Hisaya Morishige

Known for ActingBorn 1913-05-04Died 2009-11-10Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Surgical Designs in Flames

The Longest Tunnel

Sugata Sanshiro

Theater Of Life

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

Five Gents' Trick Book

We Will Remember

3 Gents in the Snow Country

Hot Spring Ghost

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady

The Maid Story

Hideyoshi

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

Playboy President

The Masterless 47

This Greedy Old Skin

Flower Shop Curtain

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

Theater of Life

Assistant President

The Third President

Such is Life

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday

Bot-chan

Jirocho's Home-Coming

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

Yasugorō shusse

Pirates

Kukai

Sea of ​​Wandering

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

The Naked Executive

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Snow in the South Seas

The Masterless 47 – Part II

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II

Fox and Raccoon

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

The Hotelman's Holiday

Talkative Company President

House of Many Pleasures

Sea of Wandering