Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese film director
. He won the award for Best Director at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival
for The Man Who Stole the Sun.
in the early 1970s as a scriptwriter on such Roman porno projects as Chūsei Sone
's Love Bandit Rat Man (1972), Yukihiro Sawada's Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland
(1973) and Tatsumi Kumashiro
's Evening Primrose (1974). He also served as Assistant Director on the 1972 Woman on the Night Train
and several other Roman porno films for Nikkatsu.
After leaving Nikkatsu, he made his debut as a director in the October 1976 The Youth Killer, produced by ATG
, a provacative study of alienation focusing on a young killer. In 1979, he directed his second film, the black comedy The Man Who Stole the Sun, which won him the Best Director award at the 1979 Yokohama Film Festival
. This was Hasegawa's last film and although he never returned to directing, he was one of the founding members of the Director's Company
in 1982 where he devoted himself to helping young directors.
He has also occasionally appeared as an actor, including a role in Banmei Takahashi
's 1982 , produced by Director's Company, and later in Seijun Suzuki
's 1991 Yumeji
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. He won the award for Best Director at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival
Yokohama Film Festival
The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...
for The Man Who Stole the Sun.
Life and career
Hasegawa began his career in film at NikkatsuNikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
in the early 1970s as a scriptwriter on such Roman porno projects as Chūsei Sone
Chusei Sone
is a Japanese film director known primarily for his stylish and popular Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu, particularly the first two installments of the Angel Guts series. Despite a somewhat uneven career, many mainstream critics consider Sone the best of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno directors.-Life and...
's Love Bandit Rat Man (1972), Yukihiro Sawada's Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland
Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland
is a 1973 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Yukihiro Sawada and starring Yuri Yamashina and Takeo Chii.-Synopsis:A group of five policemen engages in all sorts of corrupt activity including the rape of a girl resulting in her death. They rob a church of funds intended to...
(1973) and Tatsumi Kumashiro
Tatsumi Kumashiro
was a Japanese film director best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films, such as Ichijo's Wet Lust and The Woman with Red Hair...
's Evening Primrose (1974). He also served as Assistant Director on the 1972 Woman on the Night Train
Woman on the Night Train
aka Night Train Woman is a 1972 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Noboru Tanaka and starring Mari Tanaka.-Synopsis:...
and several other Roman porno films for Nikkatsu.
After leaving Nikkatsu, he made his debut as a director in the October 1976 The Youth Killer, produced by ATG
Art Theatre Guild
Art Theatre Guild was a film production company in Japan that started in 1961 and ran through to the mid 1980s. ATG, as it is abbreviated, released mostly Japanese New Wave films. Films released by ATG include Nagisa Oshima's Diary Of A Shinjuku Thief , Toshio Matsumoto's masterpiece Funeral...
, a provacative study of alienation focusing on a young killer. In 1979, he directed his second film, the black comedy The Man Who Stole the Sun, which won him the Best Director award at the 1979 Yokohama Film Festival
Yokohama Film Festival
The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...
. This was Hasegawa's last film and although he never returned to directing, he was one of the founding members of the Director's Company
Director's Company
was a Japanese film production company created in 1982 to provide a venue outside the major studio system for young proven filmmakers to grow artistically...
in 1982 where he devoted himself to helping young directors.
He has also occasionally appeared as an actor, including a role in Banmei Takahashi
Banmei Takahashi
is a Japanese film director. Takashi started his career in the pink film industry, making his directorial debut in 1972 with Escaped Rapist Criminal. Due to a disagreement with his producer, Takahashi quit the film industry for a couple years...
's 1982 , produced by Director's Company, and later in Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki
, born Seitaro Suzuki on May 24, 1923, is a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned by film enthusiasts worldwide for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility...
's 1991 Yumeji
Yumeji
is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is a semi-fictional account of poet and painter Takehisa Yumeji. It also forms the final part of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen and Kagero-za , surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by...
.