
Noboru Andō
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.
Known for

Those Swell Yakuza
1988

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966

Street Mobster
1972

Violent Fraternity
1974

Graveyard of Honor
1975

Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969

Down with The Big Boss
1979

King of the Gang
1967

Flame and the Code
1966

Quarreling with Yakuza
1973

Blood and Law
1965

Eighteen Years in Prison
1967

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971

Debt of Honor
1966

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974

Yakuza Skirmishes
1972

Violent Streets
1974

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex
1976

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
1972

Sympathy for the Underdog
1971

Father of the Kamikaze
1974

The Private Police
1969

A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973

The Wolves
1971