Kazuhiko Hasegawa (é•·è°·å· å'Œå½¦, Hasegawa Kazuhiko, born 5 January
1946) 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.Hasegawa began his career in film at Nikkatsu 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 provocative 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.
1946) 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.Hasegawa began his career in film at Nikkatsu 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 provocative 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.
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