Noboru Ando (Japanese: 安藤 昇) was a Japanese actor, writer, producer, singer, director, and former yakuza member.
(1926 - 2015) (89 Years Old)
Victims[]
Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)[]
- King and Hisako's Older Brother - Committed suicide as a kamikaze pilot prior to the film under the orders of Kawada. Mentioned.
- Yoshio Tsukada - Shot in the chest multiple times by Kawada.
- Total - 2
Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)[]
- Unnamed Yakuza Member - Shot in the chest by Ooba.
- Five Unnamed Yakuza Members - Shot to death by Ooba.
- Total - 6
Street Mobster (1972)[]
- Two Unnamed Yakuza Members - Stabbed to death by Karasawa under Yato's orders off-screen, body seen.
- Takigawa - Stabbed in the chest by Karasawa under Yato's orders off-screen, body seen.
- Tetsuo - Sentenced to death by Yato.
- Yasuo - Sentenced to death by Yato.
- Total - 5
Violent Streets (1974)[]
- The Hitman - Arm mutilated by a dog, beaten in the head with multiple empty glass bottles, and stabbed in the back of the neck by Egawa with a shard of glass.
- The Razor Killer - Stabbed in the back by Egawa with a razor.
- Futahashi - Shot in the chest by Egawa.
- Unnamed Yakuza Member - Ran over by Egawa.
- Three Unnamed Yakuza Members - Shot up by Egawa.
- Unnamed Yakuza Member - Shot in the chest by Egawa.
- Unnamed Yakuza Member - Shot up by Egawa and Tatsu.
- Unnamed Yakuza Member - Shot in the chest by Egawa.
- Unnamed Yakuza Member - Shot in the head by Egawa.
- Four Unnamed Yakuza Members - Incinerated in a car crash after Egawa shot at their car.
- Gohara - Shot in the chest by Egawa.
- Total - 17
Graveyard of Honor (1975)[]
- None
Kill Counts[]
- Total - 30
- All Male
Kill Counts by Characters[]
- Koichi Egawa (Violent Streets) - 17
- Ooba (Japan Organized Crime Boss) - 6
- Shunsuke Yato (Street Mobster) - 5
- General Akira Kawada (Eighteen Years in Prison) - 2
- Kisaburo Nozu (Graveyard of Honor) - 0
Characters Killed by Noboru Ando[]
- Yoshio Tsukada - Shot in the chest multiple times by Kawada.
- Takigawa - Stabbed in the chest by Karasawa under Yato's orders off-screen, body seen
- Tetsuo - Sentenced to death by Yato.
- Yasuo - Sentenced to death by Yato.
- The Hitman - Arm mutilated by a dog, beaten in the head with multiple empty glass bottles, and stabbed in the back of the neck by Egawa with a shard of glass.
- The Razor Killer - Stabbed in the back by Egawa with a razor.
- Futahashi - Shot in the chest by Egawa.
- Gohara - Shot in the chest by Egawa.
Deaths[]
Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)[]
- Ooba - Shot in the back multiple times by unnamed yakuza members.
Violent Streets (1974)[]
- Koichi Egawa - Shot up by unnamed yakuza members under Moroki's orders.
Trivia[]
- In 1952, he started a yakuza family, the Ando Family, which mostly consisted of youths. In 1958, he sent a hitman to kill businessman Hideki Yokoi, leading to him getting arrested and serving six years in prison. He took up acting and singing after being released.
- He has worked on many autobiographies regarding his life as a yakuza, including acting as himself in a couple of films and serving as a technical advisor on a couple other.