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.
Acted in 147
1960s
- 1964
- 1963
An Actor's Revenge
Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
- 1962
The Great Wall
Yu Yue
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Movie
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Movie
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
Movie
- 1961
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
Movie
Kuroi sandogasa
Movie
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Mito Komon
Sakurada mon
Movie
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
Zenigata Heiji
Harekosode
Movie
- 1960
Kyōkaku harusame kasa
Movie
Ippon-gatana dohyō iri
Movie
Wanderer's Story: Checkmate
Movie
Scars of Honor
Chouemon Takakura
The Last Betrayal
Ryūtarō Tsumura
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
Movie
The Demon of Mount Oe
Shuten-dôji
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
Zenigata Heiji
The Two Musashis
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Seki no Yatappe
Movie
A Gambler as I Am
Movie
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kitagawa Utamaro
Actor Shark
Movie
Jirocho Fuji
Shimizu no Jirocho
The Gaijin
Movie
Gambler and the Princess
Yatarô
- 1958
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
Movie
Ambush at Iga Pass
Araki Mataemon
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Nichiren
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
Movie
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
Movie
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
Movie
Shogun's Holiday
Movie
The Magnificent Five
Movie
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
Movie
- 1957
Yuki no wataridori
Movie
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki
Movie
Ninjō misui
Movie
Floating Vessel
Movie
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō
Movie
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Movie
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Zenigata Heiji
- 1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Aizome gasa
Movie
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
Movie
Zangiku monogatari
Kikunosuke
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
Movie
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
Movie
- 1955
I Was Tokichiro
Movie
Nagasaki no yoru
Movie
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago
Movie
Tôjûrô no koi
Tojuro Sakata
Tsubakuro kasa
Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Movie
Jakō yashiki
Movie
Ginji of the Seven Faces
Movie
Itarō jishi
Movie
- 1954
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
Movie
Tekka bugyō
Movie
Shirazu no Yatarō
Movie
Hana no sando gasa
Movie
- 1953
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
Movie
Omatsuri hanjiro
Movie
Hana no kenkajō
Movie
Asama no karasu
Movie
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
Movie
- 1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Movie
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Movie
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
Movie
The Madwoman in a Furisode
Movie
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon
Movie
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
Movie
Castle of Carnage
Movie
- 1951
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū
Movie
The Man from the Moon
Movie
Orizuru kasa
Movie
Lantern Under a Full Moon
Movie
The Tale of Genji
Hikaru Genji
Tsuki no wataridori
Movie
Judge of the Ashuras
Movie
- 1950
Oni azami
Movie
Phoenix
Movie
Senryō hada
Movie
Rain on Jogashima
Movie
1940s
- 1949
Hebi hime dōchū
Movie
Koga Manshion
Movie
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Zenigata Heiji
- 1948
Yūkyō no mure
Movie
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Kohei
- 1947
The Devil of Edo
Movie
- 1946
Hinoki Butai
Movie
- 1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Kanbei Kanzamon
- 1944
The Way of Drama
Movie
Idaten Kaido
Hagiwara
- 1943
The Sculpture of Master Choji
Chōji
音楽大進軍
Kazuo Hasegawa
Kantaro of Ina
Movie
- 1942
Dance of the Capital
Movie
Omokage no machi
Movie
The Man Who Waited
Movie
- 1941
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Utaemon Nakamura
Dancers of Awa
Movie
Iemitsu and Hikoza
Movie
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
Movie
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
Movie
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Movie
- 1940
Oath on the Burning Sands
Movie
Zoku Hebihimesama
Hinokiya Sentarô
The Burning Sky
Movie
China Night
Movie
1930s
- 1939
The Fighting Firemen
Kichigoro
Blizzard Ronin
Movie
- 1938
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsurujiro
Tojuro's Love
Sakata Tojuro
- 1937
Banchō sarayashiki
Movie
- 1935
- 1934
- 1933
Genpei the Carp
Koina no Ginpei
- 1932
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
- 1931
Reimei izen
Movie
1920s
- 1928
Castle of Wind and Clouds
Aizawa Shinpachi
Chronicles of a Sea Country
Shirogoro (Second Son)
No release date
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Movie
Directed 2
1970s
- 1976
The Rose of Versailles III
Director
The Rose of Versailles -Andre and Oscar-
Director