Acting
Eiko Miyoshi
EN, JA cinema · 102 credits
Born
8 April 1894
Died
28 July 1963 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japon
Also known as Miyata Haru · Miyoshi Eiko · Haru Miyata · 三好栄子
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
Filmography
Good Morning
as Mitsue Haraguchi
Samurai Saga
as Okuni
Fox and Raccoon
as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
Goodbye, Hello
as Watanabe's mother
The Hidden Fortress
as Maid (uncredited)
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
The Lower Depths
as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
Throne of Blood
as Old Woman at castle
Snow Country
as Teacher
Black River
as Procuress
Tokyo Twilight
as Midwife
The Shadow Daughter
as Otsuta
A Town with a Mountain and River
as Tamako Sugawara
The Men of Toho-ku
as old woman
Story of a Detective's Assistant
as Shizu, Heikurō's mother
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Mrs. Shiokawa
Jacks and Jills
as Old maid
Street of Shame
as Kadowaki Saku
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
as Tane Grandma
Blue Buds
as Female teacher
Engagement Ring
as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
I Live in Fear
as Toyo Nakajima
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Ayuta's grandmother
12 Chapters About Women
as Go Hamako
White Fish
as Nan
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Mrs. Hatoko
Bot-chan
as Mrs. Hagino
Mr. Pu
Actor
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The old wife
Their Father's Wife
as Otatsu
Ikiru
as Housewife
Mother
as Grandmother
Okuni and Gohei
as Mother
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Kumako Satake
The Skin of the South
as Old lady Onodera
The Idiot
as Madame Kayama
The Blue Pearl
as Noe's aunt
Boyhood
Actor
Elegy
Actor
Escape from Prison
as Shinkichi's mother
Stray Dog
as Harumi's mother
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Madame Yagihara
