Hisaya Morishige
Acting • Born 1913-05-04 – Died 2009-11-10
Biography
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.
Filmography
168 credits
Princess Mononoke
Movie • 1997
Chief of Affairs (voice)
An Urban Affair
Movie • 1961
Kintaro Togura
The Longest Tunnel
Movie • 1982
Gensuke Kishida
47 Ronin
Movie • 1994
Hyobu Chisaka
Yoku
Movie • 1958
The End of Summer
Movie • 1961
Isomura Eiichirou
The Rivals
Movie • 1979
The Undefeated Woman
Movie • 1958
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
Movie • 1951
新遊侠伝
Movie • 1951
Koibito
Movie • 1951
Manager
Bengawan Solo
Movie • 1951
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Movie • 1962
Mole Alley
Movie • 1953
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Movie • 1962
Travels of Lord Mito
Movie • 1969
Kômon Mito
Goryokaku
Movie • 1988
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Movie • 1962
Zatoichi at Large
Movie • 1972
Constable Tobei
Mako Osorubeshi
Movie • 1954
Shinibana
Movie • 2004
Rokusaburō Aoki
Third Class Executives
Movie • 1952
Personnel Chief
The Naked Executive
Movie • 1964
Kôshirô Hidaka
Flower Shop Curtain
Movie • 1959
The White Tiger Battalion
Movie • 1986
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Movie • 1962
Mount Hakone
Movie • 1962
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Movie • 1956
Shozo
Sayonara Jupiter
Movie • 1984
Earth Federation President
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Movie • 1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Movie • 1961
Kintaro
Aces Wild
Movie • 1961
Marital Relations
Movie • 1955
Ryukichi
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Movie • 1962
Toku
The Masterless 47
Movie • 1960
Yoshio Oishi
Two Iida
Movie • 1976
Riichiro Sugawa
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Movie • 1962
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Movie • 1972
Kanazawa
The Imperial Navy
Movie • 1981
Naoki Hongo
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
Movie • 1971
Kanazawa
Fiddler on the Roof
Movie • 1983
Tevye
Hadaka no Machi
Movie • 1957
House of Many Pleasures
Movie • 1955
Denkichi Yoshida
This Greedy Old Skin
Movie • 1960
Hikohachi Mukoyama
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Movie • 1964
Sea of Wandering
Movie • 1990
Kukai
Movie • 1984
Policeman's Diary
Movie • 1955
Patrolman Yoshii
Chutaro of Banba
Movie • 1955
Bot-chan
Movie • 1953
Akashatsu
Amakara chindōchū
Movie • 1950
親馬鹿花合戦
Movie • 1953
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Movie • 1952
Ichiro Okamura
Called to the Stand
Movie • 1956
Such is Life
Movie • 1955
Danpei
The Tale of the White Serpent
Movie • 1958
Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King / Narrator (voice)
Tokyo Profile
Movie • 1953
Mr. Maki
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Movie • 1958
Munazuru
Surgical Designs in Flames
Movie • 1986
Nonki saiban
Movie • 1955
Temptation on Glamour Island
Movie • 1959
Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa
Life of a Country Doctor
Movie • 1960
The Twilight Years
Movie • 1973
Shigezo Tachibana
The Unbalanced Wheel
Movie • 1957
Snow in the South Seas
Movie • 1961
The Incident
Movie • 1978
Kiyokawa
Morishige's Honeymoon
Movie • 1956
A Country Boss
Movie • 1962
Takeo Aihara
Theater Of Life
Movie • 1972
Snow Country
Movie • 1957
Imura
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Movie • 1958
Follow the Girls
Movie • 1971
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves
Movie • 2001
Professor Torino (voice)
The Maid Story
Movie • 1963
Tokyo Sweetheart
Movie • 1952
Akazawa
The Shop Curtain
Movie • 1958
Tales of Ginza
Movie • 1955
Narrator (voice)
The Beauty Expert
Movie • 1957
The Hotelman's Holiday
Movie • 1958
Jihei Ikuno
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Movie • 1961
Port Arthur
Movie • 1980
Hirobumi Ito
Jirocho, the Hunted
Movie • 1953
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Movie • 1953
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Movie • 1953
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Movie • 1953
Her Captive Gamblers
Movie • 1953
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Movie • 1965
Morita Tokunosuke
Last of the Wild Ones
Movie • 1954
Chûshingura
Movie • 1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Movie • 1962
The Angry Sea
Movie • 1960
Hikoichi
The Wayside Pebble
Movie • 1960
Shogo Aikawa
This Madding Crowd
Movie • 1962
Professor
Jacks and Jills
Movie • 1956
Morishita
Theater of Life
Movie • 1958
Yasugorō shusse
Movie • 1953
Sugata Sanshiro
Movie • 1977
Osho
The Yoshida School
Movie • 1983
Shigeru Yoshida
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Movie • 1971
Senzo
The President's Boss
Movie • 1956
Zennosuke Tashiro
The President Talks Bank
Movie • 1956
Zennosuke Tashiro
Machi no Hi
Movie • 1974
Kurita
The Adventures of Kantaro
Movie • 1959
Kantaro
Hail the 3 Gents
Movie • 1964
Reijiro Koizumi
Assistant President
Movie • 1958
Princess Finds Her Prince
Movie • 1953
Pirates
Movie • 1951
Three Generations of Company Presidents
Movie • 1956
Five Gents' Trick Book
Movie • 1965
Kutaro Iwato
The Child Writers
Movie • 1958
Mr. Kawahara
Could I But Live
Movie • 1964
The Third President
Movie • 1958
Keitaro Asakawa
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Movie • 1959
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
Movie • 1959
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
Movie • 1954
Shigemori Shigeo
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
Movie • 1955
Koi no rantō
Movie • 1951
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Movie • 1963
Kyusaku Goi
Morishige, where are you going?
Movie • 1956
Shigetaro Mori
The Preacher of Love
Movie • 1961
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
Movie • 1961
Kigeki: Onna uridashimasu
Movie • 1972
喜劇 各駅停車
Movie • 1965
Travel Stories of a Company President
Movie • 1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
Movie • 1969
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
Movie • 1991
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
Movie • 1952
Talkative Company President
Movie • 1957
Osamu Saotome
New Third-Class Executive
Movie • 1959
Shirō Sawamura
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Movie • 1960
Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Movie • 1960
Shiro Sawamura
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Movie • 1960
Shirō Sawamura
Playboy President
Movie • 1961
Misawa Einosuke
Playboy President: Part II
Movie • 1961
Eisuke Misawa
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Movie • 1963
Heitarō Dōmoto (President)
Company President Travels Abroad
Movie • 1963
Kazama Keinosuke (President)
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
Movie • 1963
Keinosuke Kazama (Company President)
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Movie • 1965
Kyutarō Iwato (President, Iwato Construction)
A Company President's Life Story
Movie • 1966
Kurihara Yaichirō (Sunrise President)
Five Gents on the Spot
Movie • 1966
Yaichiro Kurihara
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Movie • 1967
Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Movie • 1967
Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
Movie • 1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Movie • 1966
Tokunosuke Morita
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Movie • 1963
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Movie • 1967
Hot Spring Ghost
Movie • 1964
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
Movie • 1964
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Movie • 1968
Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Movie • 1968
Keitarō Takayama
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Movie • 1969
Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Movie • 1969
Ōtaka Chōtarō
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Movie • 1970
Saburo Amino
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Movie • 1970
Amino Santarō
Madame Aki
Movie • 1963
Katayuki
Fox and Raccoon
Movie • 1959
Tampei Nukada
Ken
Movie • 1964
Mibu
Going West: to the West
Movie • 1997
Neighbor Osamu
Bringing Up Husbands
Movie • 1959
土曜日の天使
Movie • 1954
Vendetta of Obligation
Movie • 1985
We Will Remember
Movie • 1965
His Highness Surabaya
Movie • 1955
Kyutaro Nagasogabe/Eiji Nagasogabe
Genroku Taiheiki
TV • 1975
Mitsukuni Tokugawa
Sekigahara
TV • 1981
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Byakkotai
TV • 1986
Inoue Okazumi
おれの義姉さん
TV • 1970
森繁久彌の七人の孫
TV • 1987