Eiko Miyoshi
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Film
Ikiru
Housewife
1952
Film
Throne of Blood
Old Woman at castle
1957
Film
The Hidden Fortress
Maid (uncredited)
1958
Film
Bot-chan
Mrs. Hagino
1953
Film
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Film
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Osugi
1954
Film
Stray Dog
Harumi's mother
1949
Film
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Film
The Naked General
1958
Film
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Film
Good Morning
Mitsue Haraguchi
1959
Film
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Film
The Idiot
Madame Kayama
1951
Film
No Regrets for Our Youth
Madame Yagihara
1946
Film
Tokyo Twilight
Midwife
1957
Film
Street of Shame
Kadowaki Saku
1956
Film
The Lower Depths
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
1957
Film
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Osugi
1955
Film
I Live in Fear
Toyo Nakajima
1955
Film
Marital Relations
1955
Film
The Beast Shall Die
1959
Film
Mother
Grandmother
1952
Film
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
1954
Film
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Film
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954
Film
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Mrs. Shiokawa
1956
Film
Moth Lamp
1953
Film
Samurai Saga
Okuni
1959
Film
The Chieko Story
Kei
1957
Film
Engagement Ring
Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
1956
Film
Five Sisters
1954
Film
A Case of Honor
1957
Film
The Men of Toho-ku
old woman
1957
Film
Notes of an Itinerant Performer
Otane
1941
Film
Turtledove
1957
Film
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
Film
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
Film
Clothes of Deception
1951
Film
Black River
1957
Film
Beyond The Stars
Yone
1956
Film
Okuni and Gohei
Mother
1952
Film
Elegy
1951
A Young Couple Oversleeps
1954
Film
Sword for Hire
1952
Film
Husband and Wife
1953
Film
Assistant President
1958
Film
The Blue Pearl
Noe's aunt
1951
Film
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Ranko
1953
Film
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Shizu, Heikurō's mother
1957
Film
Snow Country
Teacher
1957
Film
Love Never Fails
1955
Film
An Inn at Osaka
1954
Film
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Film
Firefly Light
1958
Film
Boyhood
1951
Bride in the Kitchen
1955
Film
Their Father's Wife
Otatsu
1953
Film
A Wife's Heart
1956
Film
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Film
Carmen's Innocent Love
Kumako Satake
1952
Film
The Skin of the South
Old lady Onodera
1952
Film
Forbidden Path
1952
Film
Mr. Pu
1953
Film
Third Class Executives
1952
Film
Who Is the Informer?
Tassel
1958
Film
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Film
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
Film
Escape from Prison
Shinkichi's mother
1950
Film
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
Film
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
aunt
1954
Film
Fox and Raccoon
Landlady Matsu from Gondola
1959
Film
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Tomé
1953
Film
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
The Prodigal Son
His Mother
1964
Film
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The old wife
1953
Film
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Film
White Fish
Nan
1953
Film
The Third President
1958
Film
The Big Ambition
Kiyo
1955
Film
12 Chapters About Women
Go Hamako
1954
Film
Goodbye, Hello
Watanabe's mother
1959
Film
Blue Buds
Female teacher
1956
Film
Sunflower Girl
1953
Film
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
Film
The President Talks Bank
1956
Film
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
Film
Jigoku bana
1957
Film
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Mrs. Hatoko
1953
Film
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Ayuta's grandmother
1955
Film
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Film
A Town with a Mountain and River
Tamako Sugawara
1957
Film
Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
1956
Film
The President's Boss
1956
Film
Jacks and Jills
Old maid
1956
Film
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
Film
The Rookie Managers
1955
Film
Escape Zone
1953
Film
A Boy and Three Mothers
Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
1958
Film
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
Tane Grandma
1956