Hisaya Morishige

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-05-04 (96 years old)

Deathday

2009-11-10

Place of Birth

Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Hisaya Morishige

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...

Acting

1997

Princess Mononoke

as Chief of Affairs (voice)

1961

An Urban Affair

as Kintaro Togura

1982

The Longest Tunnel

as Gensuke Kishida

1994

47 Ronin

as Hyobu Chisaka

1958

1961

The End of Summer

as Isomura Eiichirou

1951

Koibito

as Manager

1969

Travels of Lord Mito

as Kômon Mito

1972

Zatoichi at Large

as Constable Tobei

2004

Shinibana

as Rokusaburō Aoki

1952

Third Class Executives

as Personnel Chief

1964

The Naked Executive

as Kôshirô Hidaka

1984

Sayonara Jupiter

as Earth Federation President

1955

1960

The Masterless 47

as Yoshio Oishi

1976

Two Iida

as Riichiro Sugawa

1981

The Imperial Navy

as Naoki Hongo

1971

1960

This Greedy Old Skin

as Hikohachi Mukoyama

1984

1955

Policeman's Diary

as Patrolman Yoshii

1953

Bot-chan

as Akashatsu

1952

1955

Such is Life

as Danpei

1958

The Tale of the White Serpent

as Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King

1953

Tokyo Profile

as Mr. Maki

1959

Temptation on Glamour Island

as Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa

1973

The Twilight Years

as Shigezo Tachibana

1962

A Country Boss

as Takeo Aihara

1957

Snow Country

as Imura

2001

Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves

as Professor Torino (voice)

1952

1955

Tales of Ginza

as Narrator (voice)

1958

1980

Port Arthur

as Hirobumi Ito

1960

The Angry Sea

as Hikoichi

1960

The Wayside Pebble

as Shogo Aikawa

1962

This Madding Crowd

as Professor

1956

Jacks and Jills

as Morishita

1977

1983

The Yoshida School

as Shigeru Yoshida

1956

The President's Boss

as Zennosuke Tashiro

1956

The President Talks Bank

as Zennosuke Tashiro

1974

Machi no Hi

as Kurita

1958

1965

Five Gents' Trick Book

as Kutaro Iwato

1958

The Child Writers

as Mr. Kawahara

1958

The Third President

as Keitaro Asakawa

1954

Shigemori Goes To Tokyo

as Shigemori Shigeo

1963

1956

1957

1959

New Third-Class Executive

as Shirō Sawamura

1960

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

as Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)

1961

Playboy President

as Misawa Einosuke

1961

1963

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

as Heitarō Dōmoto (President)

1963

Company President Travels Abroad

as Kazama Keinosuke (President)

1963

Company President Travels Abroad Part II

as Keinosuke Kazama (Company President)

1965

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

as Kyutarō Iwato (President, Iwato Construction)

1966

A Company President's Life Story

as Kurihara Yaichirō (Sunrise President)

1966

Five Gents on the Spot

as Yaichiro Kurihara

1967

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

as Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)

1967

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

as Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)

1968

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

as Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)

1968

1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

as Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)

1969

1970

1970

Five Gents and a Kuniang

as Amino Santarō

1963

Yushu Heiya

as Katayuki

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