Masaomi Kondō

Masaomi Kondō (近藤 正臣, Kondō Masaomi, born February 15, 1942 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese actor.

Masaomi Kondō
Born	(1942-02-15) February 15, 1942 (age 82) Kyoto, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1966–present

Career

Born in Kyoto, Kondō made his film debut in Shohei Imamura's The Pornographers in 1966.^[1]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes	Ref
1966	The Pornographers	Kōichi Matsuda	Shohei Imamura
	Eleven Samurai	Kyonosuke Ina	Eiichi Kudo
1969	Horrors of Malformed Men	Takeshi	Teruo Ishii
1974	The Last Samurai		Kenji Misumi
1978	The Fall of Ako Castle	Hashimoto Heizaemon	Kinji Fukasaku
1994	Crest of Betrayal	Iori Tamiya	Kinji Fukasaku
2003	The Man in White		Takashi Miike
2005	The Great Yokai War	Shōjō	Takashi Miike
2015	Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen	Masa	Takeshi Kitano
2016	A Man Called Pirate	Shotaro Kida	Takashi Yamazaki
2017	Honnō-ji Hotel		Masayuki Suzuki
2018	We Make Antiques!		Masaharu Take
2022	Whisper of the Heart		Yūichirō Hirakawa		^[2]

Television

Year	Film	Role	Network	Notes	Ref
1970	Mominoki wa Nokotta	Itō Umene	NHK	Taiga drama
1973	Kunitori Monogatari	Akechi Mitsuhide	NHK	Taiga drama	^[3]
1977-78	Shin Hissatsu Karakurinin	Ranbei (Takano Chōei)	ABC	Hissatsu series
1978	Ōgon no Hibi	Ishida Mitsunari	NHK	Taiga drama	^[3]
1983	Tokugawa Ieyasu	Matsudaira Hirotada	NHK	Taiga drama
1986	Byakkotai	Hijikata Toshizō	NTV
1987	Hissatsu Kengekinin		ABC	Hissatsu series
1990	Moeyo Ken	Itō Kashitarō	TV Tokyo	Miniseries
1991	Taiheiki	Kitabatake Chikafusa	NHK	Taiga drama
1995	Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tenka wo Toru	Akechi Mitsuhide	TV Tokyo
1999	Genroku Ryōran	Makino Narisada	NHK	Taiga drama
	Gokenin Zankurō	Hirate Miki	Fuji TV
2003	Musashi	Ōno Harunaga	NHK	Taiga drama
2006	Kōmyō ga Tsuji	Hosokawa Yūsai	NHK	Taiga drama
2007–17	Kagerō no Tsuji Inemuri Iwane Edo Zōshi	Yoshizō	NHK
2010	Mito Kōmon	Ōkubo Tadatomo	TBS
	Ryōmaden	Yamauchi Yōdō	NHK	Taiga drama	^[3]
2011	Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda	The Minister for Foreign Affairs	Fuji TV
2012	Carnation	Heizō Miura	NHK	Asadora
2013	Gochisōsan	Shōzō Nishikado	NHK	Asadora
	Aibō	Iwata	TV Asahi	Episode: "Dōsōkai"
2015	Asa ga Kita	Masayoshi Shirooka	NHK	Asadora	^[3]
2016	Sanada Maru	Honda Masanobu	NHK	Taiga drama	^[3]
2019	Maison de Police	Aritsugu Date	TBS

References

1. "【近藤正臣】年を重ねるごとに「三枚目」". Zakzak. Sankei Digital. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
2. "耳をすませば". eiga.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
3. "家康の名参謀・本多正信役の近藤正臣74歳 「本当は真田十勇士の役をやりたかったけど、歳がどうにも…」". Sankei Shimbun. Retrieved January 31, 2021.

External links

• Official profile (in Japanese)
• Masaomi Kondō at IMDb