Eiko Miyoshi
Acting
Born: 1894-04-08 in 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
Ikiru
Housewife
Throne of Blood
Old Woman at castle
The Hidden Fortress
Maid (uncredited)
Tokyo Twilight
Midwife
Third Class Executives
The Unbalanced Wheel
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Osugi
The Idiot
Madame Kayama
Street of Shame
Kadowaki Saku
Goodbye, Hello
Watanabe's mother
12 Chapters About Women
Go Hamako
Good Morning
Mitsue Haraguchi
The Days of Evil Women
The Lower Depths
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Stray Dog
Harumi's mother
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Osugi
Moth Lamp
Bride in the Kitchen
Snow Country
Teacher
The Cock Crows Twice
The Men of Toho-ku
old woman
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Black River
Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
No Regrets for Our Youth
Madame Yagihara
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The old wife
The Oil-Hell Murder
I Live in Fear
Toyo Nakajima
The Naked General
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
Marital Relations
Love Never Fails
A Case of Honor
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Mother
Grandmother
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Husband and Wife
The President Talks Bank
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Shizu, Heikurō's mother