Eiko Miyoshi
Known For
Acting
Born
1894-04-08 in Tokyo, Japan
Died
1963-07-28
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's , Kinoshita Keisuke , Naruse Mikio , Ozu Yasujiro , Mizoguchi Kenji , Gosho Heinosuke , Ichikawa Kon, and Toyoda Shiro . She also appeared in many Toho salaryman comedies.
Most Known For
Throne of Blood
as Old Woman at castle
Ikiru
as Housewife
The Hidden Fortress
as Maid (uncredited)
Stray Dog
as Harumi's mother
Good Morning
as Mitsue Haraguchi
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Madame Yagihara
Snow Country
as Teacher
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Osugi
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Osugi
Mother
as Grandmother
Street of Shame
as Kadowaki Saku
The Idiot
as Madame Kayama
I Live in Fear
as Toyo Nakajima
The Lower Depths
as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
Love Never Fails
Tokyo Twilight
as Midwife
Black River
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Ranko
