Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/27/1908
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
長谷川 一夫Кадзуо ХасэгаваChôjirô Hayashi
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. 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 b...
Known For
An Actor's Revenge
as Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief
Gate of Hell
as Moritō Endō
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Mohei
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Shuten-dôji
The Great Wall
Unknown Role
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
Jirocho Fuji
as Shimizu no Jirocho
Omatsuri hanjiro
Unknown Role
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
Unknown Role
The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Hyakuzô
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Unknown Role
The Woman and the Pirate
as 御崎庄五郎
The Ghost of Yotsuya
as Iemon Tamiya
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Unknown Role
音楽大進軍
as Kazuo Hasegawa
Secret of Naruto
Unknown Role
The Tale of Genji
as Hikaru Genji
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Nichiren
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Kanbei Kanzamon
Career Timeline
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1954
1953
1952
1951
1948
1945
1942
1941
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
as Utaemon Nakamura
The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Hyakuzô
Dancers of Awa
Role unknown
Iemitsu and Hikoza
Role unknown
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
Role unknown
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
Role unknown
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Role unknown