Eiko Miyoshi
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's , Kinoshita Keisuke , Naruse Mikio , Ozu Yasujiro , Mizoguchi Kenji , Gosho Heinosuke , Ichikawa Kon, and Toyoda Shiro . She also appeared in many Toho salaryman comedies.
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Movies (50)
The Beast Shall Die
1959
Good Morning
as Mitsue Haraguchi
1959
Samurai Saga
as Okuni
1959
Fox and Raccoon
as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
1959
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Goodbye, Hello
as Watanabe's mother
1959
The Hidden Fortress
as Maid (uncredited)
1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Who Is the Informer?
as Tassel
1958
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Firefly Light
1958
The Third President
1958
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
1958
Assistant President
1958
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
Black River
1957
The Lower Depths
as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
1957
Jigoku bana
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Snow Country
as Teacher
1957
Tokyo Twilight
as Midwife
1957
A Case of Honor
1957
A Town with a Mountain and River
as Tamako Sugawara
1957
Throne of Blood
as Old Woman at castle
1957
Engagement Ring
as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Mrs. Shiokawa
1956
Jacks and Jills
as Old maid
1956
女大学野球狂時代
1956
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
as Tane Grandma
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
Blue Buds
as Female teacher
1956
The President Talks Bank
1956
Street of Shame
as Kadowaki Saku
1956
The President's Boss
1956
I Live in Fear
as Toyo Nakajima
1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Ayuta's grandmother
1955
Marital Relations
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Osugi
1955
The Rookie Managers
1955
Love Never Fails
1955
The Big Ambition
as Kiyo
1955
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
12 Chapters About Women
as Go Hamako
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Osugi
1954