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 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.

Genpei the Carp

Lantern Under a Full Moon

Omatsuri hanjiro

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

An Actor's Revenge

Chikamatsu Monogatari

Gate of Hell

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

The Devil of Edo

Sabakareru Echizen no kami

Judge of the Ashuras

The Great Wall

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
Demon Thistle

The Ghost of Yotsuya
Tôribêyama shinjû

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Benten kozo

Tojuro's Love

The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

Banchō sarayashiki

Reimei izen

Kantaro of Ina

Jirocho Fuji
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

Two Lanterns

治郎吉格子

治郎吉格子

An Actor's Revenge

The Woman and the Pirate

An Heir's Place

Blizzard Ronin

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

China Night

Shogun's Holiday

風来物語 あばれ飛車

風来物語任侠篇
A Samurai's Love

The Demon of Mount Oe

The Tale of Genji
Song of the White Orchid
I Believe I Am Being Followed
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
The Groom Talks in His Sleep

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Hana no yukyo-den

The Fighting Firemen

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

Yūkyō no mure

晴小袖

Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Nogitsune Sanji

The Way of Drama

Secret of Naruto
The Snake Princess

Ghosts Die at Dawn
Harbor of Life

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

Ghosts Die at Dawn

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo

Lord for a Night

Tsukigata Hanpeita

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

The Man Who Waited
Onna keizu

My Elder Brother

Iemitsu and Hikoza

Oath on the Burning Sands

The Burning Sky

The Two Musashis

Omokage no machi

音楽大進軍

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

The Battle of Kawanakajima

Scars of Honor

Gambler and the Princess

The Last Betrayal

Castle of Wind and Clouds

Floating Vessel

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Dancers of Awa

The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate

Zoku Hebihimesama

Daiei Studio is Bustling

The Magnificent Five

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

Ambush at Iga Pass

The Gaijin

Migratory Birds of the Flowers
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

Idaten Kaido

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
Dedication of the Great Buddha

Sisters of Destiny

Zangiku monogatari

Dance of the Capital

The Siege of Osaka
With a Single Sword Bale
Rikugun Daikoshin
Kagaribi
Kaitō Samimaro

Actor Shark
勘太郎月夜唄
銭形平次捕物控 夜のえんま帳

銭形平次捕物控 夜のえんま帖

Chronicles of a Sea Country

Hinoki butai

The Man from the Moon
The Golden Demon

Akō Rōshi

The Rose of Versailles -Andre and Oscar-
