
Kazuo Hasegawa
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.
Acting (93 movies)

Genpei the Carp
1933

Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951

Omatsuri hanjiro
1953

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941

An Actor's Revenge
1963

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941

Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954

Gate of Hell
1953

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962

The Devil of Edo
1947

Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962

Judge of the Ashuras
1951

The Great Wall
1962

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932

The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945

Tojuro's Love
1938

The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938

Banchō sarayashiki
1937

Reimei izen
1931

Kantaro of Ina
1943

Jirocho Fuji
1959

Two Lanterns
1933

治郎吉格子
1952

治郎吉格子
1952

An Actor's Revenge
1935

The Woman and the Pirate
1959

An Heir's Place
1953

Blizzard Ronin
1939

The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959

China Night
1940

Shogun's Holiday
1958

風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960

風来物語任侠篇
1959

The Demon of Mount Oe
1960

The Tale of Genji
1951

The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932

Hana no yukyo-den
1958

The Fighting Firemen
1939

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952

Yūkyō no mure
1948

晴小袖
1961

Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
1949

The Way of Drama
1944

Secret of Naruto
1957

Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958

Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948

The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958

Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961

Lord for a Night
1946

Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955

The Man Who Waited
1942

My Elder Brother
1934

Oath on the Burning Sands
1940

Iemitsu and Hikoza
1941

The Burning Sky
1940

The Two Musashis
1960

Omokage no machi
1942

音楽大進軍
1943

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941

The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941

Scars of Honor
1960

Gambler and the Princess
1959

The Last Betrayal
1960

Castle of Wind and Clouds
1928

Floating Vessel
1957

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941

Dancers of Awa
1941

The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
1935

Zoku Hebihimesama
1940

Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957

The Magnificent Five
1958

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954

Ambush at Iga Pass
1958

The Gaijin
1959

Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956

Idaten Kaido
1944

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957

Sisters of Destiny
1956

Zangiku monogatari
1956

Dance of the Capital
1942

The Siege of Osaka
1937

Actor Shark
1959

銭形平次捕物控 夜のえんま帖
1961

Chronicles of a Sea Country
1928

Hinoki butai
1946

The Man from the Moon
1951
Directing (2 movies)
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