Eiko Miyoshi
Born
April 8, 1894
Died
July 28, 1963 (69 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Eiko Miyoshi ( April 8, 1894 – July 28, 1963 ) was a Japanese actress. She was born in Tokyo . Her husband was the film producer Nobuyoshi Morita . She appeared in many Toho films, including those directed by Akira Kurosawa . Her birth name was Haru Miyata, and her real name after marriage was Haru Morita.
After the Second World War , she entered the film industry at the request of director Akira Kurosawa . In 1946 , at the age of 52, she made her first film appearance in Kurosawa's first postwar film, No Regrets for My Youth. From then on, through the 1950s, she was cast in a succession of films by Japan's leading directors, including Kurosawa's , Kinoshita Keisuke , Naruse Mikio , Ozu Yasujiro , Mizoguchi Kenji , Gosho Heinosuke , Ichikawa Kon, and Toyoda Shiro . She also appeared in many Toho salaryman comedies.
The Beast Shall Die
1959
Good Morning
Mitsue Haraguchi
1959
Samurai Saga
Okuni
1959
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
The Hidden Fortress
Maid (uncredited)
1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Who Is the Informer?
Tassel
1958
A Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Firefly Light
1958
The Third President
1958
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
1958
Assistant President
1958
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Black River
1957
The Lower Depths
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
1957
Jigoku bana
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Snow Country
Teacher
1957
Tokyo Twilight
Midwife
1957
A Case of Honor
1957
Throne of Blood
Old Woman at castle
1957
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Mrs. Shiokawa
1956
Jacks and Jills
Old maid
1956
女大学野球狂時代
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
The President Talks Bank
1956
Street of Shame
Kadowaki Saku
1956
The President's Boss
1956
I Live in Fear
Toyo Nakajima
1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Ayuta's grandmother
1955
Marital Relations
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Osugi
1955
The Rookie Managers
1955
Love Never Fails
1955
The Big Ambition
Kiyo
1955
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
12 Chapters About Women
Go Hamako
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Osugi
1954
Five Sisters
1954
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
aunt
1954
An Inn at Osaka
1954
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Mrs. Hatoko
1953
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Tomé
1953
White Fish
Nan
1953
Bot-chan
Mrs. Hagino
1953
Their Father's Wife
Otatsu
1953
Mr. Pu
1953
Sunflower Girl
1953
Escape Zone
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Ranko
1953
Husband and Wife
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The old wife
1953
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
Carmen's Innocent Love
Kumako Satake
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
Ikiru
Housewife
1952
Forbidden Path
1952
Mother
Grandmother
1952
Third Class Executives
1952
Sword for Hire
1952
Okuni and Gohei
Mother
1952
The Skin of the South
Old lady Onodera
1952
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
The Blue Pearl
Noe's aunt
1951
The Idiot
Madame Kayama
1951
Boyhood
1951
Elegy
1951
Clothes of Deception
1951
Escape from Prison
Shinkichi's mother
1950
Stray Dog
Harumi's mother
1949
No Regrets for Our Youth
Madame Yagihara
1946
Notes of an Itinerant Performer
Otane
1941