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