Kazuo Hasegawa Movies

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community center as a theater troupe visits the village for...

The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.

A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find...

The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the...

1961 Japanese movie

Shinzaemon has been Sukeroku’s enemy ever since Sukeroku fought and defeated gangs from Shinzaemon’s group at a Kabuki theatre over...

A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the prince's concubines.

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love...

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...

A young vassal is betrayed by his corrupt lord.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at...

A newlywed couple faces tension when the wife, after her husband leaves for work, becomes completely unmotivated to handle household chores and goes...

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts...

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

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous...