Eiko Miyoshi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Female

Birthday

1894-04-08

Day of death

1963-07-28 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Eiko Miyoshi

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.

Known For

  • Ikiru

    Ikiru

  • The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

  • Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

  • Good Morning

    Good Morning

  • The Shadow Daughter

    The Shadow Daughter

  • Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

  • The Lower Depths

    The Lower Depths

  • Boyhood

    Boyhood

  • Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

  • Third Class Executives

    Third Class Executives

  • The Idiot

    The Idiot

  • A Case of Honor

    A Case of Honor

  • Notes of an Itinerant Performer

    Notes of an Itinerant Performer

  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

  • 女大学野球狂時代

    女大学野球狂時代

  • The Cock Crows Twice

    The Cock Crows Twice

  • Carmen's Innocent Love

    Carmen's Innocent Love

  • First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

    First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

  • No Regrets for Our Youth

    No Regrets for Our Youth

  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

  • Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

  • The Unbalanced Wheel

    The Unbalanced Wheel

  • I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

  • The President Talks Bank

    The President Talks Bank

  • The Big Ambition

    The Big Ambition

  • Black River

    Black River

  • Bot-chan

    Bot-chan

  • The President's Boss

    The President's Boss

  • Goodbye, Hello

    Goodbye, Hello

  • Assistant President

    Assistant President

  • Clothes of Deception

    Clothes of Deception

  • Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents

    Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents

  • Jacks and Jills

    Jacks and Jills

  • Escape Zone

    Escape Zone

  • Omatsuri hanjiro

    Omatsuri hanjiro

  • Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

  • The Woman Who Touched the Legs

    The Woman Who Touched the Legs

  • A Boy and Three Mothers

    A Boy and Three Mothers

  • Their Father's Wife

    Their Father's Wife

  • Where Chimneys Are Seen

    Where Chimneys Are Seen

  • Who Is the Informer?

    Who Is the Informer?

  • Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

  • Mother

    Mother

  • The Days of Evil Women

    The Days of Evil Women

  • An Inn at Osaka

    An Inn at Osaka

  • Okuni and Gohei

    Okuni and Gohei

  • Who Knows a Woman's Heart

    Who Knows a Woman's Heart

  • Marital Relations

    Marital Relations

  • Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

    Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

  • Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

    Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

  • Sword for Hire

    Sword for Hire

  • The Skin of the South

    The Skin of the South

  • Five Sisters

    Five Sisters

  • White Fish

    White Fish

  • Holiday in Tokyo

    Holiday in Tokyo

  • Firefly Light

    Firefly Light

  • Forbidden Path

    Forbidden Path

  • The Beast Shall Die

    The Beast Shall Die

  • The Rookie Managers

    The Rookie Managers

  • Escape from Prison

    Escape from Prison

  • Jigoku bana

    Jigoku bana

  • Snow Country

    Snow Country

  • Sunflower Girl

    Sunflower Girl

  • Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

    Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

  • Youth of Heiji Senigata

    Youth of Heiji Senigata

  • How the Bell of Liberty Rings

    How the Bell of Liberty Rings

  • Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

  • Love Never Fails

    Love Never Fails

  • 12 Chapters About Women

    12 Chapters About Women

  • A Whistle in My Heart

    A Whistle in My Heart

  • The Third President

    The Third President

  • Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

  • The Blue Pearl

    The Blue Pearl

  • Elegy

    Elegy

  • My Wonderful Yellow Car

    My Wonderful Yellow Car

  • Samurai Saga

    Samurai Saga

  • Mr. Pu

    Mr. Pu

  • A Wife's Heart

    A Wife's Heart

  • Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

    Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen

  • Fox and Raccoon

    Fox and Raccoon

  • The Oil-Hell Murder

    The Oil-Hell Murder

  • A Town with a Mountain and River

    A Town with a Mountain and River