirano - *Japan's Don* (1977), as Shoji Taguchi - *Truck Rascals in Fever Heat* (1976), Actor - *New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion* (1976), Actor - *Yakuza Graveyard* (1976), as Chief Akama - *Cobra 2* (1976), as Tajima - *Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!* (1975), Actor - *300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations* (1975), Actor - *Shimane Prison Riot* (1975), as Torao Yoshinari - *Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps* (1975), Actor - *Cops vs. Thugs* (1975), as Masaichi Tomoyasu - *Unified Shadows* (1975), series, Actor - *The Viper Brothers and the Young General* (1975), Actor - *New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1* (1974), as Yoshio Yamamori - *The Rapacious Jailbreaker* (1974), as Yoshio Imazu - Warden - *Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game* (1974), Actor - *Father of the Kamikaze* (1974), Actor - *Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode* (1974), as Yoshio Yamamori - *Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics* (1974), as Yoshio Yamamori - *Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates* (1973), as Kakutarô Shinohara - *Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War* (1973), as Yoshio Yamamori - *Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle* (1973), as Senzo Ogata - *Dangerous Trade in Kobe* (1973), Actor - *Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School* (1973), as Hadano - *The Hard Core Criminal* (1973), Actor - *Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima* (1973), as Yoshio Yamamori - *Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom* (1973), as Shigeru Satô - The President of The School - *Queen of Eros* (1973), as Narrator - *Battles Without Honor and Humanity* (1973), as Yoshio Yamamori - *Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban* (1973), as Visitor of the Shoe Polishing - *Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom* (1972), Actor - *New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm* (1972), Actor - *The Pledge* (1972), Actor - *Turtle Geisha* (1972), Actor - *Shōwa Gokudōshi* (1972), Actor - *The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang* (1972), as Chief of Police - *The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor* (1971), Actor - *Story of Japanese Bad Men* (1971), Actor - *Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler* (1971), Actor - *Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess* (1971), as Boss Ohya, the nightclub owner - *Thugs of Shinjuku* (1970), Actor - *The Experience* (1970), Actor - *Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams* (1970), Actor - *The Kingpin of Fair Ladies* (1970), Actor - *King of the Night Life* (1970), Actor - *Postwar Secrets* (1970), Actor - *アッと驚く為五郎* (1970), Actor - *Duel at Fort Ezo* (1970), Actor - *A Yakuza Goes Home* (1970), Actor - *Woman Boss* (1970), Actor - *The Bad Guy Blues* (1969), Actor - *The Fatal Raid* (1969), Actor - *Samurai Geisha* (1969), as Osuga - *The Biggest Gamble* (1969), Actor - *The Yakuza Awaits* (1969), Actor - *New Prison Walls of Abashiri* (1968), Actor - *Living Skeleton* (1968), as Suetsugu - *Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time* (1968), Actor - *Rogue* (1968), as Suyama - *Enlisted Yakuza* (1968), Actor - *Red Peony Gambler* (1968), Actor - *Brothers'Code - The Back Relation* (1968), Actor - *Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell* (1968), as Tokuyasu - *Downtown Blues* (1968), Actor - *The Worship of the Flesh* (1968), as Denbei - *Hot Springs Geisha* (1968), as Shinagawa - *Curse of the Blood* (1968), as Sojun - *Diamonds of the Andes* (1968), Actor - *Scoundrel* (1968), Actor - *Big Time Gambling Boss* (1968), as Tasaburô Senba - *Human Torpedoes* (1968), Actor - *The Last Loyalty Offering* (1967), Actor - *Escape Man* (1967), Actor - *The Domain: Where The Blade Enters* (1967), Actor - *Killer of Seven* (1967), Actor - *Gambler's World* (1967), as Ushimatsu Fujii - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps* (1967), as Shurinosuke Asahina - *Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4* (1967), Actor - *Organized Violence II* (1967), as Head of Department - *Portrait of Chieko* (1967), as Sawada, Yamazaki - *Dissolution Rites* (1967), as Itagaki - *Under the Stars of Singapore* (1967), Actor - *Prison Release Loyalty Offering* (1966), Actor - *Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love* (1966), Actor - *A Drop of Grease* (1966), Actor - *Rub Out the Past* (1966), Actor - *The Harbor of No Return* (1966), Actor - *Seven Gamblers* (1966), Actor - *Love Eternal* (1966), as Aoki - *New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City* (1966), Actor - *Dianas of the Campus* (1966), Actor - *Love and Desire in the Night Mist* (1966), Actor - *Warm Current* (1966), Actor - *Convicted Woman* (1966), Actor - *Yakuza Vassal* (1966), Actor - *The Magic Serpent* (1966), as Dôjin Hiki - *Hi No Taiko* (1966), Actor - *Expelled from the Kanto Mob* (1965), Actor - *Color* (1965), Actor - *Chivalrous Life* (1965), Actor - *The Black Cat* (1965), Actor - *The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow* (1965), Actor - *Flowering Maidens* (1965), as Matsui - *Black Thief* (1964), Actor - *Traveling Alone with a Guitar* (1964), Actor - *Fight, Zatoichi, Fight* (1964), as Unosuke - *The Flower and the Sword* (1964), Actor - *Call My Black Dice* (1964), as Sakakibara (Boss of the Tokyo-based Sakakibara gang) - *The Glamorous Ghost* (1964), as Kenji Yamakoshi - *Giant Rumble* (1964), Actor - *Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office* (1964), as Kansuke - *Black Weapon* (1964), Actor - *Main Street in the Underworld* (1964), Actor - *Edo Crime Book: Black Claws* (1964), as Honda Shinpachi - *Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut* (1964), Actor - *Red Handkerchief* (1964), Actor - *The Revenge and the Death* (1963), as Kawazu - *Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women* (1963), as Kumagai - *Youth of the Beast* (1963), as Sôichi Ozawa - *The Third Shadow Warrior* (1963), Actor - *Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!* (1963), as Inspector Kumagaya - *Traces of Lead* (1962), Actor - *Ai to shi no katami* (1962), Actor - *Bōkyō no umi* (1962), Actor - *Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa* (1962), Actor - *Jūdan no arashi* (1962), Actor - *Last Round* (1962), Actor - *Red Bud and White Flower* (1962), Actor - *Song of a Traveller* (1962), Actor - *Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha* (1962), Actor - *Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab* (1961), as Kozo Haraguchi - *Wind and waves of the South* (1961), as Kihei - *Crimson Pistol* (1961), Actor - *Standing Towards the Great Forest* (1961), Actor - *The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass* (1961), as Ken - *The Plateau Man* (1961), Actor - *Joe of Aces: Give and Take* (1961), Actor - *Whistling in the Darkness* (1961), Actor - *Quick Draw Joe* (1961), as Mishima - *The Famous Wanderer* (1961), Actor - *Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living* (1961), as Katsumata - *Tokyo Knights* (1961), as Mishima - *The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer* (1961), as Kirihara Gôchô - *An Angel is Chasing Me* (1961), Actor - *The Rambler under the Southern Cross* (1961), Actor - *The Rambler Rides Again* (1960), Actor - *The Rambler on a Pearl Farm* (1960), Actor - *Wakai toppū* (1960), Actor - *The Lost Diamond* (1960), Actor - *Return of the Vagabond* (1960), Actor - *Intimidation* (1960), as Kyosuke Takita - *Yakuza Song* (1960), Actor - *The Law's Bloody Wounds* (1960), Actor - *The Age of Our Own* (1959), Actor - *The Rambling Guitarist* (1959), as Akitsu - *The Wild Reporter* (1959), as Funakoshi - *Ningyō no uta* (1959), Actor - *Farewell to Southern Tosa* (1959), Actor - *Merciless Bullet* (1959), as Sawamura - *Kawaii Onna* (1959), Actor - *The Echo of Love* (1959), Actor - *A Man Explodes* (1959), Actor - *We Live Today* (1959), Actor - *The Praying Man* (1959), as Shinichiro Kuraki - *Get Over Her* (1959), as Yoshino - *Friendship of Jazz* (1959), Actor - *Voice Without a Shadow* (1958), as Kawai - *Wolves of the Night* (1958), Actor - *The Man Who Rode the Typhoon* (1958), as Yuzo Hayata - *Unga* (1958), as Hitoshi Itami - *That Wonderful Guy* (1958), Actor - *Tomorrow is Another Day* (1958), Actor - *Night Drum* (1958), Actor - *Forever, My Love* (1958), as Tachio Kinumaki - *Man Who Causes a Storm* (1957), as Toru Sakyo, the critic - *The Awakening* (1957), Actor - *The Barefoot Girl* (1957), Actor - *A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era* (1957), as Denbei - *This Day's Life* (1957), Actor - *Madam* (1957), Actor - *Eight Hours of Terror* (1957), as Kosaku Mori - *Lunar Eclipse* (1956), Actor - *Hungry Soul, Part II* (1956), as Reiji Ajioka - *Okinawa no Tami* (1956), Actor - *Hungry Soul* (1956), as Reiji Ajioka - *Summer Storm* (1956), as Kido - *Tonari no yome* (1956), Actor - *Gyakukōsen* (1956), Actor - *Wandering Shore* (1956), Actor - *Phoenix* (1956), as Fuji director - *Called to the Stand* (1956), Actor - *Policeman's Diary, Part 2* (1955), Actor - *So Deep in My Heart* (1955), Actor - *Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree* (1955), as Sayama - *A Hole of My Own Making* (1955), Actor - *Stray Sheep* (1955), as Haraguchi, the painter - *Till We Meet Again* (1955), as Akira Mimura - *Floating Clouds* (1955), Actor - *Wakai hito-tachi* (1954), Actor - *Student Double Suicide* (1954), Actor - *Cape Ashizuri* (1954), Actor - *The Garden of Women* (1954), as Kihei Hirato - *Itsuko to sono haha* (1954), as Tokuji Funabashi - *Sound of the Mountain* (1954), Actor - *The Red Light Military Base* (1953), as Sugio Kawanabe - *Waseda University* (1953), as Hotani Nitarō - *At the End of the Clouds* (1953), Actor - *Vacuum Zone* (1952), as Sergeant Kaneko - *Ikiru* (1952), as Mitsuo, son of Kanji — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) - *Violence* (1952), Actor - *Vendetta of a Samurai* (1952), Actor - *Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai* (1951), Actor - *The Rainbow-Colored Flower* (1950), as Kashima ## Gallery - ![Nobuo Kaneko](https://film.one/media/person/104471/gallery-feedaa806557.jpg) Nobuo Kaneko — 産業経済新聞社（Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd.）, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Kaneko-Nobuo-Kimura-Mitsuko-1.jpg/1280px-Kaneko-Nobuo-Kimura-Mitsuko-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Nobuo Kaneko](https://film.one/media/person/104471/gallery-1bce9d730d29.jpg) Nobuo Kaneko — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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