Kazuo Hasegawa

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.

Known For

Koina no Ginpei

鯉名の銀平

名月走馬燈

お祭り半次郎

Orizu nan henge: zen

をり鶴七変化

Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief

雪之丞変化

Mohei

近松物語

Moritō Endō

地獄門

仲良し音頭・日本一だよ

大江戸の鬼

裁かれる越前守

阿修羅判官

秦・始皇帝

忠臣蔵

Reizaburo Namiki

Oni Azami

Iemon Tamiya

四谷怪談

Kikuchi Hankuro

鳥辺山心中

Kanbei Kanzamon

三十三間堂・通し矢物語

Benten Kozo Kikunosuke

弁天小僧

Sakata Tojuro

藤十郎の恋

銭形平次捕物控 美人鮫

Tsurujiro

鶴八鶴次郎

敷屋皿町番

黎明以前

伊那の勘太郎

Shimizu no Jirocho

次郎長富士

雪之丞変化　解決篇

二つ燈籠

道中師

治郎吉格子

治郎吉

治郎吉格子

Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)

雪之丞変化

御崎庄五郎

女と海賊

Yagoro Hosho

獅子の座

浪人吹雪

青葉城の鬼

Kitagawa Utamaro

歌麿をめぐる五人の女

支那の夜

江戸っ子祭

風来物語 あばれ飛車

風来物語任侠篇

番町皿屋敷　お菊と播磨

Shuten-dôji

大江山酒天童子

Hikaru Genji

源氏物語

Kokichi Matsumura

白蘭の歌

後に続くを信ず

黒手組助六

Yasuo the Bridegroom

花婿の寝言

Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)

忠臣蔵

花の遊侠伝

Kichigoro

喧嘩鳶

風雲千両船

遊侠の群れ

晴小袖

Zenigata Heiji

銭形平次捕物控 平次八百八町

Nogitsune Sanji

野狐三次

芝居道

鳴門秘帖

Hinokiya Sentarô

蛇姫様

Kohei

幽霊暁に死す

命の港

Nichiren

日蓮と蒙古大襲来

幽霊暁に死す

Kuranosuke Ôishi

忠臣蔵

Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso

新平家物語　義仲をめぐる三人の女

小雨の夜に散った恋

Mito Komon

水戸黄門 海を渡る

或る夜の殿様

Tsukigata Hanpeita

月形半平太 花の巻 嵐の巻

薔薇いくたびか

待って居た男

Hayase

婦系図（おんなけいず）

Fumio

私の兄さん

長谷川・ロッパの　家光と彦左

熱砂の誓ひ

燃ゆる大空

二人の武蔵

おもかげの街

Kazuo Hasegawa

音楽大進軍

昨日消えた男

Hyakuzô

川中島合戰

Chouemon Takakura

疵千両

Yatarô

かげろう笠

Ryūtarō Tsumura

三人の顔役

Aizawa Shinpachi

風雲城史

源氏物語　浮舟

Utaemon Nakamura

男の花道

阿波の踊子

Echizen'nokami Ôoka

かごや判官

Hinokiya Sentarô

続蛇姫様

スタジオはてんやわんや

遊侠五人男

命を賭ける男

銭形平次捕物控　幽霊大名

Araki Mataemon

伊賀の水月

山田長政 王者の剣

花の渡り鳥

銭形平次捕物控 人肌蜘蛛

Hagiwara

韋駄天街道

銭形平次捕物控 まだら蛇

大佛開眼

銭形平次捕物控 死美人風呂

Kikunosuke

残菊物語

京洛の舞

大阪夏の陣

一本刀土俵入り

Rikugun Daikoshin

篝火

怪盗沙弥麿

お役者鮫

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

Shirogoro (second son)

海国記

檜舞台

月から来た男

Kanichi Hazama

金色夜叉