
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, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Heinosuke Gosho, Kon Ichikawa, and Shirō Toyoda. She also appeared in many Toho salaryman comedies.
95 acting credits
Acting · 95

Ikiru
1952

Throne of Blood
1957

Good Morning
1959

The Hidden Fortress
1958

Stray Dog
1949

The Idiot
1951

The Lower Depths
1957

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954

Street of Shame
1956

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955

No Regrets for Our Youth
1946

Tokyo Twilight
1957

I Live in Fear
1955

A Wife's Heart
1956

Black River
1957

Third Class Executives
1952

Elegy
1951

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959

Snow Country
1957

Sword for Hire
1952

Mr. Pu
1953

The Blue Pearl
1951

Clothes of Deception
1951

Mother
1952

Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953

Sunflower Girl
1953

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955

Holiday in Tokyo
1958

Forbidden Path
1952

Husband and Wife
1953

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956

Assistant President
1958

The Beast Shall Die
1959

Firefly Light
1958

The President's Boss
1956

Okuni and Gohei
1952

My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953

The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952

Five Sisters
1954

Jacks and Jills
1956

A Whistle in My Heart
1959

Goodbye, Hello
1959

Marital Relations
1955

12 Chapters About Women
1954

The Skin of the South
1952

An Inn at Osaka
1954

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953

Who Is the Informer?
1958

The President Talks Bank
1956

The Big Ambition
1955

Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954

Fox and Raccoon
1959

Carmen's Innocent Love
1952

How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954

Escape Zone
1953

Omatsuri hanjiro
1953

Bot-chan
1953

Boyhood
1951

Their Father's Wife
1953

A Boy and Three Mothers
1958

The Third President
1958

The Shadow Daughter
1957

White Fish
1953

Jigoku bana
1957

Escape from Prison
1950

Love Never Fails
1955

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959

The Rookie Managers
1955

Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958

The Unbalanced Wheel
1957

The Cock Crows Twice
1954

Samurai Saga
1959

The Days of Evil Women
1958

A Town with a Mountain and River
1957

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953

Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957

Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951

The Oil-Hell Murder
1957

The Men of Toho-ku
1957

A Case of Honor
1957

Fighting Cha Cha Girl
1956

Notes of an Itinerant Performer
1941
女大学野球狂時代
1956

Moth Lamp
1953

Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
The Prodigal Son
1964

Engagement Ring
1956

The Chieko Story
1957

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956

Blue Buds
1956
Bride in the Kitchen
1955

Beyond The Stars
1956
A Young Couple Oversleeps
1954