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Hasegawa Kazuhiko
- Profile
- He was born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1946. He went on to study at the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Letters after graduating from Hiroshima University Senior High School. While still a student, he joined Shohei Imamura’s Imamura Productions in 1968. He became a member of the production staff for the film Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubō (The Profound Desire of the Gods). In 1970, he served as assistant director on Shohei Imamura’s film Nippon Sengoshi—Madamu Omboro no Seikatsu (A History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess). In 1971, he became a contract assistant director at Nikkatsu, working under Toshiya Fujita and Tatsumi Kumashiro. Alongside his directorial duties, he also wrote screenplays for such films as Nureta Koya wo Hashire (Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland), Seishun no Satetsu (Bitterness of Youth), and Yoimachigusa (Evening Primrose), as well as the television series Akuma no Yōna Aitsu (A Devilish Guy, 1975, TBS). He went freelance in 1975 and made his directorial debut with the film Seishun no Satsujinsha (The Killer of Youth) the following year. The film received high praise and won many film awards that year. His follow-up, Taiyō wo Nusunda Otoko (The Man Who Stole the Sun, 1979), was also highly acclaimed; however, it was his final theatrical film, as he focused the remainder of his career on directing for television, video, and commercials. In 1982, he co-founded the Directors Company, a planning and production company established by nine young directors, including Kazuki Ōmori, Shinji Sōmai, Banmei Takahashi, Kichitarō Negishi, Toshiharu Ikeda, Kazuyuki Izutsu, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Sōgo Ishii.
- Masterpieces
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悪魔のようなあいつ