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.

Known For

Maid (uncredited)

隠し砦の三悪人

Harumi's mother

野良犬

逃亡地帶

Toyo Nakajima

生きものの記録

Osugi

宮本武蔵

Madame Kayama

白痴

Asa, Tomekichi's Wife

どん底

Mitsue Haraguchi

お早よう

Madame Yagihara

わが青春に悔なし

Nan

白魚

Mrs. Hatoko

一等女房と三等亭主

続 へそくり社長

Okuni

或る剣豪の生涯

お祭り半次郎

弥次喜多道中双六

女ごころ誰が知る

社長三代記

偽れる盛装

Ayuta's grandmother

あすなろ物語

東京の休日

Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother

母三人

へそくり社長

地獄花

Noe's aunt

青い眞珠

Third Class Executives

Shinkichi's mother

脱獄

Housewife

生きる

Old Woman at castle

蜘蛛巣城

Grandmother

おかあさん

妻の心

大阪の宿

Ranko

煙突の見える場所

Otane

歌女おぼえ書

Mrs. Hagino

坊っちゃん

螢火

女大学野球狂時代

Mother

お國と五平

コタンの口笛

プーサン

Mrs. Shiokawa

猫と庄造と二人のをんな

夫婦善哉

Teacher

雪国

戦国無頼

黒い河

Osugi

続宮本武蔵　一乗寺の決闘

Kumako Satake

カルメン純情す

気違い部落

鶏はふたゝび鳴く

悪女の季節

Old lady Onodera

南国の肌

野獣死すべし

足にさわった女

夫婦

次郎長三国志　第二部　次郎長初旅

Midwife

東京暮色

正義派

この広い空のどこかに

少年期

Kiyo

路傍の石

Old maid

ロマンス娘

The old wife

吹けよ春風

Otatsu

母と娘

Tomé

天晴れ一番手柄 青春銭形平次

麦笛

若い人

ひまわり娘

悲歌

社長太平記

続・社長三代記

続・社長太平記

Kadowaki Saku

赤線地帯

大番頭小番頭

Tassel

密告者は誰か

女の暦

aunt

かくて自由の鐘はなる

Go Hamako

女性に関する十二章

月給13,000円

ひかげの娘