--- name: "Eiko Miyoshi" canonical: "https://film.one/person/eiko-miyoshi" fi1m_id: "eiko-miyoshi" imdb_id: "nm0594542" tmdb_id: 106160 wikidata_id: "Q11354933" roles: [] born: "8 April 1894" died: "28 July 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 90 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-25T07:56:05.373338+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Eiko Miyoshi ## Identity Eiko Miyoshi - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eiko-miyoshi - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** eiko-miyoshi - **IMDb ID:** nm0594542 - **TMDB ID:** 106160 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11354933 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11354933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594542/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106160 Actor. Born 8 April 1894 in Tokyo, Japon. Died 28 July 1963. ## Details - **Born:** 8 April 1894, Tokyo, Japon - **Died:** 28 July 1963 - **Active:** 1952–1957 - **Also known as:** Miyata Haru, Miyoshi Eiko, Haru Miyata, 三好栄子 - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11354933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594542/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106160 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Throne of Blood*](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Eiko Miyoshi (8 April 1894 – 28 July 1963) was a Japanese actress. Born Haru Miyata in Tokyo, she trained at the Art Theatre School attached to Shimamura Hōgetsu’s Art Theatre after graduating from Atomi Girls’ High School in 1912. She worked in several stage companies, including the New National Drama and the Takarazuka National Theatre, before entering film in 1946. She made her screen debut at the age of 52 in Akira Kurosawa’s *No Regrets for Our Youth* (1946). Miyoshi appeared in numerous Toho productions through the 1950s, including Kurosawa’s *Stray Dog* (1949), *Ikiru* (1952), *Throne of Blood* (1957) and *The Hidden Fortress* (1958). She also worked with directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita, and featured in many Toho salaryman comedies. Her husband was film producer Nobuyoshi Morita. *Sources: imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Throne of Blood* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Old Woman at castle — [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) - *Ikiru* (1952), Fi1m 92, as Housewife — [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) ## Complete filmography (102) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Prodigal Son* (1964), as His Mother - *The Beast Shall Die* (1959), Actor - *Good Morning* (1959), as Mitsue Haraguchi - *Samurai Saga* (1959), as Okuni - *Fox and Raccoon* (1959), as Landlady Matsu from Gondola - *A Whistle in My Heart* (1959), Actor - *Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II* (1959), Actor - *Goodbye, Hello* (1959), as Watanabe's mother - *Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period* (1959), Actor - *The Hidden Fortress* (1958), as Maid (uncredited) - *Yajikita dōchū sugoroku* (1958), Actor - *The Days of Evil Women* (1958), Actor - *Who Is the Informer?* (1958), as Tassel - *The Naked General* (1958), Actor - *Holiday in Tokyo* (1958), Actor - *Firefly Light* (1958), Actor - *The Third President* (1958), Actor - *Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen* (1958), Actor - *A Boy and Three Mothers* (1958), as Kayo Nakahara, Seiji's mother - *Assistant President* (1958), Actor - *The Unbalanced Wheel* (1957), Actor - *The Oil-Hell Murder* (1957), Actor - *Black River* (1957), as Procuress - *The Lower Depths* (1957), as Asa, Tomekichi's Wife - *The Men of Toho-ku* (1957), as old woman - *Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion* (1957), Actor - *The Chieko Story* (1957), as Kei - *Blooms of Hell* (1957), Actor - *The Shadow Daughter* (1957), as Otsuta - *Turtledove* (1957), Actor - *Tokyo Twilight* (1957), as Midwife - *Snow Country* (1957), as Teacher - *Story of a Detective's Assistant* (1957), as Shizu, Heikurō's mother - *A Case of Honor* (1957), Actor - *A Town with a Mountain and River* (1957), as Tamako Sugawara - *Throne of Blood* (1957), as Old Woman at castle — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) - *Achako's Diary: Bride-Catching Test* (1956), Actor - *The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji* (1956), Actor - *Engagement Ring* (1956), as Tsuruyo (Tokio’s grandmother) - *Shozo, a Cat and Two Women* (1956), as Mrs. Shiokawa - *Ohatsu's Unrequited Love* (1956), Actor - *Jacks and Jills* (1956), as Old maid - *Onna daigaku yakyūkyō jidai* (1956), Actor - *Fighting Cha Cha Girl* (1956), as Tane Grandma - *A Wife's Heart* (1956), Actor - *Blue Buds* (1956), as Female teacher - *The President Talks Bank* (1956), Actor - *Street of Shame* (1956), as Kadowaki Saku - *Beyond The Stars* (1956), as Yone - *Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple* (1956), Actor - *The President's Boss* (1956), Actor - *I Live in Fear* (1955), as Toyo Nakajima - *Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree* (1955), as Ayuta's grandmother - *Bride in the Kitchen* (1955), Actor - *Marital Relations* (1955), Actor - *Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple* (1955), as Osugi - *The Rookie Managers* (1955), Actor - *Love Never Fails* (1955), Actor - *The Big Ambition* (1955), as Kiyo - *The Cock Crows Twice* (1954), Actor - *Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky* (1954), Actor - *12 Chapters About Women* (1954), as Go Hamako - *Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto* (1954), as Osugi - *Five Sisters* (1954), Actor - *How the Bell of Liberty Rings* (1954), as aunt - *My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men* (1954), Actor - *An Inn at Osaka* (1954), Actor - *A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime* (1954), Actor - *A Young Couple Oversleeps* (1954), Actor - *Omatsuri hanjiro* (1953), Actor - *First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband* (1953), as Mrs. Hatoko - *Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth* (1953), as Tomé - *White Fish* (1953), as Nan - *Moth Lamp* (1953), Actor - *Bot-chan* (1953), as Mrs. Hagino - *Their Father's Wife* (1953), as Otatsu - *Mr. Pu* (1953), Actor - *Sunflower Girl* (1953), Actor - *Escape Zone* (1953), Actor - *Where Chimneys Are Seen* (1953), as Ranko - *Husband and Wife* (1953), Actor - *My Wonderful Yellow Car* (1953), as The old wife - *Jirocho Begins His Roving Life* (1953), Actor - *Carmen's Innocent Love* (1952), as Kumako Satake - *The Woman Who Touched the Legs* (1952), Actor - *Ikiru* (1952), as Housewife — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) - *Forbidden Path* (1952), Actor - *Mother* (1952), as Grandmother - *Third Class Executives* (1952), Actor - *Sword for Hire* (1952), Actor - *Okuni and Gohei* (1952), as Mother - *The Skin of the South* (1952), as Old lady Onodera - *Who Knows a Woman's Heart* (1951), Actor - *The Blue Pearl* (1951), as Noe's aunt - *The Idiot* (1951), as Madame Kayama - *Boyhood* (1951), Actor - *Elegy* (1951), Actor - *Clothes of Deception* (1951), Actor - *Escape from Prison* (1950), as Shinkichi's mother - *Stray Dog* (1949), as Harumi's mother - *No Regrets for Our Youth* (1946), as Madame Yagihara - *Notes of an Itinerant Performer* (1941), as Otane --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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