Eiko Miyoshi
Acting
Born: April 8, 1894 · Tokyo, Japon
Died: July 28, 1963 (aged 69)
Highest Rated
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
1952
Throne of Blood
1957
The Hidden Fortress
1958
Stray Dog
1949
Good Morning
1959
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Street of Shame
1956
The Lower Depths
1957
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
The Idiot
1951
I Live in Fear
1955
Photos (1)
Movies (97)
Ikiru
Housewife
Throne of Blood
Old Woman at castle
The Hidden Fortress
Maid (uncredited)
Stray Dog
Harumi's mother
Good Morning
Mitsue Haraguchi
Tokyo Twilight
Midwife
The Lower Depths
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Osugi
I Live in Fear
Toyo Nakajima
The Idiot
Madame Kayama
No Regrets for Our Youth
Madame Yagihara
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Shizu, Heikurō's mother
Street of Shame
Kadowaki Saku
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Osugi
Goodbye, Hello
Watanabe's mother
Mother
Grandmother
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
The Naked General
1958
Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
1956
Marital Relations
1955
The Men of Toho-ku
old woman
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Samurai Saga
Okuni
The Beast Shall Die
1959
A Wife's Heart
1956
Black River
1957
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
1954
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Husband and Wife
1953
Beyond The Stars
Yone
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Mrs. Hatoko
Fox and Raccoon
Landlady Matsu from Gondola
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Love Never Fails
1955
Their Father's Wife
Otatsu
Engagement Ring
Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
Clothes of Deception
1951
Blue Buds
Female teacher
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Snow Country
Teacher
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
A Boy and Three Mothers
Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
Sword for Hire
1952
An Inn at Osaka
1954
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Mrs. Shiokawa
A Town with a Mountain and River
Tamako Sugawara
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
Firefly Light
1958
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
Okuni and Gohei
Mother
The Third President
1958
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Carmen's Innocent Love
Kumako Satake
Third Class Executives
1952
The Blue Pearl
Noe's aunt
Boyhood
1951
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Ranko
Elegy
1951
Who Is the Informer?
Tassel
Sunflower Girl
1953
Blooms of Hell
1957
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954
Mr. Pu
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The old wife
Escape from Prison
Shinkichi's mother
Moth Lamp
1953
The Rookie Managers
1955
The Shadow Daughter
Otsuta
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
12 Chapters About Women
Go Hamako
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
The President's Boss
1956
The Chieko Story
Kei
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
White Fish
Nan
Turtledove
1957
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
aunt
Escape Zone
1953
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Ayuta's grandmother
The Skin of the South
Old lady Onodera
A Case of Honor
1957
Jacks and Jills
Old maid
Bot-chan
Mrs. Hagino
Forbidden Path
1952
Five Sisters
1954
Notes of an Itinerant Performer
Otane
The President Talks Bank
1956
Assistant President
1958
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Tomé
The Big Ambition
Kiyo
Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
1956
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
Tane Grandma