Deceased

How Did Noboru Andō Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 89

GenderMaleNationalityEmpire of JapanBorn24/05/1926Born inTokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, JapanDied16/12/2015Died inTokyoCausepneumoniaWikidataQ7046038 ↗TMDb#125077 ↗

Noboru Ando was a Japanese actor, writer, singer 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.

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Filmography60 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2009	Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaMovie	Himself	83
2005	Shibuya StoryMovie	—	79
2002	True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's RulesMovie	Self in the present day / Narrator	76
2000	Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5Movie	—	74
1998	Kizu Blood Apocalypse 2Movie	—	72
1998	Kizu Blood Apocalypse 4Movie	—	72
1998	Kizu Blood ApocalypseMovie	—	72
1998	Kizu Blood Apocalypse 3Movie	—	72
1998	KIZUMovie	—	72
1988	Those Swell YakuzaMovie	—	62
1979	Down with The Big BossMovie	Shozo Hanamori	53
1976	Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and SexMovie	Noboru Ando	50
1976	The Sea of GenkaiMovie	Kondo	50
1975	Graveyard of HonorMovie	Kisaburo Nozu	49
1974	Violent FraternityMovie	—	48
1974	Third Generation BossMovie	—	48
1974	Violent StreetsMovie	Koichi Egawa	48
1974	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Movie	Unokichi Kaizu	48
1974	The HomelessMovie	Senzo Hikawa	48
1974	Father of the KamikazeMovie	—	48
1974	The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza BrothersMovie	—	48
1974	Reformatory BuddiesMovie	—	48
1973	A True Story of the Private Ginza PoliceMovie	Iketani	47
1973	The Ando Gang Documentary FilmMovie	—	47
1973	Quarreling with YakuzaMovie	—	47
1973	Yakuza of the PresentMovie	Mitsuo Kurata	47
1972	Gang WarfareMovie	—	46
1972	Street MobsterMovie	Boss Yato	46
1972	Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall DieMovie	—	46
1972	Yakuza SkirmishesMovie	—	46
1971	The WolvesMovie	Gunjiro Ozeki	45
1971	New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy CapeMovie	—	45
1971	New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound DeserterMovie	—	45
1971	The Viper BrothersMovie	Yukichi Hayasaki	45
1971	Sympathy for the UnderdogMovie	Noburo Kudo	45
1971	The Viper Brothers Rage AgainMovie	—	45
1971	Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan HonorMovie	Shingo Otsuki	45
1970	Yakuza Beasts-Blood SettlementMovie	—	44
1969	The Private PoliceMovie	—	43
1969	Japan Organized Crime BossMovie	Noboru Ooba	43
1969	Showdown at NagasakiMovie	Ryukichi Koiwa	43
1969	Fill the Cup with BloodMovie	—	43
1969	Penitentiary BrothersMovie	Naoji Iwamoto	43
1968	A History of the Japanese UnderworldMovie	—	42
1968	Secret InformationMovie	Mamoru Sagara	42
1967	Organized Violence IIMovie	Kenji Kunisaki	41
1967	The Gambler's LawMovie	—	41
1967	A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody ResistanceMovie	—	41
1967	Eighteen Years in PrisonMovie	Kawada	41
1967	A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow StormMovie	Todoroki	41
1967	ParoleMovie	Shinsuke Gunji	41
1967	King of the GangMovie	—	41
1966	By a Man's Face Shall You Know HimMovie	Shuichi Amamiya	40
1966	Flame and the CodeMovie	Shin Nanjô	40
1966	Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!Movie	—	40
1966	The Betrayers Out!Movie	—	40
1966	Debt of HonorMovie	Iwagami	40
1965	Blood and LawMovie	—	39
1965	Escape and the LawMovie	—	39
1965	Law of the WildMovie	—	39