Hisaya Morishige
- Acting
- May 4, 1913 · Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
- November 10, 2009
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Blooming Again · Rokusaburō Aoki
- 森繁久彌サスペンス 小池真理子の鍵老人
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves · Professor Torino (Voice)
- Going West: to the West · Neighbor Osamu
- Princess Mononoke · Chief of Affairs (Voice)
- Hideyoshi · Title Designer
- 47 Ronin · Hyobu Chisaka
- 遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
- Sea of Wandering
- Goryokaku
- 森繁久彌の七人の孫
- Byakkotai · Inoue Okazumi
- Surgical Designs in Flames
- Vendetta of Obligation
- The 47 Ronin (Part 2): No Return
- The 47 Ronin (Part 1): Indignation
- Kukai
- Sayonara Jupiter · Earth Federation President
- Oddball Nippon
- The Yoshida School · Shigeru Yoshida
- Fiddler on the Roof · Tevye
- The Longest Tunnel · Gensuke Kishida
- The Imperial Navy · Naoki Hongo
- Sekigahara · Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Port Arthur · Hirobumi Ito
- The Rivals
- The Incident · Kiyokawa
- Sugata Sanshiro · Osho
- Two Iida · Riichiro Sugawa
- Genroku Taiheiki · Mitsukuni Tokugawa
- Machi no Hi · Kurita
- The Twilight Years · Shigezo Tachibana
- Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori · Kanazawa
- Theater of Life
- Kigeki: Onna uridashimasu
- Zatoichi at Large · Constable Tobei
- Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu · Kanazawa
- Follow the Girls
- Tora-san's Shattered Romance · 千造
- おれの義姉さん
- Five Gents and a Kuniang · Amino Santarō
- Five Gents Fly to Taiwan · Saburo Amino
- Travels of Lord Mito · Kômon Mito
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II · Ōtaka Chōtarō
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu · Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)
- Volcano of Station Front Plaza
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant · Keitarō Takayama
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune · Morita Tokunosuke
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa · Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)
- A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
- Exploration in Front of the Station
- Five Gents Prefer Geisha · Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
- Campus in Front of a Train Station · 森田徳之助
- Mahjong Madness
- Discover Japan with the 5 Gents · Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
- How to Win a Race
- Look Up, Noble One · Hamaguchi
- Big Wind at the Spa
- Tale of a Carpenter
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga · Tokunosuke Morita
- Five Gents on the Spot · Yaichiro Kurihara
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
- A Company President's Life Story · Kurihara Yaichirō (Sunrise President)
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: University · Morita Tokunosuke
- Retirement of a Train Engineer
- We Will Remember
- Finances in Front of the Train Station
- President's Ninja Trick Book Part II · Kyutarō Iwato (President, Iwato Construction)
- Hospital in Front of the Train Station
- Five Gents' Trick Book · Kutaro Iwato
- Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
- Camellia Gate
- Could I But Live · Director of Infant Care Facility
- Mumu Dance
- Thief on the Run
- The Naked Executive · Kôshirô Hidaka
- Hot Spring Ghost
- Ken · Mibu
- 3 Gents in the Snow Country