Hisaya Morishige
Born in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan — May 04 1913• Died Nov 10 2009
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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…
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Princess Mononoke
Chief of Affairs (voice)
Hideyoshi
Art
Genroku Taiheiki
Mitsukuni Tokugawa
Chûshingura
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves
Professor Torino (voice)
Port Arthur
Hirobumi Ito
Sekigahara
Ieyasu Tokugawa
The Incident
Kiyokawa
Mole Alley
47 Ronin
Hyobu Chisaka
The Imperial Navy
Naoki Hongo
Goryokaku
Byakkotai
Inoue Okazumi
おれの義姉さん
Sea of Wandering
The End of Summer
Isomura Eiichirou
The Longest Tunnel
Gensuke Kishida
Sugata Sanshiro
Osho
Fox and Raccoon
Tampei Nukada
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Kyutarō Iwato (President, Iwato Construction)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Shirō Sawamura
The Yoshida School
Shigeru Yoshida
Nonki saiban
Playboy President: Part II
Eisuke Misawa
Tokyo Sweetheart
Akazawa
Sayonara Jupiter
Earth Federation President
Company President Travels Abroad
Kazama Keinosuke (President)
Policeman's Diary
Patrolman Yoshii
Life of a Country Doctor
Kukai
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
Keinosuke Kazama (Company President)
New Third-Class Executive
Shirō Sawamura
Snow in the South Seas
The Child Writers
Mr. Kawahara
Five Gents on the Spot
Yaichiro Kurihara
The Preacher of Love
The Masterless 47 – Part II
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Shiro Sawamura
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Assistant President
Last of the Wild Ones
The Masterless 47
Yoshio Oishi
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Keitarō Takayama
Ken
Mibu
Follow the Girls
This Greedy Old Skin
Hikohachi Mukoyama
The Naked Executive
Kôshirô Hidaka
Yasugorō shusse
Playboy President
Misawa Einosuke
Temptation on Glamour Island
Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
The Hotelman's Holiday
Jihei Ikuno
Zatoichi at Large
Constable Tobei
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Heitarō Dōmoto (President)
喜劇 各駅停車
The Wayside Pebble
Shogo Aikawa
Snow Country
Imura
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Bengawan Solo
Shin kitsune to tanuki
A Country Boss
Takeo Aihara
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Shozo
Hail the 3 Gents
Reijiro Koizumi
The Rivals
Could I But Live
新遊侠伝
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Senzo
Tokyo Profile
Mr. Maki
House of Many Pleasures
Denkichi Yoshida
Two Iida
Riichiro Sugawa
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)
Tales of Ginza
Narrator (voice)
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Kyusaku Goi
The Third President
Keitaro Asakawa
Pirates
Vendetta of Obligation
Fiddler on the Roof
Tevye
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Morita Tokunosuke
A Company President's Life Story
Kurihara Yaichirō (Sunrise President)
The President's Boss
Zennosuke Tashiro
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Three Generations of Company Presidents
親馬鹿花合戦
Talkative Company President
Osamu Saotome
The President Talks Bank
Zennosuke Tashiro
The White Tiger Battalion
Koi no rantō
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Kintaro
Surgical Designs in Flames
This Madding Crowd
Professor
The Undefeated Woman
Chutaro of Banba
Such is Life
Danpei
Koibito
Manager
Flower Shop Curtain
Shinibana
Rokusaburō Aoki
Travels of Lord Mito
Kômon Mito
Marital Relations
Ryukichi
Theater of Life
Travel Stories of a Company President
We Will Remember
Mount Hakone
Bot-chan
Akashatsu
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Ōtaka Chōtarō
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Toku
森繁久彌の七人の孫
Aces Wild
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Kanazawa
Jacks and Jills
Morishita
Kigeki: Onna uridashimasu
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)
The Twilight Years
Shigezo Tachibana
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Tokunosuke Morita
Hadaka no Machi
3 Gents in the Snow Country
The Maid Story
The Tale of the White Serpent
Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King / Narrator (voice)
Amakara chindōchū
Yoku
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Ichiro Okamura
The Adventures of Kantaro
Kantaro
Machi no Hi
Kurita
The Angry Sea
Hikoichi
Going West: to the West
Neighbor Osamu
Morishige, where are you going?
Shigetaro Mori
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Called to the Stand
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Morishige's Honeymoon
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
Kanazawa
Morishige is a Fake Gentleman
The Shop Curtain
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
Five Gents' Trick Book
Kutaro Iwato
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Amino Santarō
Theater Of Life
土曜日の天使
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Munazuru
An Urban Affair
Kintaro Togura
Princess Finds Her Prince
Madame Aki
Katayuki
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Saburo Amino
Hot Spring Ghost
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
Her Captive Gamblers
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
Shigemori Shigeo
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Third Class Executives
Personnel Chief
The Unbalanced Wheel
Mako Osorubeshi
Jirocho, the Hunted
His Highness Surabaya
Kyutaro Nagasogabe/Eiji Nagasogabe
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Bringing Up Husbands
The Beauty Expert