Nobuo Kaneko

was a Japanese actor. His wife was actress Yatsuko Tanami. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1946 and 1993.

Career

Kaneko was a versatile character actor, playing roles ranging from comedic buffoons to hardened yakuza bosses. He is especially known for his role as Yoshio Yamamori in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series.

Kaneko started his acting career at the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1946.

Selected filmography Film

Urashimano Kōei (1946) Ikiru (1952) - Mitsuo Watanabe The Garden of Women (1954) - Kihei Hirato Sound of the Mountain (1954) Floating Clouds (1955) A Hole of My Own Making (1955) Ryūri no Kishi (1956) Gesshoku (1956) Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) - Sagamiya Man Who Causes a Storm (1957) This Day's Life (1957) Night Drum (1958) Voice Without a Shadow (1958) The Wandering Guitarist (1959) Intimidation (1960) Youth of the Beast (1963) Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963) Red Handkerchief (1964) - Detective Tsuchiya Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) - Unosuke Kiri no Hata (1965) - Tanimura The Magic Serpent (1966) Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea is Bright Red as the Color of Love (1966) - Segawa Portrait of Chieko (1967) - Yamazaki Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) - Tokuyasu Curse of the Blood (1968) - Dr.Yasukawa Sōjun The Valiant Red Peony (1968) The Living Skeleton (1968) - Sueji Daikanbu Nagurikomi (1969) Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973) Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) - Yoshio Yamamori Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) - Yoshio Yamamori Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) - Yoshio Yamamori Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) - Yoshio Yamamori Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) - Yoshio Yamamori New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974) - Yoshio Yamamori Cops vs. Thugs (1975) - Tomoyasu Yakuza Graveyard (1976) - Akama Shin Joshū Sasori: 701-gō (1976) - Osamu Sasaki Shogun's Samurai (1978) - Kujō Michifusa The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) - Kira Yoshinaka Never Give up (1978) Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979) - Hirokichi Asakura Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku (1979) - Hayashi Razan Hattori Hanzō Kageno Gundan (1980) - Tokugawa Mitsukuni Shōgun (1980) - Ishido Kazunari Imperial Navy (1981), Chūichi Nagumo The Return of Godzilla (1984) - Minister of Home Affairs Isomura 226 (1989) - Yoshiyuki Kawashima Ōte (1991) Edo Jō Tairan (1991), Tokugawa Mitsutomo Kokkaie Ikō (1993) - Tokuro Morishita

Television Shinsho Taikōki (1973) - Ankokuji Ekei Tokyo Megure Keishi (1978) Shiroi Kyotō (1978–1979) - Jūkichi Iwata Kusa Moeru (1979) - Taira no Kiyomori Fumō Chitai (1979) - Kaizuka Shōgun (1980 miniseries) - Lord Ishido Kazunari (probably based on Ishida Mitsunari) Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan (1980) - Sakai Tadakiyo Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) - Date Harumune Tobuga Gotoku (1990) - Tokugawa Nariaki