Ken'ichi Hagiwara was born on July 25, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. He is known for Kagemusha : L'Ombre du guerrier (1980), Seishun no satetsu (1974) and Izakaya yurei (1994). He was married to Rika Tomita and Ayumi Ishida. He died on March 26, 2019 in Tokyo.