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.

Cast

Princess Mononoke

Chief of Affairs (voice)

An Urban Affair

The Longest Tunnel

Gensuke Kishida

The End of Summer

Isomura Eiichirou

The Undefeated Woman

新遊侠伝　遊侠往来

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Shimizu Port Salaryman

Travels of Lord Mito

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

Zatoichi at Large

Constable Tobei

Mako Osorubeshi

Rokusaburō Aoki

Third Class Executives

Personnel Chief

The Naked Executive

Kôshirô Hidaka

Flower Shop Curtain

The White Tiger Battalion

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

Sayonara Jupiter

Earth Federation President

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

Marital Relations

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

The Masterless 47

Riichiro Sugawa

Shin kitsune to tanuki

Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori

The Imperial Navy

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

Fiddler on the Roof

Hadaka no Machi

(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

Denkichi Yoshida

This Greedy Old Skin

Hikohachi Mukoyama

3 Gents in the Snow Country

Sea of Wandering

Policeman's Diary

Patrolman Yoshii

Chutaro of Banba

親馬鹿花合戦

Amakara chindōchū

Lil's Return from Shanghai

Called to the Stand

The Tale of the White Serpent

Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King / Narrator (voice)

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

Surgical Designs in Flames

Temptation on Glamour Island

Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa

Life of a Country Doctor

The Twilight Years

Shigezo Tachibana

The Unbalanced Wheel

Snow in the South Seas

Morishige's Honeymoon

Theater Of Life

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

Follow the Girls

Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves

Professor Torino (voice)

Tokyo Sweetheart

The Shop Curtain

Narrator (voice)

The Beauty Expert

The Hotelman's Holiday

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow

Her Captive Gamblers

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

Jirocho, the Hunted

Jirocho's Home-Coming

A Comedy in Front of the Station: University

Morita Tokunosuke

Last of the Wild Ones

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

The Wayside Pebble

Jacks and Jills

This Madding Crowd

Theater of Life

Yasugorō shusse

Sugata Sanshiro

The Yoshida School

Shigeru Yoshida

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

The President's Boss

Zennosuke Tashiro

The President Talks Bank

Zennosuke Tashiro

The Adventures of Kantaro

Assistant President

Hail the 3 Gents

Reijiro Koizumi

Princess Finds Her Prince

Three Generations of Company Presidents

Five Gents' Trick Book

The Child Writers

Could I But Live

Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents

The Third President

Keitaro Asakawa

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

Shigemori Goes To Tokyo

Shigemori Shigeo

Morishige is a Fake Gentleman

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

Morishige, where are you going?

The Preacher of Love

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō

Kigeki: Onna uridashimasu

喜劇各駅停車

Travel Stories of a Company President

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier

遊の人‐天下の御意見番大久保彦左衛門‐

Asu wa Nichiyōbi

Talkative Company President

New Third-Class Executive

Shirō Sawamura

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

Shirō Sawamura

Playboy President

Misawa Einosuke

Playboy President: Part II

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

Heitarō Dōmoto (President)

Company President Travels Abroad

Kazama Keinosuke (President)

Company President Travels Abroad Part II

Keinosuke Kazama (Company President)

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

Kyutarō Iwato (President, Iwato Construction)

A Company President's Life Story

Kurihara Yaichirō (Sunrise President)

Five Gents on the Spot

Yaichiro Kurihara

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga

Tokunosuke Morita

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot

A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station

Hot Spring Ghost

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

Keitarō Takayama

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

Ōtaka Chōtarō

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Fox and Raccoon

Going West: to the West

Bringing Up Husbands

土曜日の天使

Vendetta of Obligation

We Will Remember