Kazuhiko Hasegawa

Born: 1946-01-05 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Died: 2026-01-31

Known For: 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.

Filmography

1991

Yumeji as Onimatsu

1984

The Crazy Family ... (Executive Producer)

1982

Wolf: Running Is Sex as Broker

1979

The Man Who Stole the Sun ... (Director)

1976

The Youth Killer as Father at the Beach

1975

Light of Africa ... (First Assistant Director)
Teenagers' Sex Journal '75 ... (First Assistant Director)

1974

Apartment Wife: Afternoon Seduction ... (First Assistant Director)
Gypsy Rose: A Docu-Drama ... (Assistant Director)
Bitterness of Youth ... (Screenplay)
Evening Primrose ... (Screenplay)
Red Paper Lantern ... (Assistant Director)

1973

Sweet Scent of Eros ... (Assistant Director)
Legend of the Sex Thief in Edo ... (Assistant Director)
Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland ... (Screenplay)
Did the Red Bird Escape? ... (Assistant Director)
The Climax ... (Assistant Director)
Wandering Seagull: Night in Kushiro ... (Assistant Director)

1972

Temptation of Eros ... (Assistant Director)
Woman on the Night Train ... (Assistant Director)
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window ... (Assistant Director)
Apartment Wife: Secret Rendezvous ... (Assistant Director)
Love Bandit Rat Man ... (Screenplay)
Affair at Twilight ... (Assistant Director)
The Superhuman Stud ... (Assistant Director)
Night Spot: Drifting Flower ... (Assistant Director)
Sigh of Roses ... (Assistant Director)
Drifter's Affair ... (Assistant Director)

1971

Wet Sand in August ... (Assistant Director)
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu ... (Assistant Director)

1968

Profound Desires of the Gods as Young Man