Eiko Miyoshi

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.

Cast

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))