Hisaya Morishige Movies

After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this...

The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their...

After the death of a man in their nursing home, a group of residents find his notebook titled "Shinibana" containing a plan to tunnel into and steal...

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going...

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

1962 Japanese movie

In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals,...

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

The third instalment in the Shacho Series.

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

#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to...

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of...

A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.