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Eiko Miyoshi

Apr 08, 1894 - Jul 28, 1963 (69 years old) in Tokyo, Japan

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.

Known For

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Ikiru
Housewife
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Good Morning
Mitsue Haraguchi
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The Hidden Fortress
Maid (uncredited)
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Throne of Blood
Old Woman at castle
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Tokyo Twilight
Midwife
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Street of Shame
Kadowaki Saku
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Stray Dog
Harumi's mother
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The Idiot
Madame Kayama
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I Live in Fear
Toyo Nakajima
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No Regrets for Our Youth
Madame Yagihara

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