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Kazuo Hasegawa

Kazuo Hasegawa

Actor · Born 1908-02-27 · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

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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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) — Mohei
  2. Gate of Hell (1953) — Moritō Endō
  3. An Actor's Revenge (1963) — Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
  4. Secret of Naruto (1957)
  5. The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959) — Iemon Tamiya
  6. The Demon of Mount Oe (1960) — Shuten-dôji
  7. The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) — Kuranosuke Ôishi
  8. Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938) — Tsurujiro
  9. A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945) — Kanbei Kanzamon
  10. The Tale of Genji (1951) — Hikaru Genji
  11. The Way of Drama (1944)
  12. Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo (1961) — Mito Komon
  13. The Two Musashis (1960)
  14. Jirocho Fuji (1959) — Shimizu no Jirocho
  15. An Actor's Revenge (1935) — Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
  16. Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous (1960)
  17. The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)
  18. The Great Wall (1962)
  19. Three Women Around Yoshinaka (1956) — Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
  20. The Groom Talks in His Sleep (1935) — Yasuo the Bridegroom
  21. Lord for a Night (1946)
  22. Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956) — Tsukigata Hanpeita
  23. Oath on the Burning Sands (1940)
  24. Scars of Honor (1960) — Chouemon Takakura
  25. Castle of Wind and Clouds (1928) — Aizawa Shinpachi
  26. A Man's Flower Road of Triumph (1941) — Utaemon Nakamura
  27. Ambush at Iga Pass (1958) — Araki Mataemon
  28. Akō Rōshi (1964) — Ooishi Kuranosuke
  29. Genpei the Carp (1933) — Koina no Ginpei
  30. Lantern Under a Full Moon (1951)
  31. Omatsuri hanjiro (1953)
  32. The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1) (1941)
  33. The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2) (1941)
  34. The Devil of Edo (1947)
  35. Judge of the Ashuras (1951)
  36. Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932)
  37. Demon Thistle (1927) — Reizaburo Namiki
  38. Benten kozo (1928) — Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
  39. Tojuro's Love (1938) — Sakata Tojuro
  40. Reimei izen (1931)

Directed

  1. The Rose of Versailles -Andre and Oscar- (1976) — Director
  2. The Rose of Versailles III (1976) — Director