Eiko Miyoshi
April 8, 1894 (132 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1964 · The Prodigal Son as His Mother
- 1959 · The Beast Shall Die as
- 1959 · Good Morning as Mitsue Haraguchi
- 1959 · Samurai Saga as Okuni
- 1959 · Fox and Raccoon as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
- 1959 · A Whistle in My Heart as
- 1959 · Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II as
- 1959 · Goodbye, Hello as Watanabe's mother
- 1959 · Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period as
- 1958 · The Hidden Fortress as Maid (uncredited)
- 1958 · Yajikita dōchū sugoroku as
- 1958 · The Days of Evil Women as
- 1958 · Who Is the Informer? as Tassel
- 1958 · Holiday in Tokyo as
- 1958 · Firefly Light as
- 1958 · The Third President as
- 1958 · Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen as
- 1958 · A Boy and Three Mothers as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
- 1958 · Assistant President as
- 1957 · The Unbalanced Wheel as
- 1957 · The Oil-Hell Murder as
- 1957 · Black River as
- 1957 · The Lower Depths as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
- 1957 · The Men of Toho-ku as old woman
- 1957 · Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion as
- 1957 · The Chieko Story as Kei
- 1957 · Jigoku bana as
- 1957 · The Shadow Daughter as
- 1957 · Tokyo Twilight as Midwife
- 1957 · Snow Country as Teacher
- 1957 · Story of a Detective's Assistant as Shizu, Heikurō's mother
- 1957 · A Case of Honor as
- 1957 · A Town with a Mountain and River as Tamako Sugawara
- 1957 · Throne of Blood as Old Woman at castle
- 1956 · The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji as
- 1956 · Engagement Ring as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
- 1956 · Shozo, a Cat and Two Women as Mrs. Shiokawa
- 1956 · Jacks and Jills as Old maid
- 1956 · 女大学野球狂時代 as
- 1956 · Fighting Cha Cha Girl as Tane Grandma
- 1956 · A Wife's Heart as
- 1956 · Blue Buds as Female teacher
- 1956 · The President Talks Bank as
- 1956 · Street of Shame as Kadowaki Saku
- 1956 · The President's Boss as
- 1955 · I Live in Fear as Toyo Nakajima
- 1955 · Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree as Ayuta's grandmother
- 1955 · Bride in the Kitchen as
- 1955 · Marital Relations as
- 1955 · Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Osugi
- 1955 · The Rookie Managers as
- 1955 · Love Never Fails as
- 1955 · The Big Ambition as Kiyo
- 1954 · The Cock Crows Twice as
- 1954 · 12 Chapters About Women as Go Hamako
- 1954 · Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky as
- 1954 · Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Osugi
- 1954 · Five Sisters as
- 1954 · How the Bell of Liberty Rings as aunt
- 1954 · An Inn at Osaka as
- 1954 · A Young Couple Oversleeps as
- 1953 · Omatsuri hanjiro as
- 1953 · First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband as Mrs. Hatoko
- 1953 · Youth of Heiji Senigata as Tomé
- 1953 · White Fish as Nan
- 1953 · Moth Lamp as
- 1953 · Bot-chan as Mrs. Hagino
- 1953 · Their Father's Wife as Otatsu
- 1953 · Mr. Pu as
- 1953 · Sunflower Girl as
- 1953 · Escape Zone as
- 1953 · Where Chimneys Are Seen as Ranko
- 1953 · Husband and Wife as
- 1953 · My Wonderful Yellow Car as The old wife
- 1953 · Jirocho Begins His Roving Life as
- 1952 · Carmen's Innocent Love as Kumako Satake
- 1952 · The Woman Who Touched the Legs as
- 1952 · Ikiru as Housewife
- 1952 · Forbidden Path as
- 1952 · Mother as Grandmother
- 1952 · Third Class Executives as
- 1952 · Sword for Hire as
- 1952 · Okuni and Gohei as Mother
- 1952 · The Skin of the South as Old lady Onodera
- 1951 · Who Knows a Woman's Heart as
- 1951 · The Blue Pearl as Noe's aunt
- 1951 · The Idiot as Madame Kayama
- 1951 · Boyhood as
- 1951 · Elegy as
- 1951 · Clothes of Deception as
- 1950 · Escape from Prison as Shinkichi's mother
- 1949 · Stray Dog as Harumi's mother
- 1946 · No Regrets for Our Youth as Madame Yagihara
- 1941 · Notes of an Itinerant Performer as Otane