Hisaya Morishige
Acting
🎂 1913-05-04
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 credits(161)
Mitsukuni Tokugawa
1975
Chief of Affairs (voice)
1997
1970
Hyobu Chisaka
1994
Shigeru Yoshida
1983
Inoue Okazumi
1986
Professor Torino (voice)
2001
Isomura Eiichirou
1961
1962
Hirobumi Ito
1980
1953
Naoki Hongo
1981
Imura
1957
Ieyasu Tokugawa
1981
1955
1958
1984
1988
Earth Federation President
1984
1978
1986
1961
1958
1963
1987
Takeo Aihara
1962
1964
Ryukichi
1955
Constable Tobei
1972
Akazawa
1952
Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King
1958
1958
Narrator (voice)
1958
1962
Morishita
1956
1986
1953
1958
1979
1959
1964
1958
1956
Gensuke Kishida
1982
Osho
1977
Senzo
1971
Shozo
1956
Kôshirô Hidaka
1964
Patrolman Yoshii
1955
Mr. Maki
1953
1953
Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa
1959
1951
Jihei Ikuno
1958
1956
Ichiro Okamura
1952
1959
Shigezo Tachibana
1973
Keitaro Asakawa
1958
Professor
1962
Danpei
1955
1961
Kyusaku Goi
1963
1951
1953
1951
1951
Kômon Mito
1969
Shigetaro Mori
1956
Narrator (voice)
1955
Akashatsu
1953
Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)
1960
Shogo Aikawa
1960
1958
Zennosuke Tashiro
1956
1955
Manager
1951
1950
1953
Morita Tokunosuke
1965
Eisuke Misawa
1961
Zennosuke Tashiro
1956
1962
Kurita
1974
Mr. Kawahara
1958
1954
1959
Shirō Sawamura
1960
1965
1955
1971
Kanazawa
1972
Keinosuke Kazama (Company President)
1963
1951
1952
Shirō Sawamura
1959
Kanazawa
1971
Misawa Einosuke
1961
Tokunosuke Morita
1966
Yoshio Oishi
1960
Shigemori Shigeo
1954
1964
Keitarō Takayama
1968
Hikohachi Mukoyama
1960
Ōtaka Chōtarō
1969
Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
1967
1962
1964
Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
1967
Kantaro
1959
1956
1962
Osamu Saotome
1957
Denkichi Yoshida
1955
1961
Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)
1969
Rokusaburō Aoki
2004
1967
1969
1990
1963
Toku
1962
Shiro Sawamura
1960
1962
Heitarō Dōmoto (President)
1963
Riichiro Sugawa
1976
Munazuru
1958
1962
Kintaro
1961
1961
Kurihara Yaichirō (Sunrise President)
1966
Hikoichi
1960
Kintaro Togura
1961
Yaichiro Kurihara
1966
1962
1961
Kazama Keinosuke (President)
1963
1966
1972
1991
1963
Tevye
1983
Kyutarō Iwato (President, Iwato Construction)
1965
1964
Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)
1968
Kutaro Iwato
1965
1972
1960
1962
1957
1953
1957
1954
Personnel Chief
1952
1957
1953
Saburo Amino
1970
1953
Amino Santarō
1970
Katayuki
1963
1953