Eiko Miyoshi
Known for: Acting
Born: April 8, 1894
Died: July 28, 1963
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japon
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.
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Filmography
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The Prodigal Son
1964
6.2
The Beast Shall Die
1959
7.7
Good Morning
1959
6.9
Samurai Saga
1959
9.0
Fox and Raccoon
1959
6.7
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
9.0
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
10.0
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
7.5
Goodbye, Hello
1959
8.0
The Hidden Fortress
1958
8.0
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
7.0
The Days of Evil Women
1958
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Who Is the Informer?
1958
7.0
The Naked General
1958
9.0
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
9.0
Firefly Light
1958
10.0
The Third President
1958
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Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958
7.0
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958
10.0
Assistant President
1958
7.0
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
7.0
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
7.0
Black River
1957
7.1
The Lower Depths
1957
9.0
The Men of Toho-ku
1957
NR
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
NR
The Chieko Story
1957
9.0
Blooms of Hell
1957
8.0
The Shadow Daughter
1957
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Turtledove
1957
6.7
Snow Country
1957
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957
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Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
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A Case of Honor
1957
7.0
A Town with a Mountain and River
1957
7.9
Throne of Blood
1957
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The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
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Engagement Ring
1956
6.7
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
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Ohatsu's Unrequited Love
1956
7.0
Jacks and Jills
1956
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Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai
1956
8.0
Fighting Cha Cha Girl
1956
6.9
A Wife's Heart
1956
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Blue Buds
1956
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The President Talks Bank
1956
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
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Beyond The Stars
1956
8.0
The President's Boss
1956
7.3
I Live in Fear
1955
8.0
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
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Bride in the Kitchen
1955
5.6
Marital Relations
1955
7.2
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
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The Rookie Managers
1955
8.0
Love Never Fails
1955
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The Big Ambition
1955
6.5
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
6.8
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
7.0
12 Chapters About Women
1954
7.2
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
8.0
Five Sisters
1954
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How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
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My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954
7.5
An Inn at Osaka
1954
NR
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
1954NR
A Young Couple Oversleeps
1954
8.0
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
NR
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
7.0
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
1953
7.0
White Fish
1953
NR
Moth Lamp
1953
10.0
Bot-chan
1953
7.0
Their Father's Wife
1953
6.5
Mr. Pu
1953
10.0
Sunflower Girl
1953
NR
Escape Zone
1953
6.6
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
6.9
Husband and Wife
1953
7.0
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
10.0
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
5.2
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
8.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
8.3
Ikiru
1952
8.0
Forbidden Path
1952
7.0
Mother
1952
7.0
Third Class Executives
1952
6.7
Sword for Hire
1952
6.3
Okuni and Gohei
1952
8.0
The Skin of the South
1952
10.0
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
7.5
The Blue Pearl
1951
7.0
The Idiot
1951
6.9
Boyhood
1951
9.0
Elegy
1951
7.0
Clothes of Deception
1951
10.0
Escape from Prison
1950
7.6
Stray Dog
1949
6.8
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
7.4
Notes of an Itinerant Performer
1941