Kazuo Hasegawa

Acting · 1.1 popularity

Age

118

Movies

129

Born: February 27, 1908 – April 6, 1984
From: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

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.

Works

129 films

Kurotegumi Sukeroku

1929

Gambler and the Princess

19597.0

My Elder Brother

19346.0

Zoku hebi hime dōchū

2026

Senryō hada

1950

The Two Musashis

19605.8

Gate of Hell

19537.1

Hebi hime dōchū

1949

With a Single Sword Bale

19347.0

An Heir's Place

195310.0

Chikamatsu Monogatari

19547.8

Dance of the Capital

1942

A Samurai's Love

19548.0

Jirocho Fuji

19597.4

Oni azami

1950

Tsuki no wataridori

1951

Rikugun Daikoshin

1932

The Scarlet Bat

1950

Scars of Honor

19607.0

An Actor's Revenge

19636.6

The Ghost of Yotsuya

19596.1

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

19415.0

Judge of the Ashuras

195110.0

The Great Wall

19627.0

Rain on Jogashima

1950

Ninjō misui

1957

The Demon of Mount Oe

19606.5

The Loyal 47 Ronin

19586.2

Sabakareru Echizen no kami

1962

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

19587.0

Lantern Under a Full Moon

19518.0

Phoenix

1950

The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider

1960

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

1954

Tôjûrô no koi

1955

The Magnificent Five

1958

Koga Manshion

1949

The Sculpture of Master Choji

1943

The Burning Sky

1940

Lord for a Night

19468.0

The Groom Talks in His Sleep

19357.5

風来物語あばれ飛車

1960

Floating Vessel

195710.0

Iemitsu and Hikoza

1941

China Night

194010.0

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

19455.9

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse

1956

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

19417.0

Ambush at Iga Pass

19586.5

The Golden Demon

1932

音楽大進軍

19437.0

Actor Shark

1959

Secret of Naruto

19577.0

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

19567.7

The Way of Drama

19447.0

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

19599.0

Song of the White Orchid

19398.0

風来物語任侠篇

1959

Zoku Hebihimesama

1940

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

1962

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

19386.6

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo

19615.9

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider

1956

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin

19577.0

The Tale of Genji

19516.0

The Woman and the Pirate

19599.0

Dedication of the Great Buddha

195210.0

The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark

1961

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

19416.0

Migratory Birds of the Flowers

1956

The Battle of Kawanakajima

19417.0

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

1936

Tsukigata Hanpeita

19567.0

Onna keizu

19428.0

Hana no yukyo-den

19588.0

The Snake Princess

19408.0

Daiei Studio is Bustling

1957

The Gaijin

19597.0

Shogun's Holiday

1958

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

19416.5

Omatsuri hanjiro

19538.0

Zangiku monogatari

19567.0

The Siege of Osaka

19377.0

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

1962

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

19606.3

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1932

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

193210.0

The Last Betrayal

1960

The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate

19355.0

An Actor's Revenge

19355.6

The Man from the Moon

1951

Dancers of Awa

19417.0

The Man Who Waited

19428.0

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko

1958

Tojuro's Love

19387.0

晴小袖

19617.0

Hinoki Butai

1946

Castle of Wind and Clouds

19288.0

Oath on the Burning Sands

19407.5

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

195510.0

Ghosts Die at Dawn

1948

勘太郎月夜唄

1952

Two Lanterns

19337.0

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

19529.0

Benten kozo

19287.0

Idaten Kaido

1944

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo

19496.0

The Devil of Edo

19478.0

Tôribêyama shinjû

1928

Kantaro of Ina

1943

Banchō sarayashiki

1937

Yūkyō no mure

1948

Chronicles of a Sea Country

19289.0

Harbor of Life

1944

Omokage no machi

19428.0

Blizzard Ronin

1939

Genpei the Carp

19337.0

Reimei izen

19317.0

The Fighting Firemen

1939

Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger

1961

I Believe I Am Being Followed

1945

Kaitō Samimaro

19287.0

Demon Thistle

19278.0

治郎吉格子

1952

Nogitsune Sanji

1930

Kagaribi

19289.0

Zenigata Heiji

1951

Orizuru kasa

1951

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū

1951