Aiko Mimasu
Known for Acting · 61 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 (58)
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
as Sato
Street of Shame
1956
as Yumeko
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Aki Sakanishi
Yearning
1964
as Shizu Morita
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
as Tatsu Onuma
Yakuza of the Present
1973
as Yone
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Notsubone Toda
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Human Torpedoes
1968
Classmates
1967
as Sadako Shiratori
The Wiser Age
1962
as Matsuyo Tamura
Kisses
1957
as Ryoko Uno
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
The Monkey King
1940
as Yoyo
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
Raised in a Palace
1964
as Osen
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
The End of the Night
1953
Onna keizu
1942
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Yone (maid)
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
as Oshika
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
August Moon
1962
as Fuji Mishima
Rogue
1968
as Fusayo
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
These Foolish Times
1947
Kurohyō
1953
Kojiro
1967
五十円横町
1955
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Sanbaba
1974
Japanese Women's Textbook
1937
An Osaka Story
1957
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Mother
1958
as Kiyo Yuasa
The Ginza Three Boys
1961
as Kiku Takarai
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
as Ai
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
1949
Radio Queen
1935
Children Seeking a Mother
1956
as Aki Yamamoto
Sugamo's Mothers
1952
母子鶴
1952
as Nobuko Tsuji
母山彦
1952
The Naked General
1958
陽のあたる坂道
1967
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
Start Here
1965
as Sumi Hanai
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
Harikiri Boy
1937
Dobuike
1963
as Matsuko Taira
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 61 credits spanning from 1935 to 1981, Aiko Mimasu has appeared in 58 films and 3 TV shows.
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- The Storm of the Pacific (1960) — as Sato
- Street of Shame (1956) — as Yumeko
- Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) — as Aki Sakanishi
- Yearning (1964) — as Shizu Morita
- Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969) — as Tatsu Onuma
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