Hisaya Morishige Movies

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the...

Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacuation. The film is based on the novel...

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

1962 Japanese movie

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko...

The fifth entry in the Company President Series

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

In this outing, Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a...

7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.

After years of living a comfortable existence as a housewife, Aki starts to suspect that her husband is hiding something.

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

Ensemble comedy.

Three wives launch a sex strike to put their domineering husbands in their place!

World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management,...