Person Details
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Aliases: Miyata Haru , Miyoshi Eiko , Haru Miyata
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 26
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Ikiru
(1952) HousewifeThe Hidden Fortress
(1958) Maid (uncredited)Throne of Blood
(1957) Old Woman at castleSamurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
(1954) OsugiStray Dog
(1949) Harumi's motherSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
(1955) OsugiTokyo Twilight
(1957) MidwifeThe Idiot
(1951) Madame KayamaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 1959 | N/A | |
| Mitsue Haraguchi | ||
| Okuni | ||
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| 1958 | Maid (uncredited) | |
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| Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother | ||
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| 1957 | N/A | |
| Asa, Tomekichi's Wife | ||
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| Teacher | ||
| Midwife | ||
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| Old Woman at castle | ||
| 1956 | Mrs. Shiokawa | |
| Old maid | ||
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| 1955 | Toyo Nakajima | |
| Ayuta's grandmother | ||
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| Osugi | ||
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| Kiyo | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
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| Osugi | ||
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| 1953 | N/A | |
| Mrs. Hatoko | ||
| Tomé | ||
| Nan | ||
| Mrs. Hagino | ||
| Otatsu | ||
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| Ranko | ||
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| The old wife | ||
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| 1952 | Kumako Satake | |
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| Housewife | ||
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| Grandmother | ||
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| Mother | ||
| Old lady Onodera | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Noe's aunt | ||
| Madame Kayama | ||
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| 1950 | Shinkichi's mother | |
| 1949 | Harumi's mother | |
| 1946 | Madame Yagihara | |
| 1941 | Otane | |
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