Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana (Japanese: 八名信夫, Hepburn: Yana Nobuo, born 19 August 1935) is a Japanese film actor. He is most famous for playing villains. Before he started his acting career, he was a professional baseball player of Toei Flyer's.^[1][2]

In 1956, he joined Toei Flyer's but in 1958, he retired because of an injury.^[3] He joined Toei film company and made his film debut in 1959. He debuted as a director with his film Dagashiya Koharu in 2018.^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

• The Proud Challenge (1962)
• Gang vs. G-Men (1962)
• Wolves, Pigs and Men (1964) : Bagman
• A Fugitive from the Past (1965) : Machida
• Soshiki Bōryoku series (1967–69) : Tetsu
• Abashiri Prison film series (1965-1972)
• Gendai Yakuza: Yotamono Jingi (1969) : Itō
• Bloodstained Clan Honor (1970) : Yabuki
• Street Mobster (1972) : Karasawa
• Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) : Adachi
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) : Asano
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1974) : Kawanishi
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) : Ryosuke Kaga
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974) : Susumu Kudo
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975) : Miyai
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Last Days (1975) : Tsurukichi Nemoto
• Yakuza Graveyard (1976) : Ezaki
• Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985) : General Gilmore (Voice)
• The Triple Cross (1992)
• Ghost Pub (1994) : Uohara
• Ambition Without Honor (1996)
• Minna no Ie (2001) : Arakawa Jr.
• Dagashiya Koharu (2018)

Television

• Kikaider 01 (1973–74) as Big Shadow
• Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (1976–77) as Black cross Führer
• Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte... (1984) as Nobuyuki Fukami
• Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) as Munefuyu Murata

References

External links

• Nobuo Yana at IMDb