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