Kazuo Hasegawa
Acting
Born: February 27, 1908 · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Died: April 6, 1984 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
Biography
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 (140)
Shirazu no Yatarō
1954
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago
1955
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Mohei
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki
1957
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
1958
China Night
1940
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Kuranosuke Ôishi
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
Gate of Hell
Moritō Endō
The Demon of Mount Oe
Shuten-dôji
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
1958
An Actor's Revenge
Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
1958
The Great Wall
Yu Yue
Ginji of the Seven Faces
1955
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō
1957
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Utaemon Nakamura
The Tale of Genji
Hikaru Genji
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
Hana no nagadosu
1954
Hana no sando gasa
1954
I Was Tokichiro
1955
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Hana no kenkajō
1953
Secret of Naruto
1957
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Kohei
Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kitagawa Utamaro
Itarō jishi
1955
Aizome gasa
1956
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Yūkyō no mure
1948
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
The Way of Drama
1944
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Kanbei Kanzamon
Lord for a Night
1946
Asama no karasu
1953
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Nichiren
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
1956
音楽大進軍
Kazuo Hasegawa
Iemitsu and Hikoza
1941
Tojuro's Love
Sakata Tojuro
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū
1951
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962
The Last Betrayal
Ryūtarō Tsumura
晴小袖
1961
Zangiku monogatari
Kikunosuke
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Dancers of Awa
1941
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
Banchō sarayashiki
1937
Tsuki no wataridori
1951
Omokage no machi
1942
Furisode kyōjo
1952
Oni azami
1950
Nagasaki no yoru
1955
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
Tsubakuro kasa
1955
The Scarlet Bat
1950
Scars of Honor
Chouemon Takakura
The Magnificent Five
1958
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsurujiro
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Castle of Carnage
1952
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
1953
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Phoenix
1950
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
The Woman and the Pirate
御崎庄五郎
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Zenigata Heiji
Jirocho Fuji
Shimizu no Jirocho
Blizzard Ronin
1939
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
Oath on the Burning Sands
1940
Shogun's Holiday
1958
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
Senryō hada
1950
The Man Who Waited
1942
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
Zenigata Heiji
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
1958
Ambush at Iga Pass
Araki Mataemon
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
治郎吉格子
道中師
治郎吉格子
治郎吉
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon
1952
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Hyakuzô
The Burning Sky
1940
A Gambler as I Am
1959
Ninjō misui
1957
Hinoki Butai
1946
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Dance of the Capital
1942
A Samurai's Love
1954
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
The Devil of Edo
1947
Floating Vessel
1957
An Actor's Revenge
Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Orizuru kasa
1951
The Fighting Firemen
Kichigoro
Jakō yashiki
1955
Gambler and the Princess
Yatarô
An Heir's Place
Yagoro Hosho
The Two Musashis
1960
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
The Siege of Osaka
1937
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Zenigata Heiji
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961
Castle of Wind and Clouds
Aizawa Shinpachi
Koga Manshion
1949
The Gaijin
1959
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Mito Komon
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
Echizen'nokami Ôoka
My Elder Brother
Fumio
Yuki no wataridori
1957
Tôjûrô no koi
Tojuro Sakata
Rain on Jogashima
1950
Tekka bugyō
1954
The Sculpture of Master Choji
Chōji
Chronicles of a Sea Country
Shirogoro (Second Son)
Genpei the Carp
Koina no Ginpei
Reimei izen
1931
Two Lanterns
1933
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932
Ashi o aratta otoko
1949
Zoku Hebihimesama
Hinokiya Sentarô
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
Actor Shark
1959
The Man from the Moon
1951
Idaten Kaido
Hagiwara
Seki no Yatappe
1959
