Aiko Mimasu
Acting
Aiko Mimasu ( November 2, 1910– January 18, 1982) was a Japanese actress. After the war, she became famous for her role in mother-movie films, and was known as the "mother-movie actress." Her real name is Aiko Kawaguchi, and her maiden name is Inui. She was born in Minami-Sumiyacho , Minami-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture (now Chuo-ku ). Her husband is Shotaro Kawaguchi , a Naoki Prize-winning author . She has three sons and one daughter with Kawaguchi, and actor Hiroshi Kawaguchi is her eldest son. Ruriko Kikawa, a member of the 24th class of the Takarazuka Revue , is her younger sister. In November of 1976, she was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon . In 1982 , she died of pancreatic cancer at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital at the age of 71.
TV Shows(3)
Movies(57)
There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Sanbaba
1974
Yakuza of the Present
Yone
1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Tatsu Onuma
1969
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Rogue
Fusayo
1968
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Human Torpedoes
1968
Classmates
Sadako Shiratori
1967
Kojiro
1967
陽のあたる坂道
1967
Start Here
Sumi Hanai
1965
Raised in a Palace
Osen
1964
Yearning
Shizu Morita
1964
August Moon
Fuji Mishima
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
The Wiser Age
Matsuyo Tamura
1962
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
The Ginza Three Boys
Kiku Takarai
1961
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
This Greedy Old Skin
Oshika
1960
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Aki Sakanishi
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
Sato
1960
The Naked General
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Yone (maid)
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Notsubone Toda
1958
Mother
Kiyo Yuasa
1958
Kisses
Ryoko Uno
1957
An Osaka Story
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Ai
1956
Children Seeking a Mother
Aki Yamamoto
1956
Street of Shame
Yumeko
1956
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
五十円横町
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Kurohyō
1953
The End of the Night
1953
Sugamo's Mothers
1952
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
母子鶴
Nobuko Tsuji
1952
母山彦
1952
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
1949
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
These Foolish Times
1947
Onna keizu
1942
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
The Monkey King
Yoyo
1940
Japanese Women's Textbook
1937
Harikiri Boy
1937
Radio Queen
1935