Eiko Miyoshi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 8, 1894
- Died
- July 28, 1963 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japon
Biography
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, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Heinosuke Gosho, Kon Ichikawa, and Shirō Toyoda. She also appeared in many Toho salaryman comedies.
Known For
Filmography
The Prodigal Son
Movie · as His Mother
Good Morning
Movie · as Mitsue Haraguchi
Samurai Saga
Movie · as Okuni
A Whistle in My Heart
Movie
The Beast Shall Die
Movie
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Movie
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Movie
Fox and Raccoon
Movie · as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
Goodbye, Hello
Movie · as Watanabe's mother
The Hidden Fortress
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Movie
Assistant President
Movie
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie
A Boy and Three Mothers
Movie · as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
Firefly Light
Movie
The Days of Evil Women
Movie
The Third President
Movie
Who Is the Informer?
Movie · as Tassel
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Movie
The Naked General
Movie
The Lower Depths
Movie · as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
Blooms of Hell
Movie
Throne of Blood
Movie · as Old Woman at castle
Snow Country
Movie · as Teacher
Black River
Movie · as Procuress
The Unbalanced Wheel
Movie
Tokyo Twilight
Movie · as Midwife
A Case of Honor
Movie
The Shadow Daughter
Movie · as Otsuta
A Town with a Mountain and River
Movie · as Tamako Sugawara
The Oil-Hell Murder
Movie
The Men of Toho-ku
Movie · as old woman
The Chieko Story
Movie · as Kei
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Movie · as Shizu, Heikurō's mother
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
Movie
Turtledove
Movie
The President Talks Bank
Movie
The President's Boss
Movie
A Wife's Heart
Movie
Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
Movie
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Movie · as Mrs. Shiokawa
Jacks and Jills
Movie · as Old maid
Street of Shame
Movie · as Kadowaki Saku
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
Movie · as Tane Grandma
Blue Buds
Movie · as Female teacher
Engagement Ring
Movie · as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Movie
Beyond The Stars
Movie · as Yone
Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
Movie
Achako's Diary: Bride-Catching Test
Movie
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
Movie
I Live in Fear
Movie · as Toyo Nakajima
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Movie · as Ayuta's grandmother
Marital Relations
Movie
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Movie · as Osugi
The Big Ambition
Movie · as Kiyo
Love Never Fails
Movie
The Rookie Managers
Movie
Bride in the Kitchen
Movie
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Movie · as Osugi
An Inn at Osaka
Movie
The Cock Crows Twice
Movie
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Movie
Five Sisters
Movie
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
Movie · as aunt
12 Chapters About Women
Movie · as Go Hamako
A Young Couple Oversleeps
Movie
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
Movie
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
Movie
Escape Zone
Movie
White Fish
Movie · as Nan
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Movie · as Mrs. Hatoko
Omatsuri hanjiro
Movie
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Movie · as Ranko
Bot-chan
Movie · as Mrs. Hagino
Mr. Pu
Movie
Husband and Wife
Movie
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Movie
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Movie · as The old wife
Their Father's Wife
Movie · as Otatsu
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Movie · as Tomé
Sunflower Girl
Movie
Moth Lamp
Movie
Third Class Executives
Movie
Ikiru
Movie · as Housewife
Mother
Movie · as Grandmother
Okuni and Gohei
Movie · as Mother
Sword for Hire
Movie
Carmen's Innocent Love
Movie · as Kumako Satake
The Skin of the South
Movie · as Old lady Onodera
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Movie
Forbidden Path
Movie
The Idiot
Movie · as Madame Kayama
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Movie
Clothes of Deception
Movie
The Blue Pearl
Movie · as Noe's aunt
Boyhood
Movie
Elegy
Movie
Escape from Prison
Movie · as Shinkichi's mother
Stray Dog
Movie · as Harumi's mother
No Regrets for Our Youth
Movie · as Madame Yagihara
Notes of an Itinerant Performer
Movie · as Otane