Hisaya Morishige Movies

1961 Japanese movie

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...

A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow,...

Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is taken in by a familiar woman, Oshige, and becomes...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

1962 Japanese movie

Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.

The 21st film in the Ekimae series, commemorating the 35th anniversary of Toho. The film is a loose remake of the first film in the series, Ekimae...

Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.

Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his...

Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

Japanese drama.

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

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