Kazuo Hasegawa Movies

Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

1958 Japanese movie

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by...

Based on the manga The Rose of Versailles.

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

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

Kantaro, known as a rowdy boy in the town of Ina, attacked the local boss, Kaneoni's Arahira, all by himself, but was defeated by a large group of...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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...

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

The Siege of Osaka

A young samurai rescues his beloved from the clutches of a corrupt priest.

Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man who looked like a merchant retrieved the wallet...

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

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.