Kazuo Hasegawa
Kazuo Hasegawa was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 films from 1927 to 1963.
Born to a sake brewing family in Kyoto, he first appeared on stage at age five in a theater run by his family as a side business. In 1918, he became a student of Nakamura Ganjirō I and performed kabuki in the Kansai region. He joined the Shochiku studio in 1927 and made his film debut in Chigo no kenpō under the name Chōjirō Hayashi. His good looks and graceful fighting style made him a major jidaigeki star, and he appeared in more than 120 films for Shochiku in 11 years, with the best works being directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. He moved to the Toho studio in 1937. On 11 November 1937, however, he was attacked by ruffians and his face slashed with razor blades. According to the historian Daisuke Miyao, "Even though there was no clear evidence, it was widely assumed that this violent incident was Shochiku's retaliatory measure against Hayashi's so-called betrayal." He recovered and changed his stage name to his real name, Kazuo Hasegawa. Hasegawa appeared in many successful films for Toho, including several "national-policy pictures with Chinese settings," such as Song of the White Orchid (1939) and China Night (1940), with co-star Ri Koran. He moved to Daiei Film in 1950 and continued appearing in the popular Zenigata Heiji series. He also appeared in many classic films including Kozaburo Yoshimura's The Tale of Genji (1951), Kinugasa's Gate of Hell (1953), and Kenji Mizoguchi's The Crucified Lovers (1954). He was appointed to Daiei's board of directors in 1957. To celebrate his 300th film, Hasegawa appeared in a new version of Yukinojō henge (known abroad as An Actor's Revenge) in 1963, directed by Kon Ichikawa. He left Daiei that year and continued to appear on stage and television, including starring in the second NHK Taiga drama Akō Rōshi in 1964. He also directed the Takarazuka Revue version of The Rose of Versailles in 1974.
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Movies (168)
The Rose of Versailles III
1976 · Director
The Rose of Versailles -Andre and Oscar-
1976 · Director
An Actor's Revenge
1963 · Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
The Great Wall
1962 · Yu Yue
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961
Kuroi sandogasa
1961
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961 · Mito Komon
Sakurada mon
1961
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
1961 · Zenigata Heiji
Harekosode
1961
San kyōdai no kettō
1960
Kyōkaku harusame kasa
1960
Ippon-gatana dohyō iri
1960
Wanderer's Story: Checkmate
1960
Scars of Honor
1960 · Chouemon Takakura
The Last Betrayal
1960 · Ryūtarō Tsumura
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960 · Shuten-dôji
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
1960 · Zenigata Heiji
The Two Musashis
1960
Seki no Yatappe
1959
A Gambler as I Am
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959 · Kitagawa Utamaro
Actor Shark
1959
The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959 · Iemon Tamiya
Jirocho Fuji
1959 · Shimizu no Jirocho
The Gaijin
1959
The Woman and the Pirate
1959 · 御崎庄五郎
Gambler and the Princess
1959 · Yatarô
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
1958
Ambush at Iga Pass
1958 · Araki Mataemon
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958 · Nichiren
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
1958
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Kuranosuke Ôishi
Shogun's Holiday
1958
The Magnificent Five
1958
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
1958
Yuki no wataridori
1957
Secret of Naruto
1957
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki
1957
Ninjō misui
1957
Floating Vessel
1957
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
1957 · Zenigata Heiji
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · Tsukigata Hanpeita
Aizome gasa
1956
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
1956
Zangiku monogatari
1956 · Kikunosuke
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
I Was Tokichiro
1955
Nagasaki no yoru
1955
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago
1955
Tôjûrô no koi
1955 · Tojuro Sakata
Tsubakuro kasa
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Jakō yashiki
1955
Ginji of the Seven Faces
1955
Itarō jishi
1955
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954 · Mohei
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
Tekka bugyō
1954
Shirazu no Yatarō
1954
Hana no nagadosu
1954
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
A Samurai's Love
1954
Hana no sando gasa
1954
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
Gate of Hell
1953 · Moritō Endō
Hana no kenkajō
1953
An Heir's Place
1953 · Yagoro Hosho
Coming Up of Kodokan
1953
Asama no karasu
1953
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
1953
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
The Madwoman in a Furisode
1952
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon
1952
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
Castle of Carnage
1952
治郎吉格子
1952 · 治郎吉, 道中師
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū
1951
The Man from the Moon
1951
Orizuru kasa
1951
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
The Tale of Genji
1951 · Hikaru Genji
Zenigata Heiji
1951
Tsuki no wataridori
1951
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
The Scarlet Bat
1950
Oni azami
1950
Phoenix
1950
Senryō hada
1950
Rain on Jogashima
1950
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
Koga Manshion
1949
Ashi o aratta otoko
1949
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo
1949 · Zenigata Heiji
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948 · Kohei
The Devil of Edo
1947
Lord for a Night
1946
Hinoki Butai
1946
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945 · Kanbei Kanzamon
I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945
Harbor of Life
1944
The Way of Drama
1944
Idaten Kaido
1944 · Hagiwara
The Sculpture of Master Choji
1943 · Chōji
音楽大進軍
1943 · Kazuo Hasegawa
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Dance of the Capital
1942
Omokage no machi
1942
Onna keizu
1942 · Hayase
The Man Who Waited
1942
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941 · Utaemon Nakamura
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941 · Hyakuzô
Dancers of Awa
1941
Iemitsu and Hikoza
1941
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Oath on the Burning Sands
1940
Zoku Hebihimesama
1940 · Hinokiya Sentarô
The Burning Sky
1940
The Snake Princess
1940 · Hinokiya Sentarô
China Night
1940
Song of the White Orchid
1939 · Kokichi Matsumura
The Fighting Firemen
1939 · Kichigoro
Blizzard Ronin
1939
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 · Tsurujiro
Tojuro's Love
1938 · Sakata Tojuro
Banchō sarayashiki
1937
The Siege of Osaka
1937
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
1936
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
1935 · Echizen'nokami Ôoka
An Actor's Revenge
1935 · Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
1935 · Yasuo the Bridegroom
My Elder Brother
1934 · Fumio
With a Single Sword Bale
1934
Genpei the Carp
1933 · Koina no Ginpei
Two Lanterns
1933
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932 · Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932
The Golden Demon
1932 · Kanichi Hazama
Reimei izen
1931
Nogitsune Sanji
1930 · Nogitsune Sanji
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
1929
Tôribêyama shinjû
1928 · Kikuchi Hankuro
Kaitō Samimaro
1928
Kagaribi
1928
Castle of Wind and Clouds
1928 · Aizawa Shinpachi
Chronicles of a Sea Country
1928 · Shirogoro (Second Son)
Benten kozo
1928 · Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
Demon Thistle
1927 · Reizaburo Namiki
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
