Eiko Miyoshi

Acting

Apr 8, 1894 – Jul 28, 1963 · 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.

as Housewife
as Old Woman at castle
as Maid (uncredited)
as Harumi's mother
as Mitsue Haraguchi
as Osugi
as Midwife
as Kadowaki Saku
as Osugi
as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
as Madame Kayama
as Toyo Nakajima
as Madame Yagihara