Eiko Miyoshi
Acting
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.
Born: April 8, 1894
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Filmography
as Mitsue Haraguchi
as Okuni
as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
as Watanabe's mother
as Maid (uncredited)
as Tassel
as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
as Midwife
as Teacher
as Tamako Sugawara
as Old Woman at castle
as Mrs. Shiokawa
as Old maid
as Tane Grandma
as Kadowaki Saku
as Toyo Nakajima
as Ayuta's grandmother
as Kiyo
as Go Hamako
as Osugi
as Mrs. Hatoko
as Tomé
as Nan
as Mrs. Hagino
as Otatsu
as Ranko
as The old wife
as Kumako Satake
as Housewife
as Grandmother
as Mother
as Old lady Onodera
as Noe's aunt
as Madame Kayama
as Shinkichi's mother
as Harumi's mother
as Madame Yagihara
as Otane