Eiko Miyoshi
Acting
- Born:
- 1894-04-08
- Died:
- 1963-07-28
- Place of birth:
- Tokyo, Japon
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Prodigal Son
The Beast Shall Die
Good Morning
Samurai Saga
Fox and Raccoon
A Whistle in My Heart
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Goodbye, Hello
The Hidden Fortress
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
The Days of Evil Women
Who Is the Informer?
The Naked General
Holiday in Tokyo
Firefly Light
The Third President
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
A Boy and Three Mothers
Assistant President
The Unbalanced Wheel
The Oil-Hell Murder
Black River
The Lower Depths
The Men of Toho-ku
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
The Chieko Story
Blooms of Hell
The Shadow Daughter
Turtledove
Snow Country
Tokyo Twilight
Story of a Detective's Assistant
A Case of Honor
A Town with a Mountain and River
Throne of Blood
Achako's Diary: Bride-Catching Test
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Engagement Ring
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
Jacks and Jills
Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
A Wife's Heart
Blue Buds
The President Talks Bank
Street of Shame
Beyond The Stars
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
The President's Boss
I Live in Fear
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Bride in the Kitchen
Marital Relations
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
The Rookie Managers
Love Never Fails
The Big Ambition
The Cock Crows Twice
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
12 Chapters About Women
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Five Sisters
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
An Inn at Osaka
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
A Young Couple Oversleeps
Omatsuri hanjiro
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
White Fish
Moth Lamp
Bot-chan
Their Father's Wife
Mr. Pu
Sunflower Girl
Escape Zone
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Husband and Wife
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Carmen's Innocent Love
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Ikiru
Forbidden Path
Mother
Third Class Executives
Sword for Hire
Okuni and Gohei
The Skin of the South
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
The Blue Pearl
The Idiot
Boyhood
Elegy
Clothes of Deception
Escape from Prison
Stray Dog
No Regrets for Our Youth
Notes of an Itinerant Performer