Kazuo Hasegawa
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Akō Rōshi
Ooishi Kuranosuke
1964
Film
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Mohei
1954
Film
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Kuranosuke Ôishi
1958
Film
Gate of Hell
Moritō Endō
1953
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
1929
Film
An Actor's Revenge
Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
1963
Film
The Demon of Mount Oe
Shuten-dôji
1960
Coming Up of Kodokan
1953
Film
An Heir's Place
Yagoro Hosho
1953
Film
Asama no karasu
1953
Film
Hana no kenkajō
1953
Film
My Elder Brother
Fumio
1934
Film
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
1953
Film
Dance of the Capital
1942
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932
Film
Furisode kyōjo
1952
A Samurai's Love
1954
Film
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū
1951
Zenigata Heiji
1951
Film
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Film
Gambler and the Princess
Yatarô
1959
Film
The Two Musashis
1960
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956
Film
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
Film
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
1959
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
Film
Senryō hada
1950
Film
Tsuki no wataridori
1951
Film
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Kanbei Kanzamon
1945
Film
Oni azami
1950
Film
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
With a Single Sword Bale
1934
Film
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
Zenigata Heiji
1960
Film
Orizuru kasa
1951
Film
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
Film
Shogun's Holiday
1958
Film
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Film
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon
1952
Film
Ninjō misui
1957
Film
Secret of Naruto
1957
Film
風来物語任侠篇
1959
Film
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Utaemon Nakamura
1941
Film
The Scarlet Bat
1950
Film
China Night
1940
Film
The Tale of Genji
Hikaru Genji
1951
Film
The Great Wall
1962
Film
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
1932
Film
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Film
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Nichiren
1958
Onna keizu
Hayase
1942
Film
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
Film
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
Film
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
Film
Castle of Carnage
1952
Film
Banchō sarayashiki
1937
Film
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Film
The Way of Drama
1944
Film
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Film
The Magnificent Five
1958
Film
The Woman and the Pirate
御崎庄五郎
1959
Film
The Gaijin
1959
Film
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
1956
Film
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Film
The Siege of Osaka
1937
Film
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Hyakuzô
1941
Film
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961
Film
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Film
The Last Betrayal
Ryūtarō Tsumura
1960
Film
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Film
晴小袖
1961
Film
Koga Manshion
1949
Film
An Actor's Revenge
Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
1935
Film
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Film
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Film
Chronicles of a Sea Country
Shirogoro (Second Son)
1928
Film
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Film
Actor Shark
1959
Film
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Zenigata Heiji
1949
Film
Iemitsu and Hikoza
1941
Film
The Devil of Edo
1947
Film
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Mito Komon
1961
Film
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
Film
The Man from the Moon
1951
Demon Thistle
Reizaburo Namiki
1927
Film
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsurujiro
1938
Film
治郎吉格子
治郎吉
1952
Film
治郎吉格子
道中師
1952
Film
音楽大進軍
Kazuo Hasegawa
1943
Film
Zangiku monogatari
Kikunosuke
1956
Film
Oath on the Burning Sands
1940
Film
The Fighting Firemen
Kichigoro
1939
Film
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
Film
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kitagawa Utamaro
1959
Film
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
Film
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Film
The Man Who Waited
1942
Film
Floating Vessel
1957
Film
Jirocho Fuji
Shimizu no Jirocho
1959
Film
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Zenigata Heiji
1957
I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945
Film
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Film
Scars of Honor
Chouemon Takakura
1960
Film
Zoku Hebihimesama
Hinokiya Sentarô
1940
Film
Lord for a Night
1946
Film
Ambush at Iga Pass
Araki Mataemon
1958
Film
Rain on Jogashima
1950
Film
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962
Film
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932
Film
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
Echizen'nokami Ôoka
1935
Film
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Kohei
1948
Film
Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948
Film
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
Film
Hinoki Butai
1946
The Snake Princess
Hinokiya Sentarô
1940
Film
Dancers of Awa
1941
Film
Two Lanterns
1933
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
Zenigata Heiji
1961
Harbor of Life
1944
Film
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
Film
Castle of Wind and Clouds
Aizawa Shinpachi
1928
Film
Tojuro's Love
Sakata Tojuro
1938
Film
The Sculpture of Master Choji
Chōji
1943
Song of the White Orchid
Kokichi Matsumura
1939
Tôribêyama shinjû
Kikuchi Hankuro
1928
Film
Tôjûrô no koi
Tojuro Sakata
1955
Film
The Burning Sky
1940
Kaitō Samimaro
1928
Film
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
Film
Omokage no machi
1942
Film
Genpei the Carp
Koina no Ginpei
1933
Film
Phoenix
1950
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
1936
Film
Idaten Kaido
Hagiwara
1944
Film
Blizzard Ronin
1939
Film
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
The Golden Demon
Kanichi Hazama
1932
Benten kozo
Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
1928
Kagaribi
1928
Nogitsune Sanji
Nogitsune Sanji
1930
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
Yasuo the Bridegroom
1935
Film
Reimei izen
1931
Film
Hana no sando gasa
1954