
Known for
Acting
Born
February 27, 1908
Birthplace
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Died
April 6, 1984 (aged 76)
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, howe...
TBA
1976
Director
1976
1964
1963
as Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
1962
1962
1962
1962
1961
1961
as Mito Komon
1961
as Zenigata Heiji
1961
1960
1960
as Chouemon Takakura
1960
as Ryūtarō Tsumura
1960
1960
as Shuten-dôji
1960
as Zenigata Heiji
1960
1959
1959
as Kitagawa Utamaro
1959
1959
as Iemon Tamiya
1959
as Shimizu no Jirocho