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