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 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 (88 Appearances)

There Was a War When I Was a Child

1981

不断草

1980

The Machine Gun Dragon

1976

Sanbaba

1974

Yakuza of the Present

1973

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail

1973

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

1971

The Last Kamikaze

1970

Women of Osaka Castle

1970

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

1969

Tales of the Inner Chamber

1968

Rogue

1968

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

1968

Ooku

1968

Human Torpedoes

1968

Classmates

1967

Kojiro

1967

陽のあたる坂道

1967

Start Here

1965

Raised in a Palace

1964

Yearning

1964

Dobuike

1963

August Moon

1962

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

1962

The Wiser Age

1962

Moonlight in the Rain

1961

Sazae-san Plays Cupid

1961

The Ginza Three Boys

1961

Sazae And Aunt Apron

1960

This Greedy Old Skin

1960

The Lovelorn Geisha

1960

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960

The Storm of the Pacific

1960

The Naked General

1958

A Mother's Journey

1958

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958

Mother

1958

Kisses

1957

An Osaka Story

1957

Daiei Studio is Bustling

1957

Tsukigata Hanpeita

1956

Children Seeking a Mother

1956

Street of Shame

1956

Tama wa kudakezu

1955

五十円横町

1955

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

1955

Date sōdō: Haha goten

1954

Haha tokidori

1954

A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime

1954

Four Mothers

1954

This Love Costs 50 Million Yen

1954

Haha no mizūmi

1953

Kurohyō

1953

Koshō musuko

1953

Haha nami

1953

The End of the Night

1953

Haha no hitomi

1953

Sugamo's Mothers

1952

The Paths of Two Maidens

1952

Hahakozuru

1952

Haha yamahiko

1952

Yobiko hoshi

1952

Mabuta no haha

1952

Boshisen

1951

Haha ningyō

1951

Haha chidori

1951

Haha zukiyo

1951

Kyūjō hiroba

1951

Shimai hoshi

1950

Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha

1950

Haha tsubaki

1950

Haha tōdai

1949

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru

1949

Haha koiboshi

1949

Three Mothers

1949

Haha kōbai

1949

Mother

1948

Oyabaka taishō

1948

Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman

1948

Chōchō shissō jiken

1947

These Foolish Times

1947

Onna keizu

1942

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

1941

The Monkey King

1940

Japanese Women's Textbook

1937

Harikiri Boy

1937

Radio Queen

1935 Debut
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