Kazuo Hasegawa

Kazuo Hasegawa
, formerly known by his stage names and , was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 films from 1927 to 1963.
Career
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. The 1935 Yukinojō henge was a significant hit. 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.
Selected filmography
Filmography of Kazuo Hasegawa include (incomplete):
Chîgo no kênhô (1927) - Suda Ichijiro
Ojo Kichiza (1927)
Rangûn (1927)
Oni azami (1927)
Kinnoi jidai (1927)
Itâwari no âsatarô (1927)
Yâburê amikasâ (1927)
Myôtoboshi (1927)
Goyosen (1927)
Akatsuki no yushi (1927)
Kôrui (1927)
Kômori zoshî (1927)
Gekka no kyôto (1927)
Tenpô hikenrôku (1927)
Meoto boshi (1927)
Benten kozo (1928) - Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
Kyôrakû hîcho (1928)
Kaikokuki (1928) - Shirigoro
Fûun jôshi (1928) - Aizawa Shinpachi
Chokun yasha (1928)
Kagaribi (1928)
Shirai gonachi (1928)
Ôse no hangoro (1928)
Kaitô Samimaro (1928)
Kên no chikemuri (1928)
Ninpinîn (1928)
Edo sodachi (1928)
Shîgurêgasâ (1928)
Kirare yosa (1928)
Ningyô bushi (1928)
Jujiro (十字路) (also known as Crossroads, Crossways, Shadows of the Yoshiwara or Slums of Tokyo) (1928)
Tôribêyama shinjû (1928) - Kikuchi Hankuro
Kurotegumi Sukeroku (1929)
Jigoku kaidô (1929)
Ôbo kîchiza (1929)
Fubuki tôge (1929)
Omokage (1929)
Yari no gonza (1929)
Tsukigata hanpeita (1929)
Ise ondo (1929)
Sanzâ shigure (1929)
Chi ni somuku mono (1929)
Kurueru meikun (1929) - 'Sakyônosuke' Hidenao
Nogitsune Sanji (1930) - Nogitsune Sanji
Naozamurai (1930)
Fuyuki shinju (1930)
Matsudaira Chôshichirô (1930)
Seki no yatappe (1930)
Nâniwa kâgamî (1930)
Katawa bina (1930)
Hakaranno uta (go) (1930)
Sâtsunan sôdoîn (1930)
Fubuki ni sakebu ôkami (1931)
Bîjobu sakyô zenpen (1931)
Monsâburô no hide (1931)
Reimei izen (1931)
Îzayoi seishin (1931)
Batô no zeni (1931, part 1, 2)
Kagoya dainagôn (1931)
Jonan no yôemon (1931)
Nagebushi Yanosuke (1931, part 1, 2)
Hîren kaênzukâ (1931)
Chîyoda no ninjo (1931)
Yajikitâ bijin sodoki (1932)
Konjiki Yasha (1932) - Hazama Kanichi
Tâbiwarajî kokyo no utâ (1932)
Nezumikozô Jirokichi (1932, part 1, 2)
Mâtsuriûta miyokîchi goroshî (1932)
Rikugun daikôshin (1932)
Edo gonomi Ryôgoku sôshi (1932)
Kamiyui shinzô (1932)
Hototogisu (1932)
Kikugorô goshi zenpen (1932)
Chûshingura (1932, part 1-3) - Asano Takuminokami / Yoshida Sawaemon
Kikugorô koshi kohen (1932)
Kyokyaku harusamegasa (1933) - Oguchiya Gyou
Hôrimonô hagan (1933, part 1-3) - Toyama, Kinshiro and farmer Hyakunosuke
Koina no Ginpei (1933) - Koina no Ginpei
Ishii tsuneemon (1934)
Yâshu honnoji (1934)
Meireki meikenshi (1934)
Yâkko kagamiyama (1934)
Rînzo shusse tâbi (1934)
Gênzaburô ihen no maki (1934, part 1, 2)
Watashi no niisan (1934) - Fumio
Kyôkaku Soga (1934)
Haha no ai (1935)
Rônintabi sasshô bosatsu (1935)
Kagoya hangan (1935) - Echizen'nokami Ôoka
Yukinojô henge (1935-1936, part 1, 2) - Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother
Tenpô Yasubei (1935)
Megumi no kenka (1935)
Kurayami no Ushimatsu (1935)
Hanamuko no negoto (1935) - Yasuo the Bridegroom
Odoru meikun (1935)
Tôribêyama shinjû: Osome Hankurô (1936) - Hankruô
Onâtsu sejurô (1936) - Seijuro
Harûsugatâ gonin otoko (1936)
Arâkawa no Sakichi (1936)
Suzugamori (1937)
Môko shûrai: Tekikoku kôfuku; Shishi-hen (1937) - Tokimune Hôjô
Tsûchiyâ Chikara: Râkka no make (1937) - Tsuchiya Chikara / Sugino Jubeita
Tabi no kagerô (1937)
Sêkkai no maki (1937)
Ôsaka natsu no jin (1937) - Sakazaki Izumo no kami
Bancho sarayashiki (1937)
Tôjûrô no koi (1938) - Sakata Tojuro
Mabuta no haha (1938) - Kondo
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938) - Tsurujirō
Gekka no wakamusha (1938)
Rônin fubuki (1939) - Kazuemon Fuwa / Asano Takuminokami
Ninjutsu hyakuju gassen (1939, part 1, 2)
Têkketsû ippon gatanâ (1939)
Hagakure tengu (1939)
Chushingura (1939, part 1, 2) - Asano Takuminokami
Kenka tobi (1939, part 1, 2) - Kichigorô
Kappa dai-kassen (1939) - Kyôma Yûki
Byakuran no uta: zenpen: kôhen (1939) - Kokichi Matsumura
Josô ninjutsu igaryû (1939)
Gozonji azuma otoko (1939)
Echigo jishi matsuri (1939)
Kenpû hyakumangoku (1940)
Gôketsu sanbagarasu (1940)
Tôryû musha ningyô (1940)
Hebihimesama (1940) - Sentarô
Goto matabei (1940)
Moyuru ôzora (1940)
Shina no yoru (1940, part 1-4) - Tetsuo Hase
Zoku Hebihimesama (1940) - Hinokiya Sentarô
Aozora kaidô (1940)
Orizuru dainagon (1940)
Akatsuki no shinshu (1940)
Kinnô onshû tôge (1940)
Reimei no ezochi (1940)
Nessa no chikai (Zenpen; Kôhen) (1940) - Kenji Sugiyama
Moyuru daichi (1940) - Lt. Ohashi
Adaûchi goyomi (1940)
Kinô kieta otoko (1941) - Bunkichi
Hasegawa Roppa no Iemitsu to Hikoza (1941) - Iemitsu Tokugawa / Yukie Kawamura
Orizo nan henge (go) (1941)
Kawanakajima kassen (1941) - Hyakuzô
Otoko no hanamichi (1941) - Utaemon Nakamura III
Awa no odoriko (1941) - Man Who Returns
Matte ita otoko (1942)
Onna keizu (1942, part 1, 2) - Hayase
Omokage no machi (1942)
Ina no Kantarô (1943) - Ina no Kantarô
Ongaku dai-shingun (1943)
Meijin Chôji-bori (1943) - Chôji
Susume dokuritsuki (1943) - Kinugasa / Imai
Himetaru kakugo (1943) - Fumio Abe
Idaten kaido (1944) - Hagiwara
Shibaidô (1944)
Inochi no minato (1944)
Ato ni tsuzuku o shinzu (1944) - Company Commander Wakabayashi
Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari (1945) - Kanbei Kanzamon
Aru yo no Tonosama (1946)
Tôhô sen'ichi-ya (1947)
Kyô wa odote (1947) - Watanabe
Ôedo no oni (1947)
Bonbon (1947) - Yatarô
Yûrei akatsuki ni shisu (1948) - Heitarô Obata / Koheita
Kobanzame zenpen (1948)
Hasegawa Kazuo no Zenigata Heiji Torimonohikae: Heiji Happyakuyacho (1949) - Zenigata Heiji
Kobanzame (1949)
Koga yashiki (1949) - Genzaburo
Hebi hime dochu (1949)
Zoku hebi hime dochu (1950)
Jogashima no ame (1950)
Hi no tori (1950)
Ashura hangan (1950)
Tsuki no wataridori (1951) - Ginpei
Meigetsu somato (1951)
The Tale of Genji (1951) - Hikaru Genji
Genji monogatari (1951) - Hikaru Genji
Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952) - Kunihito Tateto
Shurajô hibun (1952, part 1, 2) - Momotarô / Shin'nosuke
Fuun senryobune (1952)
Kantarou tsukiyo-uta (1952) - Kantarou
Jirokichi kôshi (1952)
Furisode kyôjo (1952) - Yaemon at Shinade
Asama no karasu (1953) - Giro Kutsukake
Kinsei mei shôbu monogatari: Hana no Kôdôkan (1953) - Hideyuki Mishima
Shishi no za (1953) - Yagorô Hôshô
Gate of Hell (1953) - Moritoo Endô
Omatsuri hanjirô (1953) - Hanjiro Kotani
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord (銭形平次捕物控 幽霊大名 Zenigata Heiji Torimono-Hikae: Yūrei Daimyō) (1954)
The Crucified Lovers (1954) - Mohei
Yoidore ni tôryû (1954) - Nakayama Yasubee
Hana no nagadosu (1954) - Monjirô
Banchô sara yashiki: Okiku to Harima (1954)
Itarô jishi (1955)
Nanatsu no kao no ginji (1955)
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955) - Gofû Yamamura
Tōjūrō no Koi (藤十郎の恋) (1955) - Tojuro Sakata
Ore wa Tokichiro (1955)
Ishigassen (1955)
Hana no Wataridori (1956)
Shin, Heike monogatari: Yoshinaka o meguru sannin no onna (1956) - Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
Zangiku monogatari (残菊物語) (1956) - Kikunosuke
Zenigata Heiji Torimono no Hikae (1956, part 1, 2)
Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (1956) - Hanpeita Tsukigata
A Fantastic Tale of Naruto (1957) - Gennojo Norizuki
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi (1957)
Yuki no wataridori (1957)
Ukifune (1957) - Kaoru-no-kimi
Yûkyô Gonin Otoko (1958)
Edokko matsuri (1958) - Tasuke Isshin
The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵 Chūshingura) (1958) - Kuranosuke Ôishi
Hana no yukyo-den (1958)
Nichiren to mōko daishūrai (1958) - Nichiren
Iga no suigetsu (1958)
Kagerô-gasa (1959) - Yatarô
Onna to kaizoku (1959) - Shogor Ozaki
Yamada Nagamasa - Oja no ken (1959) - Nagamasa Yamada
Jirôchô Fuji (1959) - Shimizu no Jirôchô
Yotsuya Kaidan (1959) - Iemon Tamiya
Utamaro wo meguru gonin no onna (1959)
Seki no yatappe (1959)
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae (1960-1961, part 1, 2)
The Demon of Mount Oe (1960) - Shuten-dōji
San'nin no kaoyaku (1960) - Ryûtarô Tsumura
Kizu senryô (1960) - Chouemon Takakura
Ippon-gatana dohyô iri (1960)
Zoku Jirocho Fuji (1960) - Shimizu no Jirôchô
San kyôdai no kettô (1960) - Inoue
Futari no musashi (1960) - Hirata Musashi
Furaî monogatari-âbara hishâ (1960)
Harekosode (1961)
Sakurada mon (1961)
Mito komon umi o wataru (1961)
Kuroi sandogasa (1961)
Sabakareru Echizen no kami (1962) - Ichijûrô Ôoka
Aobajô no oni (1962) - Kai Harada
Shin no shikôtei (1962)
An Actor's Revenge (1963) - Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
Edo mujô (1963) - Awajinokami Wakisaka
Ako Roshi (1964, Taiga drama, TV Series)
Honours
Kikuchi Kan Prize (1957)
Medal with Purple Ribbon (1965)
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (1978)
People's Honour Award (1984)
References
External links
Film Reference Actors and Actresses 4th Edition. pages 540- . /
1908 births
1984 deaths
Film studio executives
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male stage actors
Japanese theatre directors
Kabuki actors
Actors from Kyoto
People's Honour Award winners
Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
Taiga drama lead actors
20th-century Japanese male actors