Hiroshi Kondō

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 Universitys 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 fullscale 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