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
- Samurai Saga as Okuni
- A Whistle in My Heart
- Fox and Raccoon as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
- Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
- Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
- Goodbye, Hello as Watanabe's mother
1958
- The Hidden Fortress as Maid (uncredited)
- The Naked General
- The Days of Evil Women
- A Boy and Three Mothers as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
- Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
- Holiday in Tokyo
- Who Is the Informer? as Tassel
- Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
- The Third President
- Firefly Light
- Assistant President
1957
- Throne of Blood as Old Woman at castle
- Tokyo Twilight as Midwife
- The Lower Depths as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
- Black River
- Snow Country as Teacher
- The Unbalanced Wheel
- The Shadow Daughter as Otsuta
- Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
- The Chieko Story as Kei
- A Town with a Mountain and River as Tamako Sugawara
- Story of a Detective's Assistant as Shizu, Heikurō's mother
- A Case of Honor
- Blooms of Hell
- The Oil-Hell Murder
- The Men of Toho-ku as old woman
- Turtledove
1956
- Street of Shame as Kadowaki Saku
- A Wife's Heart
- Beyond The Stars as Yone
- The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
- Shozo, a Cat and Two Women as Mrs. Shiokawa
- The President's Boss
- Engagement Ring as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
- Blue Buds as Female teacher
- Jacks and Jills as Old maid
- Fighting Cha Cha Girl as Tane Grandma
- The President Talks Bank
- Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
- Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
1955
- I Live in Fear as Toyo Nakajima
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Osugi
- Marital Relations
- Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree as Ayuta's grandmother
- Bride in the Kitchen
- The Big Ambition as Kiyo
- The Rookie Managers
- Love Never Fails
1954
1953
- Bot-chan as Mrs. Hagino
- Mr. Pu
- Where Chimneys Are Seen as Ranko
- My Wonderful Yellow Car as The old wife
- Husband and Wife
- Sunflower Girl
- Moth Lamp
- Their Father's Wife as Otatsu
- White Fish as Nan
- Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth as Tomé
- First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband as Mrs. Hatoko
- Escape Zone
- Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
- Omatsuri hanjiro
1952
- Ikiru as Housewife
- Mother as Grandmother
- Sword for Hire
- Carmen's Innocent Love as Kumako Satake
- Third Class Executives
- The Skin of the South as Old lady Onodera
- Forbidden Path
- Okuni and Gohei as Mother
- The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1951
- The Idiot as Madame Kayama
- Who Knows a Woman's Heart
- Boyhood
- Elegy
- The Blue Pearl as Noe's aunt
- Clothes of Deception
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