Eiko Miyoshi
Acting
1894-04-08 · Tokyo, Japon
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
The Prodigal Son
1964 · Movie
The Beast Shall Die
1959 · Movie
Good Morning
1959 · Movie
Samurai Saga
1959 · Movie
Fox and Raccoon
1959 · Movie
A Whistle in My Heart
1959 · Movie
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959 · Movie
Goodbye, Hello
1959 · Movie
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959 · Movie
The Hidden Fortress
1958 · Movie
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958 · Movie
The Days of Evil Women
1958 · Movie
Who Is the Informer?
1958 · Movie
The Naked General
1958 · Movie
Holiday in Tokyo
1958 · Movie
Firefly Light
1958 · Movie
The Third President
1958 · Movie
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958 · Movie
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958 · Movie
Assistant President
1958 · Movie
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957 · Movie
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957 · Movie
Black River
1957 · Movie
The Lower Depths
1957 · Movie
The Men of Toho-ku
1957 · Movie
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957 · Movie
The Chieko Story
1957 · Movie
Blooms of Hell
1957 · Movie
The Shadow Daughter
1957 · Movie
Turtledove
1957 · Movie
Tokyo Twilight
1957 · Movie
Snow Country
1957 · Movie
Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957 · Movie
A Case of Honor
1957 · Movie
A Town with a Mountain and River
1957 · Movie
Throne of Blood
1957 · Movie
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956 · Movie
Engagement Ring
1956 · Movie
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 · Movie
Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
1956 · Movie
Jacks and Jills
1956 · Movie
Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
1956 · Movie
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
1956 · Movie
A Wife's Heart
1956 · Movie
Blue Buds
1956 · Movie
The President Talks Bank
1956 · Movie
Street of Shame
1956 · Movie
Beyond The Stars
1956 · Movie
The President's Boss
1956 · Movie
I Live in Fear
1955 · Movie
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955 · Movie
Bride in the Kitchen
1955 · Movie
Marital Relations
1955 · Movie
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 · Movie
The Rookie Managers
1955 · Movie
Love Never Fails
1955 · Movie
The Big Ambition
1955 · Movie
The Cock Crows Twice
1954 · Movie
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954 · Movie
12 Chapters About Women
1954 · Movie
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 · Movie
Five Sisters
1954 · Movie
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954 · Movie
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954 · Movie
An Inn at Osaka
1954 · Movie
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
1954 · Movie
A Young Couple Oversleeps
1954 · Movie
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953 · Movie
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953 · Movie
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
1953 · Movie
White Fish
1953 · Movie
Moth Lamp
1953 · Movie
Bot-chan
1953 · Movie
Their Father's Wife
1953 · Movie
Mr. Pu
1953 · Movie
Sunflower Girl
1953 · Movie
Escape Zone
1953 · Movie
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953 · Movie
Husband and Wife
1953 · Movie
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953 · Movie
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953 · Movie
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952 · Movie
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 · Movie
Ikiru
1952 · Movie
Forbidden Path
1952 · Movie
Mother
1952 · Movie
Third Class Executives
1952 · Movie
Sword for Hire
1952 · Movie
Okuni and Gohei
1952 · Movie
The Skin of the South
1952 · Movie
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951 · Movie
The Blue Pearl
1951 · Movie
The Idiot
1951 · Movie
Boyhood
1951 · Movie
Elegy
1951 · Movie
Clothes of Deception
1951 · Movie
Escape from Prison
1950 · Movie
Stray Dog
1949 · Movie
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 · Movie
Notes of an Itinerant Performer
1941 · Movie