Kazuo Hasegawa
Acting • Born 1908-02-27 – Died 1984-04-06
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.
Filmography
117 credits
Genpei the Carp
Movie • 1933
Koina no Ginpei
Lantern Under a Full Moon
Movie • 1951
Omatsuri hanjiro
Movie • 1953
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
Movie • 1941
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
Movie • 1941
An Actor's Revenge
Movie • 1963
Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Movie • 1954
Mohei
Gate of Hell
Movie • 1953
Moritō Endō
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Movie • 1962
The Devil of Edo
Movie • 1947
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
Movie • 1962
Judge of the Ashuras
Movie • 1951
The Great Wall
Movie • 1962
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
Movie • 1932
Demon Thistle
Movie • 1927
Reizaburo Namiki
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Movie • 1959
Iemon Tamiya
Tôribêyama shinjû
Movie • 1928
Kikuchi Hankuro
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Movie • 1945
Kanbei Kanzamon
Benten kozo
Movie • 1928
Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
Tojuro's Love
Movie • 1938
Sakata Tojuro
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
Movie • 1961
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Movie • 1938
Tsurujiro
Banchō sarayashiki
Movie • 1937
Reimei izen
Movie • 1931
Kantaro of Ina
Movie • 1943
Jirocho Fuji
Movie • 1959
Shimizu no Jirocho
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
Movie • 1936
Two Lanterns
Movie • 1933
治郎吉格子
Movie • 1952
道中師
治郎吉格子
Movie • 1952
治郎吉
An Actor's Revenge
Movie • 1935
Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
The Woman and the Pirate
Movie • 1959
御崎庄五郎
An Heir's Place
Movie • 1953
Yagoro Hosho
Blizzard Ronin
Movie • 1939
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Movie • 1962
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Movie • 1959
Kitagawa Utamaro
China Night
Movie • 1940
Shogun's Holiday
Movie • 1958
風来物語 あばれ飛車
Movie • 1960
風来物語任侠篇
Movie • 1959
A Samurai's Love
Movie • 1954
The Demon of Mount Oe
Movie • 1960
Shuten-dôji
The Tale of Genji
Movie • 1951
Hikaru Genji
Song of the White Orchid
Movie • 1939
Kokichi Matsumura
I Believe I Am Being Followed
Movie • 1945
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
Movie • 1929
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
Movie • 1935
Yasuo the Bridegroom
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie • 1932
Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Hana no yukyo-den
Movie • 1958
The Fighting Firemen
Movie • 1939
Kichigoro
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Movie • 1952
Yūkyō no mure
Movie • 1948
晴小袖
Movie • 1961
Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Movie • 1949
Zenigata Heiji
Nogitsune Sanji
Movie • 1930
Nogitsune Sanji
The Way of Drama
Movie • 1944
Secret of Naruto
Movie • 1957
The Snake Princess
Movie • 1940
Hinokiya Sentarô
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Movie • 1948
Kohei
Harbor of Life
Movie • 1944
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Movie • 1958
Nichiren
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Movie • 1948
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie • 1958
Kuranosuke Ôishi
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Movie • 1956
Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
Movie • 1960
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Movie • 1961
Mito Komon
Lord for a Night
Movie • 1946
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Movie • 1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Movie • 1955
The Man Who Waited
Movie • 1942
Onna keizu
Movie • 1942
Hayase
My Elder Brother
Movie • 1934
Fumio
Iemitsu and Hikoza
Movie • 1941
Oath on the Burning Sands
Movie • 1940
The Burning Sky
Movie • 1940
The Two Musashis
Movie • 1960
Omokage no machi
Movie • 1942
音楽大進軍
Movie • 1943
Kazuo Hasegawa
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Movie • 1941
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Movie • 1941
Hyakuzô
Scars of Honor
Movie • 1960
Chouemon Takakura
Gambler and the Princess
Movie • 1959
Yatarô
The Last Betrayal
Movie • 1960
Ryūtarō Tsumura
Castle of Wind and Clouds
Movie • 1928
Aizawa Shinpachi
Floating Vessel
Movie • 1957
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Movie • 1941
Utaemon Nakamura
Dancers of Awa
Movie • 1941
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
Movie • 1935
Echizen'nokami Ôoka
Zoku Hebihimesama
Movie • 1940
Hinokiya Sentarô
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Movie • 1957
The Magnificent Five
Movie • 1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
Movie • 1958
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
Movie • 1954
Ambush at Iga Pass
Movie • 1958
Araki Mataemon
The Gaijin
Movie • 1959
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
Movie • 1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Movie • 1956
Idaten Kaido
Movie • 1944
Hagiwara
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
Movie • 1957
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Movie • 1952
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
Movie • 1956
Zangiku monogatari
Movie • 1956
Kikunosuke
Dance of the Capital
Movie • 1942
The Siege of Osaka
Movie • 1937
With a Single Sword Bale
Movie • 1934
Rikugun Daikoshin
Movie • 1932
Kagaribi
Movie • 1928
Kaitō Samimaro
Movie • 1928
Actor Shark
Movie • 1959
勘太郎月夜唄
Movie • 1952
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
Movie • 1961
Zenigata Heiji
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Night of Enma
Movie • 1961
Chronicles of a Sea Country
Movie • 1928
Shirogoro (second son)
Hinoki Butai
Movie • 1946
The Man from the Moon
Movie • 1951
The Golden Demon
Movie • 1932
Kanichi Hazama
Akō Rōshi
TV • 1964
Ooishi Kuranosuke