Acting

Kazuo Hasegawa

Born February 27, 1908 · 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 …

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Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago · 1955

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago

Chikamatsu Monogatari

Chikamatsu Monogatari · 1954

Chikamatsu Monogatari

MovieDramaRomance

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.

Shirazu no Yatarō

Shirazu no Yatarō · 1954

Shirazu no Yatarō

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki · 1957

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki

Gate of Hell

Gate of Hell · 1953

MovieDramaHistory

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome · 1958

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō · 1957

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman · 1959

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

MovieDramaHistory

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…

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Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago · 1955

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago

Chikamatsu Monogatari

Chikamatsu Monogatari · 1954

Chikamatsu Monogatari

MovieDramaRomance

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.

Mohei

Shirazu no Yatarō

Shirazu no Yatarō · 1954

Shirazu no Yatarō

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki · 1957

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki

Gate of Hell

Gate of Hell · 1953

MovieDramaHistory

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Moritō Endō

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome · 1958

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō · 1957

Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman · 1959

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

MovieDramaHistory

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…

Kitagawa Utamaro

Ginji of the Seven Faces

Ginji of the Seven Faces · 1955

Ginji of the Seven Faces

Yesterday a gentleman, today a student, tomorrow a stylish man in a casual kimono—Ginji, the pickpocket with seven faces, has his sights set on the gold watch of destiny. A tale of passion, love, human emotion, pistols, and thrills.

An Actor's Revenge

An Actor's Revenge · 1963

An Actor's Revenge

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

Yukinojo Nakamura / Yamitaro the Thief

The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji · 1951

The Tale of Genji

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.

Hikaru Genji

China Night

China Night · 1940

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese merchant marine officer. Part spy thriller and part Shanghai travelogue, it was part of a popular series known as "Chinese Continental Friendship" made by the occupying Japanese in China.

Aizome gasa

Aizome gasa · 1956

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami · 1953

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami

A series of murders surrounds the 70,000 ryō in buried treasure hidden by the Kanayama Magistrate.

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1) · 1941

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

MovieDramaHistory

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph · 1941

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Utaemon Nakamura

The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin · 1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

MovieDramaHistory

Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target of a merciless revenge.

Kuranosuke Ôishi

Itarō jishi

Itarō jishi · 1955

Itarō abandons his life as a hatamoto to become a yakuza.

Hana no nagadosu

Hana no nagadosu · 1954

Hana no nagadosu

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō · 1958

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō

The Demon of Mount Oe

The Demon of Mount Oe · 1960

The Demon of Mount Oe

MovieHorrorFantasy

A band of warriors journeys to Mount Oe to rescue abducted women from a demon, overcoming supernatural threats like a giant spider and a diabolical witch along the way.

Shuten-dôji

I Was Tokichiro

I Was Tokichiro · 1955

I Was Tokichiro

Nagasaki no yoru

Nagasaki no yoru · 1955

Nagasaki no yoru

A mysterious magician with a Japanese mother who came to Nagasaki’s Nankin-machi from the mainland in search of his father’s killer.

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū · 1951

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Koibumi dōchū

A murder case tied to a missing love letter… Heiji heads west along the Tōkaidō in pursuit of thirteen suspicious individuals.

Akō Rōshi

Akō Rōshi · 1964

"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master.

Ooishi Kuranosuke