The best Hisaya Morishige’s movies

Hisaya Morishige

Hisaya Morishige

04/05/1913- 10/11/2009
Today we present the best Hisaya Morishige’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Hisaya Morishige’s movies.
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Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke
8.3/10
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves

Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves
6.9/10
After watching a televised showing about supposedly humanoid birds spotted in Africa, Nobita dreams of being able to fly with wings. He builds wooden wings after Doraemon refuses to help him, though he repeatedly fails to fly using them. While helping Shizuka to reclaim her pet canary, they witness a portal opens in the sky and a humanoid bird riding an airplane coming out. He introduces himself as Gusuke, a humanoid bird who lives in "Birdopia". Doraemon, Nobita, and Shizuka help Gusuke fix his airplane, where Nobita becomes fast friends with him. As Gusuke departs to his home, Gian and Suneo catch him and grab his plane. The other three follow them through the porta

47 Ronin

47 Ronin
7.6/10
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.

The Tale of the White Serpent

The Tale of the White Serpent
6.5/10
  • Genre: AnimationFantasy
  • Release: 03/09/1958
  • Character: Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King
As a young boy, Xu-Xian is forced to free his pet, a small snake. Unbeknownst to him, the snake is actually a young snake goddess named Bai-Niang and she is in love with him. Many years later, when they are both adults, the princess is magically transformed into a human and sets out to find her love. But the local wizard believes her to be a vampire, and banishes Xu-Xian from the village in order to save him. Xu-Xian's pet pandas Panda and Mimi set out to save him and bring him, in the process becoming leaders of an animal gang.

The End of Summer

The End of Summer
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/10/1961
  • Character: Isomura Eiichirou
The Kohayakawa family is thrown into distress when childlike father Manbei takes up with his old mistress, in one of Ozu’s most deftly modulated blendings of comedy and tragedy.

Zatoichi at Large

Zatoichi at Large
6.9/10
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.

The Imperial Navy

The Imperial Navy
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 08/08/1981
  • Character: Naoki Hongo
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.

Sayonara Jupiter

Sayonara Jupiter
4.3/10
In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole. Koji Hashimoto's 1983 sci-fi adventure was conceived as a Japanese competitor to the upcoming sequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001, titled 2010, and often mirrors the sequel's plot.

Port Arthur

Port Arthur
6.6/10
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

47 Ronin

47 Ronin
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 22/10/1994
  • Character: Hyobu Chisaka
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.

Policeman's Diary

Policeman's Diary
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/02/1955
  • Character: Patrolman Yoshii
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.

The Twilight Years

The Twilight Years
8.1/10
  • Release: 01/01/1973
  • Character: Shigezo Tachibana
Great story about a woman who looks after her father in law. Takamine Hideko is so beautiful and powerful in this role!

Zoku: President Taiheiki

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

President Ninpocho

President Ninpocho
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/01/1965
  • Character: Kutaro Iwato
The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/04/1962

The Longest Tunnel

The Longest Tunnel
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/10/1982
  • Character: Gensuke Kishida
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 project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.

Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō

Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō
7.4/10
  • Release: 09/04/1983
In collaboration with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.

The Hotelman's Holiday

The Hotelman's Holiday
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/07/1958
  • Character: Jihei Ikuno
A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.

Snow Country

Snow Country
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/04/1957
  • Character: Imura
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?

The Unbalanced Wheel

The Unbalanced Wheel
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/07/1957
A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

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