{{Short description|Japanese actor and comedian (1913–2009)}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Hisaya Morishige | honorific_suffix = [[Junior Third Rank]] | image = Hisaya Morishige 1954 Scan10005 160913.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = {{nobold|森繁 久彌}} | birth_name = | birth_date = May 4, 1913 | birth_place = [[Hirakata, Osaka]], Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|11|10|1913|05|04}} | death_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan | native_name_lang = ja | other_names = Jiji, Jijiya, Zachō, Za, Morishige, Shige-san | occupation = [[Actor]], [[composer]], [[lyricist]], [[announcer]] | years_active = 1936&ndash;2007 | spouse = [[Masuko Morishige]] (m. ?&ndash;1989) | children = [[Tatsuru Morishige]] (b. 1942) [[Izumi Morishige]] (1940&ndash;1999) | partner = | website = }} {{Nihongo|'''Hisaya Morishige'''|森繁 久彌|Morishige Hisaya|May 4, 1913 – November 10, 2009}} was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] actor and [[comedian]]. Born in [[Hirakata, Osaka]], he graduated from [[Kitano Middle School]] (now [[Kitano High School (Osaka Prefecture)|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]].<ref>{{Cite web | last = Gerow | first = Aaron |author-link=Aaron Gerow| title = Morishige Hisaya | work = Tangemania | date = November 11, 2009 | url = http://www.aarongerow.com/news/morishige_hisaya.html | access-date = November 11, 2009}}</ref> 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.

Hisaya Morishige died of natural causes at a hospital in [[Tokyo]] on November 10, 2009, at the age of 96.

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |- | 1947 | ''Joyū'' | | [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]] | |- |rowspan=2|1955 | ''[[Keisatsu Nikki]]'' | Policeman Yoshii | [[Seiji Hisamatsu]] | Lead role |- | ''[[Meoto zenzai]]'' | Ryukichi Koreyasu | [[Shirō Toyoda]] | Lead role |- |rowspan=2| 1956 | ''[[Romantic Daughters]]'' | Morishita | [[Toshio Sugie]] | |- | ''[[A Cat, Shozo, and Two Women]]'' | Shōzō | Shirō Toyoda | |- | 1956–71 | ''Company President series'' (40 films)<ref name=var>{{cite magazine|title=Japanese have corner on series that won't stop|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 21, 1988|page=46|last=Bailey|first=James}}</ref> | The company president | [[Shūe Matsubayashi]] and others | Lead role |- | 1957 | ''[[Snow Country (film)|Snow Country]]'' | Imura | [[Shirō Toyoda]] | |- |rowspan=2| 1958 | ''A Holiday in Tokyo'' | | [[Kajirō Yamamoto]] | |- | ''[[Panda and the Magic Serpent|The Tale of the White Serpent]]'' | All men characters (voice) | Taiji Yabushita | |- | 1958–69 | ''Ekimae series'' (24 films)<ref name=var/> | Tokunosuke Morita and others | [[Kozo Saeki]] and others | Lead role |- | 1961 | ''[[The End of Summer]]'' | Eiichirou Isomura | [[Yasujirō Ozu]] | |- | 1971 | ''[[Tora-san's Shattered Romance]]'' | Senzō | [[Yoji Yamada]] | |- | 1972 | ''[[Zatoichi#The original series of films|Zatoichi at Large]]'' | Tōbei | [[Kazuo Mori]] | |- | 1978 | ''[[The Incident (1978 film)|The Incident]]'' | Tamizō Kiyokawa | [[Yoshitarō Nomura]] | |- | 1980 | ''[[The Battle of Port Arthur]]'' | [[Itō Hirobumi]] | [[Toshio Masuda (director)|Toshio Masuda]] | |- | 1981 | ''[[Imperial Navy (film)|Imperial Navy]]'' | Naoki Hongō | [[Shūe Matsubayashi]] | |- | 1983 | ''Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō'' | [[Shigeru Yoshida]] | Shirō Moritani | Lead role |- | 1984 | ''[[Sayonara Jupiter (film)|Sayonara Jupiter]]'' | Earth Federation President | [[Koji Hashimoto (director)|Koji Hashimoto]]/[[Sakyo Komatsu]] | |- | 1990 | ''[[Ruten no umi]]'' | Kumago Matsuzaka | Buichi Saitō | Lead role |- | 1994 | ''[[47 Ronin (1994 film)|47 Ronin]]'' | [[Chisaka Takafusa]] | [[Kon Ichikawa]] | |- | 1997 | ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' | Okkoto-nushi (voice) | [[Hayao Miyazaki]] | |- | 2001 | ''[[Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves]]'' | Professor Torino (voice) | [[Tsutomu Shibayama]] | Special appearance |- | 2004 | ''[[Blooming Again]]'' | Rokusaburō Aoki | [[Isshin Inudo]] | Special appearance |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Network ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |- |rowspan=2|1975 | ''Genroku Taiheiki'' | [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]] | [[NHK]] | [[Taiga drama]] |- | ''[[Ōoka Echizen]]'' | Dr. Yuzan Mikumo | [[Tokyo Broadcasting System Television|TBS]] | |- | 1975–77 | ''[[Edo o Kiru]]'' | [[Tokugawa Nariaki]] | TBS | Special appearance |- | 1981 | ''Sekigahara'' | [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] | TBS | Lead role, miniseries |- | 1986 | ''Byakkotai'' | Inoue Okazumi | [[Nippon TV|NTV]] | Lead role |- |}

=== Dubbing === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 1986 | ''[[When the Wind Blows (1986 film)|When the Wind Blows]]'' | Jim |- | 1997 | ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' | Opening narrator |}

== Songs == * [[Shiretoko Love Song|Shiretoko Ryojō]], a song about the [[Shiretoko Peninsula]]

== Writings ==

*{{cite book|last=Morishige|first=Hisaya|author-link=Hisaya Morishige|title=Morishige Jiden |trans-title=Autobiography of Morishige|language=ja|publisher=Chuo Koron Shinsha|date=March 2003|isbn=978-4122041844}}

== Honours == *[[Medals of Honor (Japan)|Medal with Purple Ribbon]] (1975) *[[Person of Cultural Merit]] (1984) *[[Order of the Precious Crown|Order of the Precious Crown, 2nd Class, Peony]] (1987) *[[Order of Culture]] (1991) *[[Tokyo|Honorary citizen of Tokyo]] (1997) *[[People's Honour Award]] (2009, Posthumous award) *[[List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles|Junior Third Rank]] (2009, Posthumous award)

== References == <references/>

== External links == {{Commons category|Hisaya Morishige}} * {{IMDb name|0605662}} * {{jmdb person|0199960}}

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