Hisaya Morishige
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: May 4, 1913
Place of Birth: Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Bot-chan
1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Theater Of Life
Centred on Aonari Hyokichi, a young literary man with aspirations to become a writer, and the surrounding people, including Kira Tsuneo and Tobigashikaku.
Kukai
The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined influence to establish the Shingon school during the Heian period in early 9th Century AD.
Princess Mononoke
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
Ken
Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a point of obsession with the simplicity and beauty of the sword arts. Kagawa, a promising but arrogant kendo student, is attracted to Kokubu's devout leadership but kept at a distance by his standoffish nature. With the national championships fast approaching, the pair clash as Kokubu drives his students with increasingly rigorous training and Kagawa tests Kokubu's grip on the class.
Tokyo Sweetheart
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.
47 Ronin
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
The End of Summer
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Port Arthur
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves
Doraemon and his friends have to rescue the people of Birdopia from the wrongdoing of vengeful former bird troopers before they unleash a wicked ancient dragon.
Filmography
as Rokusaburō Aoki
as Professor Torino (voice)
as Neighbor Osamu
as Chief of Affairs (voice)
as Hyobu Chisaka
as Inoue Okazumi
as Earth Federation President
as Shigeru Yoshida
as Gensuke Kishida
as Naoki Hongo
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
as Hirobumi Ito
as Kiyokawa
as Riichiro Sugawa
as Mitsukuni Tokugawa
as Kurita
as Shigezo Tachibana
as Kanazawa
as Constable Tobei
as Kanazawa
as Senzo
as Amino Santarō
as Saburo Amino
as Kômon Mito
as Ōtaka Chōtarō
as Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)
as Keitarō Takayama
as Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)
as Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
as Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism)
as Tokunosuke Morita
as Yaichiro Kurihara
as Kurihara Yaichirō (Sunrise President)
as Morita Tokunosuke
as Kyutarō Iwato (President, Iwato Construction)
as Kutaro Iwato
as Kôshirô Hidaka
as Mibu
as Reijiro Koizumi
as Keinosuke Kazama (Company President)
as Kazama Keinosuke (President)
as Kyusaku Goi
as Heitarō Dōmoto (President)
as Katayuki
as Professor
as Takeo Aihara
as Isomura Eiichirou
as Kintaro Togura
as Eisuke Misawa
as Misawa Einosuke
as Shogo Aikawa
as Yoshio Oishi
as Hikoichi
as Hikohachi Mukoyama
as Shirō Sawamura
as Shiro Sawamura
as Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)
as Kantaro
as Shirō Sawamura
as Tampei Nukada
as Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa
as Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King / Narrator (voice)
as Mr. Kawahara
as Jihei Ikuno
as Keitaro Asakawa
as Imura
as Osamu Saotome
as Shozo
as Morishita
as Shigetaro Mori
as Zennosuke Tashiro
as Zennosuke Tashiro
as Narrator (voice)
as Ryukichi
as Denkichi Yoshida
as Patrolman Yoshii
as Shigemori Shigeo
as Mr. Maki
as Akashatsu
as Akazawa
as Personnel Chief
as Manager