Princess Mononoke
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the...
Acting
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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Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the...
Doraemon and his friends have to rescue the people of Birdopia from the wrongdoing of vengeful former bird troo...
Blockbuster drama based on the novel Sekigahara by Ryotaro Shiba, a program dedicated to the 30th anniversary o...
Byakkotai was part of Aizu's four-unit military, set up in the domain's drive to finalize its military moderniz...
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship...
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to av...
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the wo...
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit...
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health afte...
In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of t...
After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of t...
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he de...
As a young boy, Xu-Xian is forced to free his pet, a small snake. Unbeknownst to him, the snake is actually a y...
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined...
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with...
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days...
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the revers...
Sixth entry in the Company President Series.
A lighthearted satire of Japan’s postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman’s Register blends farce, roma...
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his em...
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affa...
Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endu...
Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a p...
A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all...
After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the...
Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacu...
Part one of The Masterless 47.
A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sa...
Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tom...
Iwato Construction secures a major project in Hokkaido and promotes a key employee, but chaos follows—personal...