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