Aiko Mimasu
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1902-11-02
- Died
- 1982-01-18
- Place of birth
- Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Aiko Mimasu
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (69)
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Chōchō shissō jiken
1947
母子鶴
1952
as Nobuko Tsuji
Harikiri Boy
1937
The Naked General
1958
母山彦
1952
Oyabaka taishō
1948
An Osaka Story
1957
Mother
1948
Yearning
1964
as Shizu Morita
Haha tokidori
1954
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
Koshō musuko
1953
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Aki Sakanishi
陽のあたる坂道
1967
Dobuike
1963
as Matsuko Taira
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
as Sato
Yakuza of the Present
1973
as Yone
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Kisses
1957
as Ryoko Uno
Street of Shame
1956
as Yumeko
These Foolish Times
1947
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Notsubone Toda
The Wiser Age
1962
as Matsuyo Tamura
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
as Tatsu Onuma
Mother
1958
as Kiyo Yuasa
Start Here
1965
as Sumi Hanai
Classmates
1967
as Sadako Shiratori
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
The End of the Night
1953
The Monkey King
1940
as Yoyo
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Haha kōbai
1949
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Yone (maid)
Kojiro
1967
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
Onna keizu
1942
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
Rogue
1968
as Fusayo
Human Torpedoes
1968
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
August Moon
1962
as Fuji Mishima
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
as Ai
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
The Ginza Three Boys
1961
as Kiku Takarai
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
Raised in a Palace
1964
as Osen
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
1949
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
as Oshika
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
Japanese Women's Textbook
1937
Sugamo's Mothers
1952
Kurohyō
1953
Radio Queen
1935
A Mother's Journey
1958
Children Seeking a Mother
1956
as Aki Yamamoto
Sanbaba
1974
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
五十円横町
1955
Three Mothers
1949
Haha koiboshi
1949
This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
1954
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
1954
About Aiko Mimasu
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 o… With 72 credits spanning from 1935 to 1981, Aiko Mimasu has appeared in 69 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Brothers'Code - The Back Relation (1968)
- Chōchō shissō jiken (1947)
- 母子鶴 (1952) — as Nobuko Tsuji
- Harikiri Boy (1937)
- The Naked General (1958)
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