Cast
Kazuo Hasegawa
Acting
Cast
Kazuo Hasegawa
Known for
Acting
Born
1908-02-27
From
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Died
1984-04-06
Also known as 長谷川 一夫, Кадзуо Хасэгава, Chôjirô Hayashi
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.
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Mohei
Gate of Hell
as Moritō Endō
An Actor's Revenge
as Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
The Tale of Genji
as Hikaru Genji
The Great Wall
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Nichiren
An Actor's Revenge
as Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Zangiku monogatari
as Kikunosuke
Secret of Naruto
Jirocho Fuji
as Shimizu no Jirocho
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Tsurujiro
My Elder Brother
as Fumio
The Two Musashis
The Snake Princess
as Hinokiya Sentarô
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
as Mito Komon
The Ghost of Yotsuya
as Iemon Tamiya
Judge of the Ashuras
Song of the White Orchid
as Kokichi Matsumura
Onna keizu
as Hayase
The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Hyakuzô
A Samurai's Love
Oath on the Burning Sands
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Shuten-dôji
The Way of Drama
Dancers of Awa
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Gambler and the Princess
as Yatarô
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
With a Single Sword Bale
Scars of Honor
as Chouemon Takakura
治郎吉格子
as 治郎吉
治郎吉格子
as 道中師
The Last Betrayal
as Ryūtarō Tsumura
音楽大進軍
as Kazuo Hasegawa
Reimei izen
The Burning Sky
An Heir's Place
as Yagoro Hosho
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
I Believe I Am Being Followed
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
The Man Who Waited
Omatsuri hanjiro
Lord for a Night
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Tsukigata Hanpeita
Two Lanterns
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Omokage no machi
Banchō sarayashiki
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
as Kitagawa Utamaro
Ghosts Die at Dawn
as Kohei
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Iemitsu and Hikoza
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
China Night
Dance of the Capital
Zoku Hebihimesama
as Hinokiya Sentarô
Ambush at Iga Pass
as Araki Mataemon
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
勘太郎月夜唄
Hana no yukyo-den
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
Genpei the Carp
as Koina no Ginpei
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
The Gaijin
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
as Utaemon Nakamura
Idaten Kaido
as Hagiwara
Shogun's Holiday
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
Blizzard Ronin
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
as Yasuo the Bridegroom
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
as Echizen'nokami Ôoka
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
The Woman and the Pirate
as 御崎庄五郎
風来物語任侠篇
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
as Zenigata Heiji
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Kanbei Kanzamon
The Fighting Firemen
as Kichigoro
Demon Thistle
as Reizaburo Namiki
Hinoki Butai
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Tôribêyama shinjû
as Kikuchi Hankuro
The Siege of Osaka
Tojuro's Love
as Sakata Tojuro
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
Lantern Under a Full Moon
Harbor of Life
晴小袖
Yūkyō no mure
Actor Shark
Nogitsune Sanji
as Nogitsune Sanji
The Sculpture of Master Choji
as Chōji
The Devil of Edo
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
風来物語 あばれ飛車
The Magnificent Five
Benten kozo
as Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
Kantaro of Ina
The Golden Demon
as Kanichi Hazama
Rikugun Daikoshin
Tôjûrô no koi
as Tojuro Sakata
Castle of Wind and Clouds
as Aizawa Shinpachi
Floating Vessel
Kaitō Samimaro
Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
as Zenigata Heiji
The Man from the Moon
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
as Zenigata Heiji
Kagaribi
Chronicles of a Sea Country
as Shirogoro (Second Son)
