Kazuo Hasegawa Movies

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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

A colourful study of theatrical life. Two acting troupes vie for the Kyoto market during the Genroku Era. Tojuro, an extremely popular actor, feels...

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

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...

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...

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

1961 Japanese movie

A 1942 film.

Government-sponsored film set during the Pacific War, depicting the lives of people working as stevedores.

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

The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a...

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

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

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

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

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