Kazuo Hasegawa

Personal Info

Birthday

February 27, 1908

Day of Death

1984-04-06

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Also Known As

長谷川一夫

Кадзуо Хасэгава

Chôjirô Hayashi

Тёдзиро Хаяси

林長二郎

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.

Known For

Chikamatsu Monogatari

Akō Rōshi

An Actor's Revenge

Genpei the Carp

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Demon Thistle

Gambler and the Princess

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Filmography

1963
An Actor's Revenge
as Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
1961
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
as Mito Komon
1960
Scars of Honor
as Chouemon Takakura
The Last Betrayal
as Ryūtarō Tsumura
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Shuten-dôji
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
as Kitagawa Utamaro
The Ghost of Yotsuya
as Iemon Tamiya
Jirocho Fuji
as Shimizu no Jirocho
The Woman and the Pirate
as 御崎庄五郎

Gambler and the Princess
as Yatarô
1958
Ambush at Iga Pass
as Araki Mataemon
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Nichiren
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Tsukigata Hanpeita
Zangiku monogatari
as Kikunosuke
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as Jirô-Yoshinaka Kiso
1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Mohei
1953
Gate of Hell
as Moritō Endō
An Heir's Place
as Yagoro Hosho
1952
治郎吉格子
as 治郎吉
1951
The Tale of Genji
as Hikaru Genji
1949
Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
as Zenigata Heiji
1948
Ghosts Die at Dawn
as Kohei
1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Kanbei Kanzamon
1944
Idaten Kaido
as Hagiwara
1943
音楽大進軍
as Kazuo Hasegawa
1942
Onna keizu
as Hayase
1941
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
as Utaemon Nakamura
The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Hyakuzô
1940
Zoku Hebihimesama
as Hinokiya Sentarô
The Snake Princess
as Hinokiya Sentarô
1939
Song of the White Orchid
as Kokichi Matsumura
The Fighting Firemen
as Kichigoro
1938
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Tsurujiro
Tojuro's Love
as Sakata Tojuro
1935
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
as Echizen'nokami Ôoka
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
as Yasuo the Bridegroom
1934
My Elder Brother
as Fumio
1933
Genpei the Carp
as Koina no Ginpei
1932
The Golden Demon
as Kanichi Hazama
1930
Nogitsune Sanji
as Nogitsune Sanji
1928
Tôribêyama shinjû
as Kikuchi Hankuro
Castle of Wind and Clouds
as Aizawa Shinpachi
Chronicles of a Sea Country
as Shirogoro (second son)
Benten kozo
as Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
1927
Demon Thistle
as Reizaburo Namiki