Hisaya Morishige
Hisaya Morishige (森繁久彌, Morishige Hisaya, May 4, 1913 – November 10, 2009) was a Japanese actor and comedian. Born in Hirakata, Osaka, he graduated from Kitano Middle School (now Kitano High School), and attended Waseda University. He began his career as a stage actor, then became an announcer for NHK, working in Manchukuo. He became famous in films first for comedy roles, appearing in series such as the "Company President" (Shacho) and "Station Front" (Ekimae) series, produced by Toho. He appeared in nearly 250 films, both contemporary and jidaigeki. He was also famous on stage playing Tevye in the Japanese version of Fiddler on the Roof. He also appeared in television series and specials, and was the first guest on the television talk show Tetsuko's Room in 1975. He was long-time head of the Japan Actors Union. Among many honors, Morishige received the Order of Culture from the Emperor of Japan in 1991.
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Movies (210)
Blooming Again
2004 · Rokusaburō Aoki
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves
2001 · Professor Torino (voice)
Going West: to the West
1997 · Neighbor Osamu
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Chief of Affairs (voice)
47 Ronin
1994 · Hyobu Chisaka
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1991
Sea of Wandering
1990
Goryokaku
1988
Surgical Designs in Flames
1986
Vendetta of Obligation
1985
The 47 Ronin (Part 2): No Return
1985
The 47 Ronin (Part 1): Indignation
1985
Kukai
1984
Sayonara Jupiter
1984 · Earth Federation President
Oddball Nippon
1983
The Yoshida School
1983 · Shigeru Yoshida
Fiddler on the Roof
1983 · Tevye
The Longest Tunnel
1982 · Gensuke Kishida
The Imperial Navy
1981 · Naoki Hongo
Port Arthur
1980 · Hirobumi Ito
The Rivals
1979
The Incident
1978 · Kiyokawa
Sugata Sanshiro
1977 · Osho
Two Iida
1976 · Riichiro Sugawa
Machi no Hi
1974 · Kurita
The Twilight Years
1973 · Shigezo Tachibana
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972 · Kanazawa
Theater of Life
1972
Kigeki: Onna uridashimasu
1972
Zatoichi at Large
1972 · Constable Tobei
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971 · Kanazawa
Follow the Girls
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 · 千造
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970 · Amino Santarō
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970 · Saburo Amino
Travels of Lord Mito
1969 · Kômon Mito
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969 · Ōtaka Chōtarō
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969 · Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968 · Keitarō Takayama
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
1968 · Morita Tokunosuke
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968 · Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967 · Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
Campus in Front of a Train Station
1967 · 森田徳之助
Mahjong Madness
1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967 · Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
How to Win a Race
1966
Look Up, Noble One
1966 · Hamaguchi
Big Wind at the Spa
1966
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966 · Tokunosuke Morita
Five Gents on the Spot
1966 · Yaichiro Kurihara
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
1966
A Company President's Life Story
1966 · Kurihara Yaichirō (Sunrise President)
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965 · Morita Tokunosuke
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
We Will Remember
1965
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965 · Kyutarō Iwato (President, Iwato Construction)
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965 · Kutaro Iwato
Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
1964
Camellia Gate
1964
Could I But Live
1964 · Director of Infant Care Facility
Mumu Dance
1964
Thief on the Run
1964
The Naked Executive
1964 · Kôshirô Hidaka
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Ken
1964 · Mibu
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
1964
Hail the 3 Gents
1964 · Reijiro Koizumi
New Marital Relations
1963
The Maid Story
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
Aloha 3 Gents
1963 · Keinosuke Kazama (Company President)
3 Gents In Hawaii
1963 · Kazama Keinosuke (President)
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963 · Kyusaku Goi
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963 · Heitarō Dōmoto (President)
Madame Aki
1963 · Katayuki
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962 · Toku
Chûshingura
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Mount Hakone
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
This Madding Crowd
1962 · Professor
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
A Country Boss
1962 · Takeo Aihara
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961 · Kintaro
A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
1961
The End of Summer
1961 · Isomura Eiichirou
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
An Urban Affair
1961 · Kintaro Togura
Playboy President: Part II
1961 · Eisuke Misawa
Playboy President
1961 · Misawa Einosuke
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
The Preacher of Love
1961
Aces Wild
1961
The Wayside Pebble
1960 · Shogo Aikawa
The Masterless 47
1960 · Yoshio Oishi
The Angry Sea
1960 · Hikoichi
This Greedy Old Skin
1960 · Hikohachi Mukoyama
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960 · Shirō Sawamura
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960 · Shiro Sawamura
The Curio Master
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960 · Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959 · Kantaro
New Third-Class Executive
1959 · Shirō Sawamura
The Bell of Love
1959
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Fox and Raccoon
1959 · Tampei Nukada
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959 · Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Theater of Life
1958
Stray Cat
1958
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958 · Munazuru
Scops-Owl Sermon
1958
The Tale of the White Serpent
1958 · Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King / Narrator (voice)
The Child Writers
1958 · Mr. Kawahara
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 · Jihei Ikuno
Yoku
1958
The Shop Curtain
1958
Love is Different and Delicious
1958
The Third President
1958 · Keitaro Asakawa
Fancy Talker
1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Assistant President
1958
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
The Beauty Expert
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957 · Ushinosuke Abe
Turtledove
1957
Snow Country
1957 · Imura
Ujō
1957 · Ujo Noguchi
The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Santaro Battles His Hat
1957
Jirochō gaiden: Haikagura no Santarō
1957
Talkative Company President
1957 · Osamu Saotome
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 · Shozo
The Fighter in the Ring
1956
Jacks and Jills
1956 · Morishita
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
Morishige, where are you going?
1956 · Shigetaro Mori
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
The President Talks Bank
1956 · Zennosuke Tashiro
Called to the Stand
1956 · Shiro Kamisaka
Morishige's Honeymoon
1956
All Sold Out
1956
The President's Boss
1956 · Zennosuke Tashiro
Love at Forty
1955
Such is Life
1955 · Danpei
Tales of Ginza
1955 · Narrator (voice)
Marital Relations
1955 · Ryukichi
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
1955
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
1955
House of Many Pleasures
1955 · Denkichi Yoshida
Nonki saiban
1955
Chutaro of Banba
1955
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
1955
Policeman's Diary
1955 · Patrolman Yoshii
His Highness Surabaya
1955 · Kyutaro Nagasogabe/Eiji Nagasogabe
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954 · Shigemori Shigeo
Mako Osorubeshi
1954
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
Geisha Konatsu
1954 · Kawashima
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
1954
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
Tokyo Profile
1953 · Mr. Maki
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
Bot-chan
1953 · Akashatsu
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
Mole Alley
1953
Yasugorō shusse
1953
親馬鹿花合戦
1953
Dekoboko taikōki
1953
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
Coward at Ganryu Island
1952
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952 · Akazawa
Byakuran kōran
1952
Third Class Executives
1952 · Personnel Chief
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952 · Ichiro Okamura
Ikinokotta benten-sama
1952
Koi no rantō
1951
Bengawan Solo
1951
Pirates
1951
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
1951
新遊侠伝
1951
Koibito
1951 · Manager
Amakara chindōchū
1950
