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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as Rokusaburō Aoki
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as Professor Torino (voice)
1997
as Chief of Affairs (voice)
1994
as Hyobu Chisaka
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as Inoue Okazumi
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as Earth Federation President
1983
as Shigeru Yoshida
1983
as Tevye
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as Gensuke Kishida
1981
as Naoki Hongo
1981
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
1980
as Hirobumi Ito
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as Osho
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as Riichiro Sugawa
1975
as Mitsukuni Tokugawa
1974
as Kurita
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as Shigezo Tachibana
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as Kanazawa
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as Constable Tobei
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as Kanazawa
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as Senzo
1969
as Kômon Mito
1965
as Morita Tokunosuke
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as Kutaro Iwato
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as Kôshirô Hidaka
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as Kyusaku Goi
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as Toku
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as Professor
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as Takeo Aihara
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as Kintaro
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as Isomura Eiichirou
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as Kintaro Togura
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as Shogo Aikawa
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as Yoshio Oishi
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as Hikoichi
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as Hikohachi Mukoyama
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as Kantaro
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as Navy Captain Prince Tamehisa
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as Munazuru
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as Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King
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as Narrator (voice)
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as Mr. Kawahara
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as Jihei Ikuno
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as Keitaro Asakawa
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as Imura
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as Shozo
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as Morishita
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as Shigetaro Mori
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as Zennosuke Tashiro
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as Zennosuke Tashiro
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as Danpei
1955
as Narrator (voice)
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as Ryukichi
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as Denkichi Yoshida
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as Patrolman Yoshii
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as Shigemori Shigeo
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as Mr. Maki
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as Akashatsu
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as Akazawa
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as Personnel Chief
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as Ichiro Okamura
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as Manager
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