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.
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Full filmography
- Ikiru (1952) as Housewife
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Old Woman at castle
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) as Maid (uncredited)
- Stray Dog (1949) as Harumi's mother
- The Idiot (1951) as Madame Kayama
- Good Morning (1959) as Mitsue Haraguchi
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) as Osugi
- Street of Shame (1956) as Kadowaki Saku
- I Live in Fear (1955) as Toyo Nakajima
- The Lower Depths (1957) as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Midwife
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) as Osugi
- Black River (1957)
- No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) as Madame Yagihara
- A Wife's Heart (1956)
- Sword for Hire (1952)
- The Beast Shall Die (1959)
- Mother (1952) as Grandmother
- Snow Country (1957) as Teacher
- A Whistle in My Heart (1959)
- Forbidden Path (1952)
- Elegy (1951)
- Mr. Pu (1953)
- Husband and Wife (1953)