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Kazuo Hasegawa
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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, howe…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Kazuo Hasegawa's Filmography
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An Actor's Revenge
as Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
The Great Wall
as Yu Yue
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
as Mito Komon
No Poster
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
as Zenigata Heiji
晴小袖
風来物語 あばれ飛車
Scars of Honor
as Chouemon Takakura
The Last Betrayal
as Ryūtarō Tsumura
No Poster
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Shuten-dôji
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
as Zenigata Heiji
The Two Musashis
Seki no Yatappe
A Gambler as I Am
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
as Kitagawa Utamaro
Actor Shark
The Ghost of Yotsuya
as Iemon Tamiya
Jirocho Fuji
as Shimizu no Jirocho
The Gaijin
The Woman and the Pirate
as 御崎庄五郎
Gambler and the Princess
as Yatarô
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
Ambush at Iga Pass
as Araki Mataemon
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Nichiren
Hana no yukyo-den
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
Shogun's Holiday
The Magnificent Five
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
Yuki no wataridori
Secret of Naruto
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki
Ninjō misui
Floating Vessel
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
as Zenigata Heiji
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Tsukigata Hanpeita
Aizome gasa
No Poster
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
Zangiku monogatari
as Kikunosuke
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
I Was Tokichiro
Nagasaki no yoru
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago
Tôjûrô no koi
as Tojuro Sakata
Tsubakuro kasa
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Jakō yashiki
Ginji of the Seven Faces
Itarō jishi
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Mohei
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
Tekka bugyō
Shirazu no Yatarō
Hana no nagadosu
Yoidore nitōryū
A Samurai's Love
Hana no sando gasa
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
Omatsuri hanjiro
Gate of Hell
as Moritō Endō
Hana no kenkajō
An Heir's Place
as Yagoro Hosho
No Poster
Coming Up of Kodokan
Asama no karasu
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
Furisode kyōjo
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
Castle of Carnage
治郎吉格子
as 治郎吉
治郎吉格子
as 道中師
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū
The Man from the Moon
Orizuru kasa
Lantern Under a Full Moon
The Tale of Genji
as Hikaru Genji
No Poster
Zenigata Heiji
Tsuki no wataridori
Judge of the Ashuras
The Scarlet Bat
Oni azami
Phoenix
Senryō hada
Rain on Jogashima
Hebi hime dōchū
Koga Manshion
Ashi o aratta otoko
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo
as Zenigata Heiji
Yūkyō no mure
Ghosts Die at Dawn
as Kohei
Ghosts Die at Dawn
The Devil of Edo
Lord for a Night
Hinoki Butai
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Kanbei Kanzamon
No Poster
I Believe I Am Being Followed
No Poster
Harbor of Life
The Way of Drama
Idaten Kaido
as Hagiwara
The Sculpture of Master Choji
as Chōji
音楽大進軍
as Kazuo Hasegawa
Kantaro of Ina
Dance of the Capital
Omokage no machi
No Poster
Onna keizu
as Hayase
The Man Who Waited
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
as Utaemon Nakamura
The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Hyakuzô
Dancers of Awa
Iemitsu and Hikoza
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Oath on the Burning Sands
Zoku Hebihimesama
as Hinokiya Sentarô
The Burning Sky
No Poster
The Snake Princess
as Hinokiya Sentarô
China Night
No Poster
Song of the White Orchid
as Kokichi Matsumura
The Fighting Firemen
as Kichigoro
Blizzard Ronin
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Tsurujiro
Tojuro's Love
as Sakata Tojuro
Banchō sarayashiki
The Siege of Osaka
No Poster
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
as Echizen'nokami Ôoka
An Actor's Revenge
as Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
No Poster
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
as Yasuo the Bridegroom
My Elder Brother
as Fumio
No Poster
With a Single Sword Bale
Genpei the Carp
as Koina no Ginpei
Two Lanterns
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
No Poster
Rikugun Daikoshin
No Poster
The Golden Demon
as Kanichi Hazama
Reimei izen
No Poster
Nogitsune Sanji
as Nogitsune Sanji
No Poster
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
No Poster
Tôribêyama shinjû
as Kikuchi Hankuro
No Poster
Kaitō Samimaro
No Poster
Kagaribi
Castle of Wind and Clouds
as Aizawa Shinpachi
Chronicles of a Sea Country
as Shirogoro (Second Son)
No Poster
Benten kozo
as Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
No Poster
Demon Thistle
as Reizaburo Namiki
