Hisaya Morishige — Actor (42)
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Chutaro of Banba (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
番場の忠太郎
director: Nobuo Nakagawa actor: Tomisaburō Wakayama / Yōko Katsuragi …
other title: 番場の忠太郎
Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs afoul of Boss Sukegoro of Iioka. Pursued by vengeance seeking swordsmen, Chutaro displays his phenomenal martial art skills. Abandoned as a child, he seeks to find his long lost mother, while at the same time fighting off numerous attacks by Iioka’s men.
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Policeman's Diary (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
警察日記
director: Seiji Hisamatsu actor: Hisaya Morishige / Yūnosuke Itō …
other title: 警察日記 / Keisatsu Nikki …
Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the officers of this local police station, it‘s part of their daily routine. One day, patrolman Yoshii (Hisaya Morishige) finds an abandoned baby and a six year old girl standing in front of the station. When he's declined by the welfare office, orphanage and local health clinic to take them in, he decides to take care of them himself.
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Life of a Country Doctor (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ふんどし医者
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Takashi Shimura / Hisaya Morishige …
other title: ふんどし医者
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.
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Jirocho, the Hunted (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
次郎長三国志　第六部　旅がらす次郎長一家
director: Masahiro Makino actor: Akio Kobori / Jun Tazaki …
other title: 次郎長三国志　第六部　旅がらす次郎長一家
A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.
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Tokyo Profile (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
都会の横顔
director: Hiroshi Shimizu actor: Ryō Ikebe / Ineko Arima …
other title: Le Profil de la ville / 都会の横顔
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 crowded streets of Ginza.
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47 Ronin (1994) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
四十七人の刺客
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Ken Takakura / Kiichi Nakai …
other title: Les 47 Rōnin / 四十七人の刺客
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
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Theater Of Life (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
人生劇場 青春・愛欲・残侠篇
director: Tai Katō actor: Muga Takewaki / Jirō Tamiya …
other title: 人生劇場 青春・愛欲・残侠篇
Centred on Aonari Hyokichi, a young literary man with aspirations to become a writer, and the surrounding people, including Kira Tsuneo and Tobigashikaku.