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, 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

Throne of Blood

The Hidden Fortress

Stray Dog

Street of Shame

Good Morning

The Lower Depths

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

All Movies (96)

• The Prodigal Son1964 · as His Mother
• The Beast Shall Die1959
• Good Morning1959 · as Mitsue Haraguchi
• Samurai Saga1959 · as Okuni
• Fox and Raccoon1959 · as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
• A Whistle in My Heart1959
• Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II1959
• Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period1959
• Goodbye, Hello1959 · as Watanabe's mother
• The Hidden Fortress1958 · as Maid (uncredited)
• Yajikita dōchū sugoroku1958
• The Days of Evil Women1958
• Who Is the Informer?1958 · as Tassel
• Holiday in Tokyo1958
• Firefly Light1958
• The Third President1958
• Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen1958
• A Boy and Three Mothers1958 · as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
• Assistant President1958
• The Unbalanced Wheel1957
• The Oil-Hell Murder1957
• Black River1957
• The Lower Depths1957 · as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
• The Men of Toho-ku1957 · as old woman
• Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion1957
• The Chieko Story1957 · as Kei
• Jigoku bana1957
• The Shadow Daughter1957
• Turtledove1957
• Snow Country1957 · as Teacher
• Tokyo Twilight1957 · as Midwife
• Story of a Detective's Assistant1957 · as Shizu, Heikurō's mother
• A Case of Honor1957
• A Town with a Mountain and River1957 · as Tamako Sugawara
• Throne of Blood1957 · as Old Woman at castle
• The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji1956
• Engagement Ring1956 · as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
• Shozo, a Cat and Two Women1956 · as Mrs. Shiokawa
• Jacks and Jills1956 · as Old maid
• 女大学野球狂時代1956
• Fighting Cha Cha Girl1956 · as Tane Grandma
• A Wife's Heart1956
• Blue Buds1956 · as Female teacher
• The President Talks Bank1956
• Street of Shame1956 · as Kadowaki Saku
• Beyond The Stars1956 · as Yone
• The President's Boss1956
• I Live in Fear1955 · as Toyo Nakajima
• Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree1955 · as Ayuta's grandmother
• Bride in the Kitchen1955
• Marital Relations1955
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955 · as Osugi
• The Rookie Managers1955
• Love Never Fails1955
• The Big Ambition1955 · as Kiyo
• The Cock Crows Twice1954
• Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky1954
• 12 Chapters About Women1954 · as Go Hamako
• Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto1954 · as Osugi
• Five Sisters1954
• How the Bell of Liberty Rings1954 · as aunt
• An Inn at Osaka1954
• A Young Couple Oversleeps1954
• Omatsuri hanjiro1953
• First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband1953 · as Mrs. Hatoko
• Youth of Heiji Senigata1953 · as Tomé
• White Fish1953 · as Nan
• Moth Lamp1953
• Bot-chan1953 · as Mrs. Hagino
• Their Father's Wife1953 · as Otatsu
• Mr. Pu1953
• Sunflower Girl1953
• Escape Zone1953
• Where Chimneys Are Seen1953 · as Ranko
• Husband and Wife1953
• My Wonderful Yellow Car1953 · as The old wife
• Jirocho Begins His Roving Life1953
• Carmen's Innocent Love1952 · as Kumako Satake
• The Woman Who Touched the Legs1952
• Ikiru1952 · as Housewife
• Forbidden Path1952
• Mother1952 · as Grandmother
• Third Class Executives1952
• Sword for Hire1952
• Okuni and Gohei1952 · as Mother
• The Skin of the South1952 · as Old lady Onodera
• Who Knows a Woman's Heart1951
• The Blue Pearl1951 · as Noe's aunt
• The Idiot1951 · as Madame Kayama
• Boyhood1951
• Elegy1951
• Clothes of Deception1951
• Escape from Prison1950 · as Shinkichi's mother
• Stray Dog1949 · as Harumi's mother
• No Regrets for Our Youth1946 · as Madame Yagihara
• Notes of an Itinerant Performer1941 · as Otane