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