Aiko Mimasu
Actor
- Born
- November 2, 1902 · Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- January 18, 1982 (age 79)
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.
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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
Street of Shame
March 18, 1956
Yearning
January 15, 1964
Kisses
July 21, 1957
The Loyal 47 Ronin
April 1, 1958
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
May 21, 1960
The Storm of the Pacific
April 26, 1960
The Wiser Age
January 14, 1962
The Lovelorn Geisha
July 12, 1960
An Osaka Story
March 6, 1957
Kojiro
April 1, 1967
Tales of the Inner Chamber
November 16, 1968
Classmates
June 3, 1967
Acting94
- 1981There Was a War When I Was a Child
- 1976The Machine Gun Dragon
- 1974Sanbaba
- 1973Yakuza of the Present as Yone
- 1973The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
- 1971Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
- 1970The Last Kamikaze
- 1969Memoir of Japanese Assassinations as Tatsu Onuma
- 1968Tales of the Inner Chamber
- 1968Rogue as Fusayo
- 1968Brothers'Code - The Back Relation