
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

