Ken'ichi Hagiwara was born on July 25, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan as Keizo Hagiwara. He is known for his work on Kagemusha (1980), Bitterness of Youth (1974) and Izakaya yurei (1994). He was married to Rika Tomita and Ayumi Ishida. He died on March 26, 2019 in Tokyo.