
Aiko Mimasu
Born: 1902-11-02
Place of Birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Street of Shame

The Machine Gun Dragon

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Mother

Kisses

The End of the Night

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

The Storm of the Pacific

Yearning

Yakuza of the Present

The Paths of Two Maidens

The Last Kamikaze

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail

Sazae-san Plays Cupid

Sazae And Aunt Apron

These Foolish Times

Human Torpedoes

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

The Monkey King

August Moon

This Greedy Old Skin

Sugamo's Mothers

Raised in a Palace

Children Seeking a Mother

Kojiro

Tales of the Inner Chamber

The Wiser Age

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

The Lovelorn Geisha

Moonlight in the Rain

There Was a War When I Was a Child

Classmates

Classmates

Rogue

Kurohyō

Tama wa kudakezu

Radio Queen

The Ginza Three Boys

Daiei Studio is Bustling

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Japanese Women's Textbook

Sanbaba

An Osaka Story

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

Start Here

五十円横町

Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman

母山彦

The Naked General

母子鶴
