Hisaya Morishige
Japanese actor (1913-2009) · Japan · On the map · Actors · Died at 96
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.
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Shirō Toyoda Directed The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
Junzaburō Ban Also in Profile of a City (1953)
Seiji Hisamatsu Directed Keisatsu Nikki and The Child Writers
Frankie Sakai Also in The Inn in Front of the Train Station (1958)
Chikage Awashima Also in Meoto zenzai and The Unbalanced Wheel
Keiju Kobayashi Also in The End of Summer and Ken
Norihei Miki Also in The President'S Boss (1956)
Daisuke Katō Also in The End of Summer and Snow Country
Nobuko Otowa Also in The Child Writers and The Twilight Years
Yōko Tsukasa Also in The End of Summer and Meoto zenzai
Ikuma Dan Wrote The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
Yuzo Kawashima Directed Mount Hakone (1962)
Kamatari Fujiwara Also in Romantic Daughters (1956)
Bokuzen Hidari Also in The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
Sanezumi Fujimoto Produced The End of Summer (1961)
Kaoru Yachigusa Also in The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
Ryō Ikebe Also in The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
Yūko Mochizuki Also in The End of Summer and The Child Writers
Sadako Sawamura Also in The President'S Boss (1956)
Ichirō Arishima Also in Makeraremasen katsumadewa (1958)
Junko Ikeuchi Also in A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen (1962)
Yasujirō Ozu Directed The End of Summer (1962)
Haruko Sugimura Also in The End of Summer and Keisatsu Nikki
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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.
