is a Japanese

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. He won the award for Best Director at the

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for ''

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''.

Life and career

Hasegawa began his career in film at

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in the early 1970s as a scriptwriter on such ''Roman porno'' projects as

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's ''Love Bandit Rat Man'' (1972), Yukihiro Sawada's '' Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland'' (1973) and

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's ''Evening Primrose'' (1974). He also served as Assistant Director on the 1972 ''

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'' 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 ''

'', which won him the Best Director award at the 1979

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. This was Hasegawa's last film and although he never returned to directing, he was one of the founding members of the

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in 1982 where he devoted himself to helping young directors. He has also occasionally appeared as an actor, including a role in

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's 1982 , produced by Director's Company, and later in

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's 1991 ''

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''.

Filmography

* (1976) * ''

'' (1979)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasegawa, Kazuhiko 1946 births Hibakusha Living people Japanese film directors People from Hiroshima Prefecture