Kazuo Hasegawa Movies

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

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the...

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

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

A former samurai, whose lover had died while he was traveling, was returning to Edo when he met a woman at Shinagawa-juku.

Follows the Japanese lieutenant of the invading 228th Infantry Regiment Toichi Wakabayashi, who died in the Battle of Hong Kong.

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...

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...

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...

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

When the hidden longing of Okaji, proprietress of a traditional restaurant, for the celebrated actor Tōjūrō Sakata finally comes to...

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

Japanese silent film from 1928, co-starring Chojiro Hayashi and up-and-coming actress Kinuyo Tanaka.

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

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

O-Kiyo (Mitsuko Mito), who had escaped from her boss, Shoden, who controlled the Sensoji Temple district, was desperately contemplating suicide when...

1961 Japanese movie

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son....