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Eiko Miyoshi
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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…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Eiko Miyoshi's Filmography
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No Poster
The Prodigal Son
as His Mother
The Beast Shall Die
Good Morning
as Mitsue Haraguchi
Fox and Raccoon
as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
Samurai Saga
as Okuni
A Whistle in My Heart
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Goodbye, Hello
as Watanabe's mother
The Hidden Fortress
as Maid (uncredited)
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
The Days of Evil Women
Who Is the Informer?
as Tassel
The Naked General
Holiday in Tokyo
Firefly Light
The Third President
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
Assistant President
The Unbalanced Wheel
The Oil-Hell Murder
Black River
as Procuress
The Lower Depths
as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
The Men of Toho-ku
as old woman
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
The Chieko Story
as Kei
Blooms of Hell
The Shadow Daughter
as Otsuta
Turtledove
Tokyo Twilight
as Midwife
Snow Country
as Teacher
Story of a Detective's Assistant
as Shizu, Heikurō's mother
A Case of Honor
A Town with a Mountain and River
as Tamako Sugawara
Throne of Blood
as Old Woman at castle
No Poster
Achako's Diary: Bride-Catching Test
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Engagement Ring
as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Mrs. Shiokawa
Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
Jacks and Jills
as Old maid
Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
as Tane Grandma
A Wife's Heart
Blue Buds
as Female teacher
The President Talks Bank
Street of Shame
as Kadowaki Saku
Beyond The Stars
as Yone
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
The President's Boss
I Live in Fear
as Toyo Nakajima
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Ayuta's grandmother
No Poster
Bride in the Kitchen
Marital Relations
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Osugi
The Rookie Managers
Love Never Fails
The Big Ambition
as Kiyo
The Cock Crows Twice
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
12 Chapters About Women
as Go Hamako
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Osugi
Five Sisters
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
as aunt
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
An Inn at Osaka
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
No Poster
A Young Couple Oversleeps
Omatsuri hanjiro
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Mrs. Hatoko
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
as Tomé
White Fish
as Nan
Moth Lamp
Bot-chan
as Mrs. Hagino
Their Father's Wife
as Otatsu
Mr. Pu
Sunflower Girl
Escape Zone
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Ranko
Husband and Wife
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The old wife
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Kumako Satake
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Ikiru
as Housewife
Forbidden Path
Mother
as Grandmother
Third Class Executives
Sword for Hire
Okuni and Gohei
as Mother
The Skin of the South
as Old lady Onodera
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
The Blue Pearl
as Noe's aunt
The Idiot
as Madame Kayama
Boyhood
Elegy
Clothes of Deception
Escape from Prison
as Shinkichi's mother
Stray Dog
as Harumi's mother
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Madame Yagihara
Notes of an Itinerant Performer
as Otane