Directing
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Born 1946-01-05
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Department: Directing
Biography
Kazuhiko Hasegawa (長谷川 和彦 Hasegawa Kazuhiko, 5 January 1946 – 31 January 2026) was a Japanese film director. He won the award for Best Director at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for The Man Who Stole the Sun. He has also occasionally appeared as an actor, including a role in Banmei Takahashi's 1982 Wolf (狼 Ōkami), produced by Director's Company, and later in Seijun Suzuki's 1991 Yumeji.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Kazuhiko Hasegawa
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Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
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The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
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Yumeji
1991
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The Crazy Family
1984
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The Youth Killer
1976
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Wet Sand in August
1971
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Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
1972
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Sweet Scent of Eros
1973
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Woman on the Night Train
1972
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Bitterness of Youth
1974
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (36 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Yumeji | Onimatsu | Movie | 1991 |
 | Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Crazy Family | Executive Producer | Movie | 1984 |
 | Wolf: Running Is Sex | Broker | Movie | 1982 |
 | The Man Who Stole the Sun | Director | Movie | 1979 |
| The Man Who Stole the Sun | Writer | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Youth Killer | Father at the Beach | Movie | 1976 |
| The Youth Killer | Director | Movie | 1976 |
 | Light of Africa | First Assistant Director | Movie | 1975 |
 | Teenagers' Sex Journal '75 | First Assistant Director | Movie | 1975 |
 | Evening Primrose | Screenplay | Movie | 1974 |
 | Bitterness of Youth | Screenplay | Movie | 1974 |
 | Red Paper Lantern | Assistant Director | Movie | 1974 |
 | Gypsy Rose: A Docu-Drama | Assistant Director | Movie | 1974 |
 | Apartment Wife: Afternoon Seduction | First Assistant Director | Movie | 1974 |
 | Wandering Seagull: Night in Kushiro | Assistant Director | Movie | 1973 |
 | Legend of the Sex Thief in Edo | Assistant Director | Movie | 1973 |
 | Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland | Screenplay | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Climax | Assistant Director | Movie | 1973 |
 | Sweet Scent of Eros | Assistant Director | Movie | 1973 |
 | Did the Red Bird Escape? | Assistant Director | Movie | 1973 |
 | Afternoon Affair: Rear Window | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Temptation of Eros | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Superhuman Stud | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Woman on the Night Train | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Night Spot: Drifting Flower | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Apartment Wife: Secret Rendezvous | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Sigh of Roses | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Drifter's Affair | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Love Bandit Rat Man | Screenplay | Movie | 1972 |
 | Affair at Twilight | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Wet Sand in August | Assistant Director | Movie | 1971 |
 | Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu | Assistant Director | Movie | 1971 |
 | Profound Desires of the Gods | Young Man | Movie | 1968 |
| Profound Desires of the Gods | Associate Producer | Movie | 1968 |
| Profound Desires of the Gods | Assistant Director | Movie | 1968 |