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.
178 acting credits
Acting · 178
Princess Mononoke
1997
Genroku Taiheiki
1975
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves
2001
Sekigahara
1981
Byakkotai
1986
The Imperial Navy
1981
Chûshingura
1962
おれの義姉さん
1970
Port Arthur
1980
47 Ronin
1994
The End of Summer
1961
Sayonara Jupiter
1984
Goryokaku
1988
Zatoichi at Large
1972
The Tale of the White Serpent
1958
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Snow Country
1957
The Incident
1978
The Yoshida School
1983
森繁久彌の七人の孫
1987
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Marital Relations
1955
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Ken
1964
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
The Longest Tunnel
1982
Sea of Wandering
1990
The Masterless 47
1960
A Company President's Life Story
1966
Chutaro of Banba
1955
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
Playboy President: Part II
1961
The Maid Story
1963
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
The President's Boss
1956
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
The Naked Executive
1964
Surgical Designs in Flames
1986
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
Travels of Lord Mito
1969
Kukai
1984
Mole Alley
1953
A Country Boss
1962
Aces Wild
1961
Theater of Life
1958
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
Jacks and Jills
1956
Tales of Ginza
1955
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
New Third-Class Executive
1959
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Talkative Company President
1957
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
The Preacher of Love
1961
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
Playboy President
1961
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
The President Talks Bank
1956
House of Many Pleasures
1955
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952
Follow the Girls
1971
Could I But Live
1964
Bengawan Solo
1951
Nonki saiban
1955
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
Company President Travels Abroad
1963
This Madding Crowd
1962
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Pirates
1951
Assistant President
1958
Amakara chindōchū
1950
Tokyo Profile
1953
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
1963
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
Machi no Hi
1974
Yasugorō shusse
1953
The Third President
1958
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1969
新遊侠伝
1951
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959
Policeman's Diary
1955
Two Iida
1976
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
Such is Life
1955
Fox and Raccoon
1959
The Undefeated Woman
1958
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
親馬鹿花合戦
1953
Vendetta of Obligation
1985
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
The Child Writers
1958
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Shinibana
2004
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
The Twilight Years
1973
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954
The Shop Curtain
1958
Bot-chan
1953
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
Theater Of Life
1972
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
The White Tiger Battalion
1986
喜劇 各駅停車
1965
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
1955
Yoku
1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Called to the Stand
1956
The Rivals
1979
Koibito
1951
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
An Urban Affair
1961
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
Morishige's Honeymoon
1956
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
The Wayside Pebble
1960
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972
Fiddler on the Roof
1983
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
1964
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
1951
Koi no rantō
1951
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Madame Aki
1963
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Kigeki: Onna uridashimasu
1972
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
1966
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
Third Class Executives
1952
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
Going West: to the West
1997
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
The Angry Sea
1960
Mount Hakone
1962
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
We Will Remember
1965
土曜日の天使
1954
Mako Osorubeshi
1954
The Beauty Expert
1957
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Ujō
1957
His Highness Surabaya
1955
Oddball Nippon
1983
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1991
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Look Up, Noble One
1966
Geisha Konatsu
1954
All Sold Out
1956
Jirochō gaiden: Haikagura no Santarō
1957
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
1955