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Aiko Mimasu

Aiko Mimasu

Born: 1902-11-02 • Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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.

Filmography
There Was a War When I Was a Child poster
There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
The Machine Gun Dragon poster
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Sanbaba poster
Sanbaba
1974
Yakuza of the Present poster
Yakuza of the Present
1973 • Yone
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail poster
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler poster
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
The Last Kamikaze poster
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations poster
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969 • Tatsu Onuma
Tales of the Inner Chamber poster
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Rogue poster
Rogue
1968 • Fusayo
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation poster
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Human Torpedoes poster
Human Torpedoes
1968
Classmates poster
Classmates
1967 • Sadako Shiratori
Classmates poster
Classmates
1967
Kojiro poster
Kojiro
1967
陽のあたる坂道 poster
陽のあたる坂道
1967
Start Here poster
Start Here
1965 • Sumi Hanai
Raised in a Palace poster
Raised in a Palace
1964 • Osen
Yearning poster
Yearning
1964 • Shizu Morita
August Moon poster
August Moon
1962 • Fuji Mishima
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni poster
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
The Wiser Age poster
The Wiser Age
1962 • Matsuyo Tamura
Moonlight in the Rain poster
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Sazae-san Plays Cupid poster
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
The Ginza Three Boys poster
The Ginza Three Boys
1961 • Kiku Takarai
Sazae And Aunt Apron poster
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
This Greedy Old Skin poster
This Greedy Old Skin
1960 • Oshika
The Lovelorn Geisha poster
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother poster
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 • Aki Sakanishi
The Storm of the Pacific poster
The Storm of the Pacific
1960 • Sato
The Naked General poster
The Naked General
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring poster
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958 • Yone (maid)
The Loyal 47 Ronin poster
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 • Notsubone Toda
Mother poster
Mother
1958 • Kiyo Yuasa
Kisses poster
Kisses
1957 • Ryoko Uno
An Osaka Story poster
An Osaka Story
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling poster
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Tsukigata Hanpeita poster
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 • Ai
Children Seeking a Mother poster
Children Seeking a Mother
1956 • Aki Yamamoto
Street of Shame poster
Street of Shame
1956 • Yumeko
Tama wa kudakezu poster
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
五十円横町 poster
五十円横町
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love poster
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Kurohyō poster
Kurohyō
1953
The End of the Night poster
The End of the Night
1953
Sugamo's Mothers poster
Sugamo's Mothers
1952
The Paths of Two Maidens poster
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
母子鶴 poster
母子鶴
1952 • Nobuko Tsuji
母山彦 poster
母山彦
1952
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru poster
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
1949
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman poster
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
These Foolish Times poster
These Foolish Times
1947
No Image
Onna keizu
1942
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday poster
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
The Monkey King poster
The Monkey King
1940 • Yoyo
Japanese Women's Textbook poster
Japanese Women's Textbook
1937
No Image
Harikiri Boy
1937
Radio Queen poster
Radio Queen
1935