Kazuo Hasegawa
Age: N/A | From: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Person Details
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Aliases: 長谷川 一夫 , Кадзуо Хасэгава , Chôjirô Hayashi , Тёдзиро Хаяси , 林 長二郎
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 46
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Akō Rōshi
(1964) Ooishi Kuranosuke
The Crucified Lovers
(1954) Mohei
Gate of Hell
(1953) Moritō Endō
An Actor's Revenge
(1963) Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
The Loyal 47 Ronin
(1958) Kuranosuke Ôishi
女と海賊
(1959) 御崎庄五郎
The Tale of Genji
(1951) Hikaru Genji
The Demon of Mount Oe
(1960) Shuten-dôjiActing
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| 1964 | Ooishi Kuranosuke | |
| 1963 | Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief | |
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| 1961 | N/A | |
| Mito Komon | ||
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| 1960 | N/A | |
| Chouemon Takakura | ||
| Ryūtarō Tsumura | ||
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| Shuten-dôji | ||
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| 1959 | N/A | |
| Kitagawa Utamaro | ||
| Iemon Tamiya | ||
| Shimizu no Jirocho | ||
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| 御崎庄五郎 | ||
| Yatarô | ||
| 1958 | Araki Mataemon | |
| Nichiren | ||
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| Kuranosuke Ôishi | ||
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| 1957 | N/A | |
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| 1956 | Tsukigata Hanpeita | |
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| Kikunosuke | ||
| Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso | ||
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| 1955 | N/A | |
| 1954 | Mohei | |
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| 1953 | N/A | |
| Moritō Endō | ||
| Yagoro Hosho | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
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| 治郎吉 | ||
| 道中師 | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Hikaru Genji | ||
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| 1949 | Zenigata Heiji | |
| 1948 | N/A | |
| Kohei | ||
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| 1947 | N/A | |
| 1946 | N/A | |
| 1945 | Kanbei Kanzamon | |
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| 1944 | N/A | |
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| Hagiwara | ||
| 1943 | Kazuo Hasegawa | |
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| 1942 | N/A | |
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| Hayase | ||
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| 1941 | Utaemon Nakamura | |
| Hyakuzô | ||
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| 1940 | N/A | |
| Hinokiya Sentarô | ||
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| Hinokiya Sentarô | ||
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| 1939 | Kokichi Matsumura | |
| Kichigoro | ||
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| 1938 | Tsurujiro | |
| Sakata Tojuro | ||
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| 1936 | N/A | |
| 1935 | Echizen'nokami Ôoka | |
| Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi) | ||
| Yasuo the Bridegroom | ||
| 1934 | Фумио | |
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| 1933 | Koina no Ginpei | |
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| 1932 | N/A | |
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| Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi) | ||
| 1931 | N/A | |
| 1930 | Nogitsune Sanji | |
| 1929 | N/A | |
| 1928 | Kikuchi Hankuro | |
| Aizawa Shinpachi | ||
| Benten Kozo Kikunosuke | ||
| 1927 | Reizaburo Namiki | |
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