Acting
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.
Filmography
The Prodigal Son
Film · 1964
Good Morning
Film · 1959
Samurai Saga
Film · 1959
A Whistle in My Heart
Film · 1959
The Beast Shall Die
Film · 1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Film · 1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Film · 1959
Fox and Raccoon
Film · 1959
Goodbye, Hello
Film · 1959
The Hidden Fortress
Film · 1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Film · 1958
Assistant President
Film · 1958
Holiday in Tokyo
Film · 1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
Film · 1958
Firefly Light
Film · 1958
The Days of Evil Women
Film · 1958
The Third President
Film · 1958
Who Is the Informer?
Film · 1958
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Film · 1958
The Naked General
Film · 1958
The Lower Depths
Film · 1957
Blooms of Hell
Film · 1957
Throne of Blood
Film · 1957
Snow Country
Film · 1957
Black River
Film · 1957
The Unbalanced Wheel
Film · 1957
Tokyo Twilight
Film · 1957
A Case of Honor
Film · 1957
The Shadow Daughter
Film · 1957
A Town with a Mountain and River
Film · 1957
The Oil-Hell Murder
Film · 1957
The Men of Toho-ku
Film · 1957
The Chieko Story
Film · 1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Film · 1957
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
Film · 1957
Turtledove
Film · 1957
The President Talks Bank
Film · 1956
The President's Boss
Film · 1956
A Wife's Heart
Film · 1956
Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
Film · 1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Film · 1956
Jacks and Jills
Film · 1956
Street of Shame
Film · 1956
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
Film · 1956
Blue Buds
Film · 1956
Engagement Ring
Film · 1956
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Film · 1956
Beyond The Stars
Film · 1956
Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
Film · 1956
Achako's Diary: Bride-Catching Test
Film · 1956
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
Film · 1956
I Live in Fear
Film · 1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Film · 1955
Marital Relations
Film · 1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Film · 1955
The Big Ambition
Film · 1955
Love Never Fails
Film · 1955
The Rookie Managers
Film · 1955
Bride in the Kitchen
Film · 1955
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Film · 1954
An Inn at Osaka
Film · 1954
The Cock Crows Twice
Film · 1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Film · 1954
Five Sisters
Film · 1954
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
Film · 1954
12 Chapters About Women
Film · 1954
A Young Couple Oversleeps
Film · 1954
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
Film · 1954
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
Film · 1954
Escape Zone
Film · 1953
White Fish
Film · 1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Film · 1953
Omatsuri hanjiro
Film · 1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Film · 1953
Bot-chan
Film · 1953
Mr. Pu
Film · 1953
Husband and Wife
Film · 1953
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Film · 1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Film · 1953
Their Father's Wife
Film · 1953
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Film · 1953
Sunflower Girl
Film · 1953
Moth Lamp
Film · 1953
Third Class Executives
Film · 1952
Ikiru
Film · 1952
Mother
Film · 1952
Okuni and Gohei
Film · 1952
Sword for Hire
Film · 1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
Film · 1952
The Skin of the South
Film · 1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Film · 1952
Forbidden Path
Film · 1952
The Idiot
Film · 1951
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Film · 1951
Clothes of Deception
Film · 1951
The Blue Pearl
Film · 1951
Boyhood
Film · 1951
Elegy
Film · 1951
Escape from Prison
Film · 1950
Stray Dog
Film · 1949
No Regrets for Our Youth
Film · 1946
Notes of an Itinerant Performer
Film · 1941