Eiko Miyoshi
Born: 1894-04-08 in Tokyo, Japon
Died: 1963-07-28
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1964
- The Prodigal Son as His Mother
1959
- Good Morning as Mitsue Haraguchi
- The Beast Shall Die
- A Whistle in My Heart
- Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
- Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
- Fox and Raccoon as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
- Goodbye, Hello as Watanabe's mother
- Samurai Saga as Okuni
1958
- The Hidden Fortress as Maid (uncredited)
- The Days of Evil Women
- Who Is the Informer? as Tassel
- Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
- Holiday in Tokyo
- Firefly Light
- A Boy and Three Mothers as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
- Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
- The Third President
- Assistant President
1957
- Throne of Blood as Old Woman at castle
- The Lower Depths as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
- Tokyo Twilight as Midwife
- Snow Country as Teacher
- Black River
- The Unbalanced Wheel
- Story of a Detective's Assistant as Shizu, Heikurō's mother
- Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
- Jigoku bana
- The Chieko Story as Kei
- Turtledove
- The Men of Toho-ku as old woman
- A Town with a Mountain and River as Tamako Sugawara
- A Case of Honor
- The Oil-Hell Murder
- The Shadow Daughter
1956
- Street of Shame as Kadowaki Saku
- Engagement Ring as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
- A Wife's Heart
- Beyond The Stars as Yone
- The President Talks Bank
- Shozo, a Cat and Two Women as Mrs. Shiokawa
- The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
- Jacks and Jills as Old maid
- The President's Boss
- Fighting Cha Cha Girl as Tane Grandma
- 女大学野球狂時代
- Blue Buds as Female teacher
1955
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Osugi
- I Live in Fear as Toyo Nakajima
- Marital Relations
- Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree as Ayuta's grandmother
- The Rookie Managers
- Bride in the Kitchen
- The Big Ambition as Kiyo
- Love Never Fails
1954
1953
- Moth Lamp
- Mr. Pu
- Where Chimneys Are Seen as Ranko
- My Wonderful Yellow Car as The old wife
- Youth of Heiji Senigata as Tomé
- Bot-chan as Mrs. Hagino
- Sunflower Girl
- Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
- White Fish as Nan
- Husband and Wife
- Escape Zone
- Omatsuri hanjiro
- First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband as Mrs. Hatoko
- Their Father's Wife as Otatsu
1952
- Ikiru as Housewife
- Mother as Grandmother
- The Woman Who Touched the Legs
- Sword for Hire
- Carmen's Innocent Love as Kumako Satake
- Forbidden Path
- The Skin of the South as Old lady Onodera
- Okuni and Gohei as Mother
- Third Class Executives
1951
- The Idiot as Madame Kayama
- Who Knows a Woman's Heart
- The Blue Pearl as Noe's aunt
- Elegy
- Clothes of Deception
- Boyhood
1950
- Escape from Prison as Shinkichi's mother
1949
- Stray Dog as Harumi's mother
1946
- No Regrets for Our Youth as Madame Yagihara
1941
- Notes of an Itinerant Performer as Otane