Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Known for
Directing
Born
January 5, 1946
Birthplace
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Died
January 31, 2026 (aged 80)
Biography
Kazuhiko Hasegawa (長谷川 和彦 Hasegawa Kazuhiko, 5 January 1946 – 31 January 2026) was a Japanese film director. He won the award for Best Director at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for The Man Who Stole the Sun.
He has also occasionally appeared as an actor, including a role in Banmei Takahashi's 1982 Wolf (狼 Ōkami), produced by Director's Company, and later in Seijun Suzuki's 1991 Yumeji.
Best known work
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
Yumeji
1991
The Crazy Family
1984
The Youth Killer
1976
Sweet Scent of Eros
1973
Bitterness of Youth
1974
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
1972
Woman on the Night Train
1972
Temptation of Eros
1972Filmography
1991
Yumejias Onimatsu
1991
1984
The Crazy FamilyExecutive Producer
1982
Wolf: Running Is Sexas Broker
1979
The Man Who Stole the SunDirector, Writer
1976
The Youth Killeras Father at the Beach, Director
1975
Light of AfricaFirst Assistant Director
1975
Teenagers' Sex Journal '75First Assistant Director
1974
Evening PrimroseScreenplay
1974
Bitterness of YouthScreenplay
1974
Red Paper LanternAssistant Director
1974
Gypsy Rose: A Docu-DramaAssistant Director
1974
Apartment Wife: Afternoon SeductionFirst Assistant Director
1973
Wandering Seagull: Night in KushiroAssistant Director
1973
Legend of the Sex Thief in EdoAssistant Director
1973
Retreat Through the Wet WastelandScreenplay
1973
The ClimaxAssistant Director
1973
Sweet Scent of ErosAssistant Director
1973
Did the Red Bird Escape?Assistant Director
1972
Afternoon Affair: Rear WindowAssistant Director
1972
Temptation of ErosAssistant Director
1972
The Superhuman StudAssistant Director
1972
Woman on the Night TrainAssistant Director
1972
Night Spot: Drifting FlowerAssistant Director
1972
Apartment Wife: Secret RendezvousAssistant Director