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.
Known for
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Movies (121)
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Mohei
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
Hana no sando gasa
1954
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
Gate of Hell
Moritō Endō
The Two Musashis
1960
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Kuranosuke Ôishi
My Elder Brother
Fumio
Hana no kenkajō
1953
Tsuki no wataridori
1951
An Actor's Revenge
Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
Gambler and the Princess
Yatarô
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
An Heir's Place
Yagoro Hosho
A Samurai's Love
1954
Secret of Naruto
1957
Dance of the Capital
1942
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū
1951
The Tale of Genji
Hikaru Genji
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
The Great Wall
1962
Lord for a Night
1946
The Demon of Mount Oe
Shuten-dôji
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
1953
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
Zenigata Heiji
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
風来物語任侠篇
1959
Actor Shark
1959
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
Ninjō misui
1957
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Shogun's Holiday
1958
Castle of Carnage
1952
Oni azami
1950
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
The Scarlet Bat
1950
晴小袖
1961
Furisode kyōjo
1952
Scars of Honor
Chouemon Takakura
Senryō hada
1950
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Kanbei Kanzamon
Asama no karasu
1953
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Nichiren
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsurujiro
Jirocho Fuji
Shimizu no Jirocho
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Hyakuzô
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
The Burning Sky
1940
Orizuru kasa
1951
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Mito Komon
The Fighting Firemen
Kichigoro
Tojuro's Love
Sakata Tojuro
Chronicles of a Sea Country
Shirogoro (Second Son)
Rain on Jogashima
1950
Iemitsu and Hikoza
1941
Koga Manshion
1949
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Zenigata Heiji
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
An Actor's Revenge
Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kitagawa Utamaro
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
The Way of Drama
1944
Ashi o aratta otoko
1949
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
The Magnificent Five
1958
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932
治郎吉格子
治郎吉
治郎吉格子
道中師
Banchō sarayashiki
1937
Castle of Wind and Clouds
Aizawa Shinpachi
Dancers of Awa
1941
The Devil of Edo
1947
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Zenigata Heiji
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
Zangiku monogatari
Kikunosuke
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon
1952
Ambush at Iga Pass
Araki Mataemon
Tôjûrô no koi
Tojuro Sakata
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Kohei
Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948
The Woman and the Pirate
御崎庄五郎
Kantaro of Ina
1943
音楽大進軍
Kazuo Hasegawa
The Sculpture of Master Choji
Chōji
China Night
1940
The Man from the Moon
1951
Reimei izen
1931
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Hinoki Butai
1946
Floating Vessel
1957
The Siege of Osaka
1937
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Utaemon Nakamura
The Man Who Waited
1942
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
Echizen'nokami Ôoka
Genpei the Carp
Koina no Ginpei
Oath on the Burning Sands
1940
Blizzard Ronin
1939
Omokage no machi
1942
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
Zoku Hebihimesama
Hinokiya Sentarô
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Two Lanterns
1933
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
The Gaijin
1959
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Phoenix
1950
The Last Betrayal
Ryūtarō Tsumura
Idaten Kaido
Hagiwara
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
Hana no nagadosu
1954
