Hisaya Morishige
Hisaya Morishige was a Japanese actor and comedian. Born in Hirakata, Osaka, he graduated from Kitano Middle 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.
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🎬 Movies
New Third-Class Executive
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1959
The Bell of Love
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1959
Fox and Raccoon
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1959
Flower Shop Curtain
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1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
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1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
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1959
Theater of Life
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1958
Stray Cat
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1958
The Tale of the White Serpent
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1958
The Child Writers
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1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
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1958
The Shop Curtain
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1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
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1958
Assistant President
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1958
The Unbalanced Wheel
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1957
The Beauty Expert
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1957
Hadaka no Machi
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1957
A Tale of Dung and Urine
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1957
Turtledove
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1957
Snow Country
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1957
Ujō
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1957
Jirochō gaiden: Haikagura no Santarō
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1957
Talkative Company President
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1957
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
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1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
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1956
The Fighter in the Ring
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1956
Jacks and Jills
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1956
Three Generations of Company Presidents
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1956
While the Demon Steps Out
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1956
The President Talks Bank
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1956
Called to the Stand
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1956
Morishige's Honeymoon
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1956
All Sold Out
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1956
The President's Boss
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1956
Love at Forty
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1955
Such is Life
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1955
Tales of Ginza
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1955
Marital Relations
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1955
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
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1955
Nonki saiban
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1955
Chutaro of Banba
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1955
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
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1955
Policeman's Diary
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1955
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
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1954
Last of the Wild Ones
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1954
Geisha Konatsu
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1954
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
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1954
Princess Finds Her Prince
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1953
Tokyo Profile
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1953
Jirocho's Home-Coming
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1953
Bot-chan
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1953
Mole Alley
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1953
Yasugorō shusse
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1953
親馬鹿花合戦
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1953
Dekoboko taikōki
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1953
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
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1953
Coward at Ganryu Island
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1952
Zoku santō jūyaku
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1952
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
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1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
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1952
Byakuran kōran
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1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
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1952
Ikinokotta benten-sama
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1952
Pirates
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1951
Koibito
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1951
Amakara chindōchū
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1950