Eiko Miyoshi
Acting
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
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movieGood Morning
1959
Mitsue Haraguchi
movieFox and Raccoon
1959
Landlady Matsu from Gondola
movieGoodbye, Hello
1959
Watanabe's mother
movieThe Hidden Fortress
1958
Maid (uncredited)
movieA Boy and Three Mothers
1958
Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
movieThe Lower Depths
1957
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
movieThe Men of Toho-ku
1957
old woman
movieSnow Country
1957
Teacher
movieTokyo Twilight
1957
Midwife
movieStory of a Detective's Assistant
1957
Shizu, Heikurō's mother
movieA Town with a Mountain and River
1957
Tamako Sugawara
movieThrone of Blood
1957
Old Woman at castle
movieEngagement Ring
1956
Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
movieShozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
Mrs. Shiokawa
movieJacks and Jills
1956
Old maid
movieFighting Cha Cha Girl
1956
Tane Grandma
movieBlue Buds
1956
Female teacher
movieStreet of Shame
1956
Kadowaki Saku
movieI Live in Fear
1955
Toyo Nakajima
movieTomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
Ayuta's grandmother
movie12 Chapters About Women
1954
Go Hamako
movieFirst-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
Mrs. Hatoko
movieBot-chan
1953
Mrs. Hagino
movieMy Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
The old wife
movieCarmen's Innocent Love
1952
Kumako Satake
movieIkiru
1952
Housewife
movieMother
1952
Grandmother
movieOkuni and Gohei
1952
Mother
movieThe Skin of the South
1952
Old lady Onodera
movieThe Blue Pearl
1951
Noe's aunt
movieThe Idiot
1951
Madame Kayama
movieEscape from Prison
1950
Shinkichi's mother
movieStray Dog
1949
Harumi's mother
movieNo Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Madame Yagihara
