Eiko Miyoshi
Acting
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.
Known for
1959Good Morning
Mitsue Haraguchi
1959Samurai Saga
Okuni
1959A Whistle in My Heart
1959The Beast Shall Die
1959Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959Fox and Raccoon
Landlady Matsu from Gondola
1959Goodbye, Hello
Watanabe's mother
1958The Hidden Fortress
Maid (uncredited)
1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958Assistant President
1958Holiday in Tokyo
1958A Boy and Three Mothers
Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
1958Firefly Light
1958The Days of Evil Women
1958The Third President
1958Who Is the Informer?
Tassel
1958Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1957The Lower Depths
Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
1957Jigoku bana
1957Throne of Blood
Old Woman at castle
1957Snow Country
Teacher
1957Black River
1957The Unbalanced Wheel