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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.
As actor
The Prodigal Son
Good Morning
Samurai Saga
A Whistle in My Heart
The Beast Shall Die
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Fox and Raccoon
Goodbye, Hello
The Hidden Fortress
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Assistant President
Holiday in Tokyo
A Boy and Three Mothers
Firefly Light
The Days of Evil Women
The Third President
Who Is the Informer?
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
The Lower Depths
Jigoku bana
Throne of Blood
Snow Country
Black River
The Unbalanced Wheel
Tokyo Twilight
A Case of Honor
The Shadow Daughter
A Town with a Mountain and River
The Oil-Hell Murder