Hiroshi Kondō
Born: 1925-08-04 in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
Died: 1992-04-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
Hiroshi Kondō (August 4, 1925 – April 28, 1992) was a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Arts at Nihon University’s College of Arts and Sciences (now the Faculty of Arts). He joined Toho in 1944. He left Toho in 1953 and became a freelancer. He joined Nikkatsu in 1955. After that, he was affiliated with the Screenwriters and Literary Artists Association. He was active primarily as a villain, mainly in action films. From the late 1960s, he made a full-scale move into television dramas, playing a variety of roles as a supporting actor. He died of acute cardiopulmonary failure at Tokyo Medical University Hospital on April 28, 1992.
Filmography
1992
1990
- Special Rescue Police Winspector as Rokusuke Akai
1988
- Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You as Officer
1987
1984
- Ana as Assemblyman Shimoda
1981
1980
- Port Arthur as Hisanao Oshima
- The Revolt
- Before Spring
- The Claws of the Divine Beast
1976
- Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex as Tetsuji Hayakawa
- Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger? as Tatsuzaki
1975
- The Bullet Train as Matsubara
- Graveyard of Honor
- Karate Bear Fighter
- Wolf Guy as Yoshiyuki Fukunaka
- 300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
- 13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats as Taizo Ebihara
- The Man Gang as Prison Director
1974
- Sister Street Fighter as Li Gyokudo
- Violent Fraternity
- The Beast Shall Die
1973
1972
- Kogarashi Monjiro as Tohei
- Gang Warfare
1971
1970
1969
- Family Crest: Die Like a Man as Major Muto
- Penitentiary Brothers as Takita
- Ruthless Gambler
- Outlaw: Kill! as Chôji Kaseda
- Fill the Cup with Blood
1968
- Lost Virgin as Iwami
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
- Duel in the Storm as Tamezo Hondo
- Three Rogues
- Diamonds of the Andes
1967
- Organized Violence II as Manager of Sakaki-Gimi A
- Organized Violence
- My Sweetheart as Nakagawa
- Immortal Guy
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
- Tokyo Knights as Shoji
- The Rambler under the Southern Cross
- Standing Towards the Great Forest
- The Plateau Man
- Kitakami Nocturne
- Doing What I Please
- The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass as Kyûsuke Akita
- Joe of Aces: Give and Take
- Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
- Kusa wo karu musume
- The Black Scar
- Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
- The Famous Wanderer
1960
1959
- Passport to Darkness
- A Killed Stewardess: White or Black as Oishi Reporter
- A Turning to Hell as Hachirô
- The Wild Reporter
- Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
- The Fugitive
- Wounded Beast
1958
- Underworld Beauty as Arita
- The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow as Ken
- Voice Without a Shadow as Kobayashi
- Wolves of the Night
- The Trap as Takaoka Kakuji
- Ama Reef
- The Coming of Age
1957
- Stepbrothers as Kojiro, second son of Kido
- Joshiryōsai
- Eight Hours of Terror as Saburô Kimizuka
- Saigo no totsugeki
- Shiroi natsu
1955
- The Wolves
- The Motherless as Akira
1953
- Moth Lamp
- Anatahan as Yanaginuma
- The Battleship Yamato
1952
- Shanghai Rose as Japanese Marine officer
1950
- Till We Meet Again
- Tokyo Gate as Ginza Minpo Company Employee B
1947
- Spring Awakens as Kunio Takemura