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Japanese actor and comedian (1913–2009)

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Hisaya Morishige Junior Third Rank 森繁 久彌 Born May 4, 1913 Hirakata, Osaka, Japan Died November 10, 2009(2009-11-10) (aged 96) Tokyo, Japan Other names Jiji, Jijiya, Zachō, Za, Morishige, Shige-san Occupations Actor, composer, lyricist, announcer Years active 1936–2007 Spouse Masuko Morishige (m. ?–1989) Children Tatsuru Morishige (b. 1942) Izumi Morishige (1940–1999)

**Hisaya Morishige** (森繁 久彌, *Morishige Hisaya*; May 4, 1913 – November 10, 2009) was a [Japanese](/source/Japanese_people) actor and [comedian](/source/Comedian). Born in [Hirakata, Osaka](/source/Hirakata%2C_Osaka), he graduated from [Kitano Middle School](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kitano_Middle_School&action=edit&redlink=1) (now [Kitano High School](/source/Kitano_High_School_(Osaka_Prefecture))), and attended [Waseda University](/source/Waseda_University). He began his career as a stage actor, then became an announcer for [NHK](/source/NHK), working in [Manchukuo](/source/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](/source/Toho). He appeared in nearly 250 films, both contemporary and *[jidaigeki](/source/Jidaigeki)*. He was also famous on stage playing Tevye in the Japanese version of [Fiddler on the Roof](/source/Fiddler_on_the_Roof).[1] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan_Actors_Union&action=edit&redlink=1). Among many honors, Morishige received the [Order of Culture](/source/Order_of_Culture) from the [Emperor of Japan](/source/Emperor_of_Japan) in 1991.

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

## Filmography

### Film

Year Title Role Director Notes 1947 Joyū Teinosuke Kinugasa 1955 Keisatsu Nikki Policeman Yoshii Seiji Hisamatsu Lead role Meoto zenzai Ryukichi Koreyasu Shirō Toyoda Lead role 1956 Romantic Daughters Morishita Toshio Sugie A Cat, Shozo, and Two Women Shōzō Shirō Toyoda 1956–71 Company President series (40 films)[2] The company president Shūe Matsubayashi and others Lead role 1957 Snow Country Imura Shirō Toyoda 1958 A Holiday in Tokyo Kajirō Yamamoto The Tale of the White Serpent All men characters (voice) Taiji Yabushita 1958–69 Ekimae series (24 films)[2] 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 at Large Tōbei Kazuo Mori 1978 The Incident Tamizō Kiyokawa Yoshitarō Nomura 1980 The Battle of Port Arthur Itō Hirobumi Toshio Masuda 1981 Imperial Navy Naoki Hongō Shūe Matsubayashi 1983 Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō Shigeru Yoshida Shirō Moritani Lead role 1984 Sayonara Jupiter Earth Federation President Koji Hashimoto/Sakyo Komatsu 1990 Ruten no umi Kumago Matsuzaka Buichi Saitō Lead role 1994 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

Year Title Role Network Notes 1975 Genroku Taiheiki Tokugawa Mitsukuni NHK Taiga drama Ōoka Echizen Dr. Yuzan Mikumo TBS 1975–77 Edo o Kiru Tokugawa Nariaki TBS Special appearance 1981 Sekigahara Tokugawa Ieyasu TBS Lead role, miniseries 1986 Byakkotai Inoue Okazumi NTV Lead role

### Dubbing

Year Title Role 1986 When the Wind Blows Jim 1997 Hercules Opening narrator

## Songs

- [Shiretoko Ryojō](/source/Shiretoko_Love_Song), a song about the [Shiretoko Peninsula](/source/Shiretoko_Peninsula)

## Writings

- Morishige, Hisaya (March 2003). *Morishige Jiden* [*Autobiography of Morishige*] (in Japanese). Chuo Koron Shinsha. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4122041844](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4122041844).

## Honours

- [Medal with Purple Ribbon](/source/Medals_of_Honor_(Japan)) (1975)

- [Person of Cultural Merit](/source/Person_of_Cultural_Merit) (1984)

- [Order of the Precious Crown, 2nd Class, Peony](/source/Order_of_the_Precious_Crown) (1987)

- [Order of Culture](/source/Order_of_Culture) (1991)

- [Honorary citizen of Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) (1997)

- [People's Honour Award](/source/People's_Honour_Award) (2009, Posthumous award)

- [Junior Third Rank](/source/List_of_Japanese_court_ranks%2C_positions_and_hereditary_titles) (2009, Posthumous award)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Gerow, Aaron](/source/Aaron_Gerow) (November 11, 2009). ["Morishige Hisaya"](http://www.aarongerow.com/news/morishige_hisaya.html). *Tangemania*. Retrieved November 11, 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-var_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-var_2-1) Bailey, James (December 21, 1988). "Japanese have corner on series that won't stop". *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*. p. 46.

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Awards for Hisaya Morishige v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor So Yamamura (1950) Toshiro Mifune (1951) Hisaya Morishige (1955) Keiji Sada (1956) Frankie Sakai (1957) Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1958) Hiroyuki Nagato (1959) Rentarō Mikuni (1960) Toshiro Mifune (1961) Tatsuya Nakadai (1962) Nakamura Kinnosuke (1963) Keiju Kobayashi (1964) Toshiro Mifune (1965) Hajime Hana (1966) Bunta Sugawara (1975) Tetsuya Watari (1976) Ken Takakura (1977) Ken Ogata (1978) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979) Tatsuya Nakadai (1980) Toshiyuki Nagashima (1981) Kiyoshi Atsumi (1982) Ken Ogata (1983) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984) Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985) Kunie Tanaka (1986) Takanori Jinnai (1987) Hajime Hana (1988) Rentarō Mikuni (1989) Yoshio Harada (1990) Naoto Takenaka (1991) Masahiro Motoki (1992) Hiroyuki Sanada (1993) Eiji Okuda (1994) Hiroyuki Sanada (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Koji Yakusho (1997) Takeshi Kitano (1998) Ken Takakura (1999) Yūji Oda (2000) Mansai Nomura (2001) Kōichi Satō (2002) Toshiyuki Nishida (2003) Akira Terao (2004) Hiroyuki Sanada (2005) Ken Watanabe (2006) Ryo Kase (2007) Masahiro Motoki (2008) Shōfukutei Tsurube II (2009) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2010) Yutaka Takenouchi (2011) Hiroshi Abe (2012) Kengo Kora (2013) Tadanobu Asano (2014) Yo Oizumi (2015) Kenichi Matsuyama (2016) Sadao Abe (2017) Hiroshi Tachi (2018) Kiichi Nakai (2019) Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (2020) Junichi Okada (2021) Kazunari Ninomiya (2022) Ryunosuke Kamiki (2023) Makiya Yamaguchi (2024) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2025) v t e Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor Masayuki Mori (1947) Chishū Ryū (1948) Takashi Shimura (1949) Shin Saburi (1950) Chishū Ryū (1951) Shin Saburi (1952) Ken Uehara (1953) So Yamamura (1954) Hisaya Morishige (1955) Keiji Sada (1956) Toshiro Mifune (1957) Keiju Kobayashi (1958) Eiji Funakoshi (1959) Keiju Kobayashi (1960) Tatsuya Nakadai (1961) Taiji Tonoyama (1962) Keiju Kobayashi (1963) Kō Nishimura (1964) Rentarō Mikuni (1965) Shoichi Ozawa (1966) Kunie Tanaka (1967) Minori Terada (1968) Kiyoshi Atsumi (1969) Hisashi Igawa (1970) Shintaro Katsu (1971) Takeo Chii (1972) Tetsurō Tamba (1973) Rentarō Mikuni (1974) Shin Saburi (1975) Tetsuya Watari (1976) Ken Takakura (1977) Ken Ogata (1978) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979) Tatsuya Nakadai (1980) Takahiro Tamura (1981) Kō Nishimura (1982) Ken Ogata (1983) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984) Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985) Eiji Okuda (1986) Masahiko Tsugawa (1987) Hajime Hana (1988) Rentarō Mikuni (1989) Masato Furuoya (1990) Masatoshi Nagase (1991) Kyōzō Nagatsuka (1992) Gorō Kishitani (1993) Eiji Okuda (1994) Koji Yakusho (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Yoshio Harada (1997) Masahiro Motoki (1998) Keiju Kobayashi (1999) Tadanobu Asano (2000) Tatsuya Mihashi (2001) Hiroyuki Sanada (2002) Toshiyuki Nishida (2003) Takeshi Kitano (2004) Tadanobu Asano (2005) Kōichi Satō (2006) Taichi Kokubun (2007) Hiroshi Abe (2008) Kenichi Matsuyama (2009) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2010) Mirai Moriyama (2011) Isao Natsuyagi (2012) Ryuhei Matsuda (2013) Go Ayano (2014) Shinya Tsukamoto (2015) Masahiro Motoki (2016) Masaki Suda (2017) Tasuku Emoto (2018) Ryo Narita (2019) Mirai Moriyama (2020) Takeru Satoh (2021) Kenji Sawada (2022) Ryohei Suzuki (2023)

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