Acting · Tokyo, Japon · Born April 8, 1894
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.
The Prodigal Son
1964
as His Mother
MovieThe Beast Shall Die
1959
MovieGood Morning
1959
as Mitsue Haraguchi
MovieSamurai Saga
1959
as Okuni
MovieFox and Raccoon
1959
as Landlady Matsu from Gondola
MovieA Whistle in My Heart
1959
MovieThree Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
MovieDiary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
MovieGoodbye, Hello
1959
as Watanabe's mother
MovieThe Hidden Fortress
1958
as Maid (uncredited)
MovieYajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
MovieThe Days of Evil Women
1958
MovieWho Is the Informer?
1958
as Tassel
MovieHoliday in Tokyo
1958
MovieFirefly Light
1958
MovieThe Third President
1958
MovieMonthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
MovieA Boy and Three Mothers
1958
as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother
MovieAssistant President
1958
MovieThe Unbalanced Wheel
1957
MovieThe Oil-Hell Murder
1957
MovieBlack River
1957
MovieThe Lower Depths
1957
as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife
MovieThe Men of Toho-ku
1957
as old woman
MovieForgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
MovieThe Chieko Story
1957
as Kei
MovieJigoku bana
1957
MovieThe Shadow Daughter
1957
MovieTurtledove
1957
MovieSnow Country
1957
as Teacher
MovieTokyo Twilight
1957
as Midwife
MovieStory of a Detective's Assistant
1957
as Shizu, Heikurō's mother
MovieA Case of Honor
1957
MovieA Town with a Mountain and River
1957
as Tamako Sugawara
MovieThrone of Blood
1957
as Old Woman at castle
MovieThe Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
MovieEngagement Ring
1956
as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother)
MovieShozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
as Mrs. Shiokawa
MovieJacks and Jills
1956
as Old maid
Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
1956
MovieFighting Cha Cha Girl
1956
as Tane Grandma
MovieA Wife's Heart
1956
MovieBlue Buds
1956
as Female teacher
MovieThe President Talks Bank
1956
MovieStreet of Shame
1956
as Kadowaki Saku
MovieBeyond The Stars
1956
as Yone
MovieThe President's Boss
1956
MovieI Live in Fear
1955
as Toyo Nakajima
MovieTomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Ayuta's grandmother
Bride in the Kitchen
1955
MovieMarital Relations
1955
MovieSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
as Osugi
MovieThe Rookie Managers
1955
MovieLove Never Fails
1955
MovieThe Big Ambition
1955
as Kiyo
MovieThe Cock Crows Twice
1954
MovieSomewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Movie12 Chapters About Women
1954
as Go Hamako
MovieSamurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
as Osugi
MovieFive Sisters
1954
MovieHow the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
as aunt
MovieAn Inn at Osaka
1954
MovieA Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
1954
A Young Couple Oversleeps
1954
MovieOmatsuri hanjiro
1953
MovieFirst-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
as Mrs. Hatoko
MovieYouth of Heiji Senigata
1953
as Tomé
MovieWhite Fish
1953
as Nan
MovieMoth Lamp
1953
MovieBot-chan
1953
as Mrs. Hagino
MovieTheir Father's Wife
1953
as Otatsu
MovieMr. Pu
1953
MovieSunflower Girl
1953
MovieEscape Zone
1953
MovieWhere Chimneys Are Seen
1953
as Ranko
MovieHusband and Wife
1953
MovieMy Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as The old wife
MovieJirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
MovieCarmen's Innocent Love
1952
as Kumako Satake
MovieThe Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
MovieIkiru
1952
as Housewife
MovieForbidden Path
1952
MovieMother
1952
as Grandmother
MovieThird Class Executives
1952
MovieSword for Hire
1952
MovieOkuni and Gohei
1952
as Mother
MovieThe Skin of the South
1952
as Old lady Onodera
MovieWho Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
MovieThe Blue Pearl
1951
as Noe's aunt
MovieThe Idiot
1951
as Madame Kayama
MovieBoyhood
1951
MovieElegy
1951
MovieClothes of Deception
1951
MovieEscape from Prison
1950
as Shinkichi's mother
MovieStray Dog
1949
as Harumi's mother
MovieNo Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Madame Yagihara
MovieNotes of an Itinerant Performer
1941
as Otane
