- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 27, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Died
- April 6, 1984
Kazuo Hasegawa
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 inc…
Filmography
movieThe Rose of Versailles III
1976 · Director
movieThe Rose of Versailles -Andre and Oscar-
1976 · Director
tvAkō Rōshi
1964 · Ooishi Kuranosuke
movieAn Actor's Revenge
1963 · Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
movieThe Great Wall
1962
movieThe Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
movieNakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
movieSabakareru Echizen no kami
1962
movieThe Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961
movieMito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961 · Mito Komon
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
movieZenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
1961 · Zenigata Heiji
movie晴小袖
1961
movie風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
movieScars of Honor
1960 · Chouemon Takakura
movieThe Last Betrayal
1960 · Ryūtarō Tsumura
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
movieJirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
movieThe Demon of Mount Oe
1960 · Shuten-dôji
movieThe Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
1960 · Zenigata Heiji
movieThe Two Musashis
1960
movie風来物語任侠篇
1959
movieUtamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959 · Kitagawa Utamaro
movieActor Shark
1959
movieThe Ghost of Yotsuya
1959 · Iemon Tamiya
movieJirocho Fuji
1959 · Shimizu no Jirocho
movieThe Gaijin
1959
movieThe Woman and the Pirate
1959 · 御崎庄五郎
movieGambler and the Princess
1959 · Yatarô
movieAmbush at Iga Pass
1958 · Araki Mataemon
movieNichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958 · Nichiren
movieHana no yukyo-den
1958
movieInochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
movieThe Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Kuranosuke Ôishi
movieShogun's Holiday
1958
movieThe Magnificent Five
1958
movieSecret of Naruto
1957
movieNinjō misui
1957
movieFloating Vessel
1957
movieDaiei Studio is Bustling
1957
movieZenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957
movieTsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · Tsukigata Hanpeita
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
movieNotebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
movieZangiku monogatari
1956 · Kikunosuke
movieZenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
movieThree Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
movieMigratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
movieTôjûrô no koi
1955 · Tojuro Sakata
movieA Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
movieChikamatsu Monogatari
1954 · Mohei
movieZenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
A Samurai's Love
movieA Samurai's Love
1954
movieOmatsuri hanjiro
1953
movieGate of Hell
1953 · Moritō Endō
movieAn Heir's Place
1953 · Yagoro Hosho
movieOne Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
勘太郎月夜唄
movie勘太郎月夜唄
1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
movieDedication of the Great Buddha
1952
movie治郎吉格子
1952 · 治郎吉, 道中師
movieThe Man from the Moon
1951
movieLantern Under a Full Moon
1951
movieThe Tale of Genji
1951 · Hikaru Genji
movieJudge of the Ashuras
1951
moviePhoenix
1950
movieKoga Manshion
1949
movieZenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
1949 · Zenigata Heiji
movieYūkyō no mure
1948
movieGhosts Die at Dawn
1948 · Kohei
movieThe Devil of Edo
1947
movieLord for a Night
1946
movieHinoki Butai
1946
movieA Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945 · Kanbei Kanzamon
I Believe I Am Being Followed
movieI Believe I Am Being Followed
1945
Harbor of Life
movieHarbor of Life
1944
movieThe Way of Drama
1944
movieIdaten Kaido
1944 · Hagiwara
movieThe Sculpture of Master Choji
1943 · Chōji
movie音楽大進軍
1943 · Kazuo Hasegawa
movieKantaro of Ina
1943
movieDance of the Capital
1942
movieOmokage no machi
1942
Onna keizu
movieOnna keizu
1942 · Hayase
movieThe Man Who Waited
1942
movieA Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941 · Utaemon Nakamura
movieThe Battle of Kawanakajima
1941 · Hyakuzô
movieDancers of Awa
1941
movieIemitsu and Hikoza
1941
movieThe Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
movieThe Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
movieThe Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
movieOath on the Burning Sands
1940
movieZoku Hebihimesama
1940 · Hinokiya Sentarô
movieThe Burning Sky
1940
The Snake Princess
movieThe Snake Princess
1940 · Hinokiya Sentarô
movieChina Night
1940
Song of the White Orchid
movieSong of the White Orchid
1939 · Kokichi Matsumura
movieThe Fighting Firemen
1939 · Kichigoro
movieBlizzard Ronin
1939
movieTsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 · Tsurujiro
movieTojuro's Love
1938 · Sakata Tojuro
movieBanchō sarayashiki
1937
movieThe Siege of Osaka
1937
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
movieYukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
1936
movieThe Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
1935 · Echizen'nokami Ôoka
movieAn Actor's Revenge
1935 · Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
movieThe Groom Talks in His Sleep
1935 · Yasuo the Bridegroom
movieMy Elder Brother
1934 · Fumio
With a Single Sword Bale
movieWith a Single Sword Bale
1934
movieGenpei the Carp
1933 · Koina no Ginpei
movieTwo Lanterns
1933
movieChûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932
movieThe Loyal 47 Ronin
1932 · Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Rikugun Daikoshin
movieRikugun Daikoshin
1932
The Golden Demon
movieThe Golden Demon
1932 · Kanichi Hazama
movieReimei izen
1931
Nogitsune Sanji
movieNogitsune Sanji
1930 · Nogitsune Sanji
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
movieKurotegumi Sukeroku
1929
Tôribêyama shinjû
movieTôribêyama shinjû
1928 · Kikuchi Hankuro
Kaitō Samimaro
movieKaitō Samimaro
1928
Kagaribi
movieKagaribi
1928
movieCastle of Wind and Clouds
1928 · Aizawa Shinpachi
movieChronicles of a Sea Country
1928 · Shirogoro (Second Son)
Benten kozo
movieBenten kozo
1928 · Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
Demon Thistle
movieDemon Thistle
1927 · Reizaburo Namiki