
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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The titles people know Hisaya from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

as Rokusaburō Aoki
1 episode
as Professor Torino (voice)

as Neighbor Osamu
as Chief of Affairs (voice)
as Hyobu Chisaka



1 episode

as Inoue Okazumi · 2 episodes







as Kiyokawa

as Osho

as Riichiro Sugawa

as Mitsukuni Tokugawa · 52 episodes

as Kurita

as Shigezo Tachibana

as Kanazawa

as Kômon Mito

as Ōtaka Chōtarō


as Chōtarō Ōtaka (President, Marubō Cosmetics)


as Keitarō Takayama

as Morita Tokunosuke

as Keitaro Takayama (Takayama Trading President)

as Kantaro

as Shirō Sawamura



as Tampei Nukada



as Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa
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