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.
117 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 117
Akō Rōshi
1964
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Gate of Hell
1953
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
The Tale of Genji
1951
An Actor's Revenge
1963
The Great Wall
1962
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
Iemitsu and Hikoza
1941
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
The Burning Sky
1940
Oath on the Burning Sands
1940
Zoku Hebihimesama
1940
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
治郎吉格子
1952
Song of the White Orchid
1939
音楽大進軍
1943
Secret of Naruto
1957
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932
The Man Who Waited
1942
The Gaijin
1959
Floating Vessel
1957
The Way of Drama
1944
The Woman and the Pirate
1959
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
China Night
1940
Shogun's Holiday
1958
The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Actor Shark
1959
Ambush at Iga Pass
1958
Dancers of Awa
1941
Banchō sarayashiki
1937
風来物語任侠篇
1959
The Siege of Osaka
1937
Zangiku monogatari
1956
The Last Betrayal
1960
Onna keizu
1942
Tojuro's Love
1938
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957
Omokage no machi
1942
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
1935
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
1936
Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
1949
晴小袖
1961
Lord for a Night
1946
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
The Snake Princess
1940
Demon Thistle
1927
An Actor's Revenge
1935
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962
The Devil of Edo
1947
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Genpei the Carp
1933
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
The Magnificent Five
1958
Benten kozo
1928
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
1935
The Fighting Firemen
1939
Jirocho Fuji
1959
Blizzard Ronin
1939
My Elder Brother
1934
Scars of Honor
1960
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932
勘太郎月夜唄
1952
I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
Reimei izen
1931
Tôribêyama shinjû
1928
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
An Heir's Place
1953
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
Two Lanterns
1933
Castle of Wind and Clouds
1928
Dance of the Capital
1942
Idaten Kaido
1944
Hinoki Butai
1946
Harbor of Life
1944
A Samurai's Love
1954
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
Kaitō Samimaro
1928
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
Gambler and the Princess
1959
The Two Musashis
1960
Kagaribi
1928
The Man from the Moon
1951
Nogitsune Sanji
1930
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
1961
The Golden Demon
1932
Chronicles of a Sea Country
1928
With a Single Sword Bale
1934
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
1929
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
1960
The Sculpture of Master Choji
1943
Tôjûrô no koi
1955
