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Actor · 1923 to 1995

Nobuo Kaneko

Best rated: The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (8.4)

Films
39
Avg rating
6.96
Peak run
1952’61
7+ run
5 films
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Every film, by TMDB rating

The career

Nobuo Kaneko, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1952 to 1961, 7.76567891955196019651970197519801985The Human Condition III: … 8.4Living Skeleton 5.6Career avg 6.96

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Nobuo Kaneko's career barcodecoolhot
195239 films1989
Current formLast 5: 6.89 vs career 6.96 (−0.07)
  1. LYakuza Graveyard1976 · 6.6−0.4
  2. WShogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy1978 · 7.00.0
  3. LThe Fall of Ako Castle1978 · 6.8−0.1
  4. WThe Return of Godzilla1984 · 7.2+0.2
  5. LGodzilla 19851985 · 6.8−0.2
As an actor, films with 25+ votes

Nobuo by the numbers

Average
6.96
22 rated films
Vote weighted
7.04
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.69
rating spread
Career
38y
1952 to 1989
Total votes
3.47K
across every film
Best
8.4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Worst
5.6
Living Skeleton
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1989Four Days of Snow and BloodYoshiyuki Kawashima·11
1985Godzilla 1985 posterGodzilla 1985Home Affairs Minister Isomura6.8202
1984The Return of Godzilla posterThe Return of GodzillaHome Affairs Minister Isomura7.2354
1979The InfernoEmma Daio·12
1978The Fall of Ako CastleKira6.829
1978Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy posterShogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy·7.049
1976Yakuza Graveyard posterYakuza GraveyardChief Akama6.639
1975Cops vs. ThugsMasaichi Tomoyasu6.129
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Yoshio Yamamori·21
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode posterBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeYoshio Yamamori7.250
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics posterBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsYoshio Yamamori7.051
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War posterBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarYoshio Yamamori7.060
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima posterBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaYoshio Yamamori7.375
1973Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law ClassroomShigeru Satô - The President of The School6.231
1973Girl Boss Revenge: SukebanVisitor of the Shoe Polishing·18
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity posterBattles Without Honor and HumanityYoshio Yamamori7.3128
1971Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to ConfessBoss Ohya, the nightclub owner·20
1968Living SkeletonSuetsugu5.632
1968Red Peony Gambler··16
1968Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell posterGoké, Body Snatcher from HellTokuyasu5.860
Better together?

Nobuo Kaneko's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Nobuo Kaneko and Yōko Minamida movies · Nobuo Kaneko and Hiroki Matsukata movies · Seijun Suzuki and Nobuo Kaneko movies · Yūzō Kawashima and Nobuo Kaneko movies

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On Nobuo Kaneko

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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