Eiko Miyoshi
Actor
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.
Filmography
Throne of Blood
as Old Woman at castle 1957
The Hidden Fortress
as Maid (uncredited) 1958
Stray Dog
as Harumi's mother 1949
Good Morning
as Mitsue Haraguchi 1959
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Osugi 1954
Tokyo Twilight
as Midwife 1957
Street of Shame
as Kadowaki Saku 1956
The Lower Depths
as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife 1957
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Osugi 1955
The Idiot
as Madame Kayama 1951
I Live in Fear
as Toyo Nakajima 1955
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Madame Yagihara 1946
Black River
1957
Mother
as Grandmother 1952
Samurai Saga
as Okuni 1959
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Kumako Satake 1952