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