Hisaya Morishige
Acting
Born 1913-05-04
Died 2009-11-10
Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
197 credits
Golden Arrow Award 1
Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō 1
People's Honour Award 1
Order of Culture 1
Awards
Won 1 Golden Arrow Award Award
Golden Arrow Award 1 won
- — Golden Arrow Award Won
Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō 1 won
- — Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō Won
People's Honour Award 1 won
- 2009 People's Honour Award Won
Order of Culture 1 won
- 1991 Order of Culture Won
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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 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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Filmography
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Acting
36 credits
Princess Mononoke
Hideyoshi
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves
Genroku Taiheiki
The Tale of the White Serpent
Port Arthur
Byakkotai
Sekigahara
The End of Summer
Sayonara Jupiter
The Imperial Navy
47 Ronin
The Angry Sea
Tokyo Profile
Bot-chan
The Incident
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Ken
Tokyo Sweetheart
Marital Relations
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
The Longest Tunnel
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Tales of Ginza
Geisha Konatsu
Sugata Sanshiro
Look Up, Noble One
Zatoichi at Large
Jacks and Jills
Playboy President
The Yoshida School
His Highness Surabaya
Ujō
Going West: to the West
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Other credits
24 credits
Her Captive Gamblers
Life of a Country Doctor
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Jirocho, the Hunted
Hadaka no Machi
The Beauty Expert
Chûshingura
The Unbalanced Wheel
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
おれの義姉さん
森繁久彌の七人の孫
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
Mako Osorubeshi
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
Exploration in Front of the Station
Mole Alley
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Last of the Wild Ones
Kukai
Coward at Ganryu Island
Goryokaku
Nonki saiban
All Sold Out
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