Actor

Noboru Andō

Acting

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Acting credits

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

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1.5

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Movies: 62Series: 0Crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 125077

IMDb ID: nm0027947

Known for: Acting

Born: May 24, 1926

Died: December 16, 2015

Age: 89

Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1965 - 2009

Years active: 45

Average TMDB rating: 6.97

Wikidata: Q7046038

Other jobs

Original Story (5)Producer (4)Director (1)Novel (1)

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Biography

Noboru Ando (Japanese: 安藤昇, Hepburn: Andō Noboru, 24 May 1926 – 16 December 2015) was a Japanese actor, writer 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.[1]