Cast & creator
Kazuo Hasegawa
Best known for Akō Rōshi, Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki, Chikamatsu Monogatari
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.
Also known as: 長谷川 一夫, Кадзуо Хасэгава, Chôjirô Hayashi, Тёдзиро Хаяси, 林 長二郎
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1927–1976 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (164)
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Akō Rōshi
Ooishi Kuranosuke
1964
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki
1957
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Mohei
1954
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
Aizome gasa
1956
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō
1957
Gate of Hell
Moritō Endō
1953
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago
1955
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
1953
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
Itarō jishi
1955
I Was Tokichiro
1955
An Actor's Revenge
Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
1963Coming Up of Kodokan
1953
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Ginji of the Seven Faces
1955
Tsubakuro kasa
1955
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
1956
Orizuru kasa
1951
Shirazu no Yatarō
1954
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
Hana no nagadosu
1954
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū
1951
Hana no sando gasa
1954
Hana no kenkajō
1953
Tsuki no wataridori
1951
Furisode kyōjo
1952
Castle of Carnage
1952
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
Nagasaki no yoru
1955
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
Senryō hada
1950
Tekka bugyō
1954
China Night
1940
Asama no karasu
1953
The Woman and the Pirate
御崎庄五郎
1959
Jakō yashiki
1955Zenigata Heiji
1951
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Kuranosuke Ôishi
1958
Gambler and the Princess
Yatarô
1959
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941
The Great Wall
Yu Yue
1962
An Heir's Place
Yagoro Hosho
1953
Oni azami
1950
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Jigoku no mon
1952
The Scarlet Bat
1950
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Kanbei Kanzamon
1945
Ninjō misui
1957
The Demon of Mount Oe
Shuten-dôji
1960
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kitagawa Utamaro
1959
The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider
Zenigata Heiji
1960
A Samurai's Love
1954
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Rain on Jogashima
1950
The Devil of Edo
1947
The Tale of Genji
Hikaru Genji
1951Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956
Ashi o aratta otoko
1949
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Nichiren
1958
The Two Musashis
1960
Tojuro's Love
Sakata Tojuro
1938
My Elder Brother
Fumio
1934
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Jirocho Fuji
Shimizu no Jirocho
1959
The Sculpture of Master Choji
Chōji
1943
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
1956
Scars of Honor
Chouemon Takakura
1960
Tôjûrô no koi
Tojuro Sakata
1955
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957The Snake Princess
Hinokiya Sentarô
1940
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960With a Single Sword Bale
1934
晴小袖
1961
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961
Iemitsu and Hikoza
1941
Dance of the Capital
1942
Castle of Wind and Clouds
Aizawa Shinpachi
1928The Golden Demon
Kanichi Hazama
1932
The Ghost of Yotsuya
Iemon Tamiya
1959
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Utaemon Nakamura
1941Onna keizu
Hayase
1942
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Hyakuzô
1941
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962
Oath on the Burning Sands
1940
Phoenix
1950
Ambush at Iga Pass
Araki Mataemon
1958
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsurujiro
1938
The Man Who Waited
1942
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
The Siege of Osaka
1937
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Floating Vessel
1957
The Burning Sky
1940
音楽大進軍
Kazuo Hasegawa
1943Kurotegumi Sukeroku
1929
Two Lanterns
1933
Lord for a Night
1946
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse
1956
Shogun's Holiday
1958
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Mito Komon
1961
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Zenigata Heiji
1957
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
1932
The Way of Drama
1944
Zangiku monogatari
Kikunosuke
1956
Reimei izen
1931
Hinoki Butai
1946
The Man from the Moon
1951Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
Zenigata Heiji
1961The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941
Banchō sarayashiki
1937
Koga Manshion
1949
Omokage no machi
1942
風来物語任侠篇
1959
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Zenigata Heiji
1949
Actor Shark
1959
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
The Gaijin
1959
Blizzard Ronin
1939
An Actor's Revenge
Yokinojo, Yamitaro and Yokinojo's mother (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
1935I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
Echizen'nokami Ôoka
1935
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Kohei
1948Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948Harbor of Life
1944
The Magnificent Five
1958Tôribêyama shinjû
Kikuchi Hankuro
1928
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
1932Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
1936Rikugun Daikoshin
1932Kagaribi
1928Song of the White Orchid
Kokichi Matsumura
1939Demon Thistle
Reizaburo Namiki
1927
Dancers of Awa
1941
The Fighting Firemen
Kichigoro
1939
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Zoku Hebihimesama
Hinokiya Sentarô
1940
The Last Betrayal
Ryūtarō Tsumura
1960
Yuki no wataridori
1957
治郎吉格子
治郎吉
1952治郎吉格子
道中師
1952
Chronicles of a Sea Country
Shirogoro (Second Son)
1928
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952The Groom Talks in His Sleep
Yasuo the Bridegroom
1935
The Rose of Versailles -Andre and Oscar-
Director
1976
Idaten Kaido
Hagiwara
1944Benten kozo
Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
1928Kaitō Samimaro
1928Nogitsune Sanji
Nogitsune Sanji
1930
Genpei the Carp
Koina no Ginpei
1933
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
1958
The Rose of Versailles III
Director
1976
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
1958