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Nobuo Kaneko

{{short description|Japanese actor}}

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| name = Nobuo Kaneko

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|3|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|1|20|1923|3|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1946–1995

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{{Nihongo|Nobuo Kaneko|金子信雄|Kaneko Nobuo|27 March 1923 – 20 January 1995}} was a Japanese actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/person237677.htm |title=Nobuo Kaneko |accessdate=2 June 2012 |work=Complete Index to World Film}} His wife was actress Yatsuko Tanami.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90%E4%BF%A1%E9%9B%84-1066545|title=金子信雄|accessdate=5 December 2012|publisher=kotobank|language=Japanese}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://eigadb.com/search-all/form?AllSearchForm%5Bkeyword%5D=%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90%E4%BF%A1%E9%9B%84|title=Nobuo Kaneko profile|publisher=映画DB|access-date= August 17, 2021}}

Kaneko started his acting career at the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1946. His film debut was in the 1946 film Urashimano Kōei. In 1952, he appeared in the Akira Kurosawa film Ikiru. He signed his contract with Nikkatsu film company in 1955 and he often played villains in action films.

He was the host of a cooking program Kaneko Nobuo no Tanoshi Yushoku from 1987 to 1995 on TV Asahi.“個性派俳優、料理も指南・金子信雄さん死亡” Yomiuri Shimbun January 21 1995: p. 31

Selected filmography

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0437520|Nobuo Kaneko}}

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Category:1923 births

Category:1995 deaths

Category:Japanese male film actors

Category:20th-century Japanese male actors

Category:Male actors from Tokyo

Category:People from Taitō