Aiko Mimasu

Aiko Mimasu

Known for
Acting
Born
November 2, 1902
Died
January 18, 1982 (aged 79)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

1981
There Was a War When I Was a Child poster

There Was a War When I Was a Child

Movie

1980
不断草

不断草

TV · 1 ep

1976
The Machine Gun Dragon poster

The Machine Gun Dragon

Movie

1974
Sanbaba poster

Sanbaba

Movie

1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail poster

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail

Movie

1973
Yakuza of the Present poster

Yakuza of the Present

Movie · as Yone

1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler poster

Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

Movie

1970
The Last Kamikaze poster

The Last Kamikaze

Movie

1970
Women of Osaka Castle

Women of Osaka Castle

TV · 39 eps

1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations poster

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Movie · as Tatsu Onuma

1968
Rogue poster

Rogue

Movie · as Fusayo

1968
Human Torpedoes poster

Human Torpedoes

Movie

1968
Tales of the Inner Chamber poster

Tales of the Inner Chamber

Movie

1968
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation poster

Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

Movie

1968
Ooku poster

Ooku

TV · 1 ep

1967
Classmates poster

Classmates

Movie · as Sadako Shiratori

1967
Kojiro poster

Kojiro

Movie

1967
陽のあたる坂道 poster

陽のあたる坂道

Movie

1965
Start Here poster

Start Here

Movie · as Sumi Hanai

1964
Yearning poster

Yearning

Movie · as Shizu Morita

1964
Raised in a Palace poster

Raised in a Palace

Movie · as Osen

1963
Dobuike poster

Dobuike

Movie · as Matsuko Taira

1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni poster

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

Movie

1962
The Wiser Age poster

The Wiser Age

Movie · as Matsuyo Tamura

1962
August Moon poster

August Moon

Movie · as Fuji Mishima

1961
The Ginza Three Boys poster

The Ginza Three Boys

Movie · as Kiku Takarai

1961
Sazae-san Plays Cupid poster

Sazae-san Plays Cupid

Movie · as Apron Lady

1961
Moonlight in the Rain poster

Moonlight in the Rain

Movie

1960
This Greedy Old Skin poster

This Greedy Old Skin

Movie · as Oshika

1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother poster

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Movie · as Aki Sakanishi

1960
The Storm of the Pacific poster

The Storm of the Pacific

Movie · as Sato

1960
The Lovelorn Geisha poster

The Lovelorn Geisha

Movie

1960
Sazae And Aunt Apron poster

Sazae And Aunt Apron

Movie · as Apron Lady

1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin poster

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Movie · as Notsubone Toda

1958
The Naked General poster

The Naked General

Movie

1958
Mother poster

Mother

Movie · as Kiyo Yuasa

1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring poster

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

Movie · as Yone (maid)

1958
A Mother's Journey poster

A Mother's Journey

Movie

1958
White Jeep Patrol poster

White Jeep Patrol

Movie

1957
An Osaka Story poster

An Osaka Story

Movie

1957
Kisses poster

Kisses

Movie · as Ryoko Uno

1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling poster

Daiei Studio is Bustling

Movie

1956
Street of Shame poster

Street of Shame

Movie · as Yumeko

1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita poster

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Movie · as Ai

1956
Children Seeking a Mother poster

Children Seeking a Mother

Movie · as Aki Yamamoto

1956
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune poster

New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune

Movie

1956
Studio wa ōsawagi

Studio wa ōsawagi

Movie

1956
Aizome gasa poster

Aizome gasa

Movie

1956
Haha shirayuki poster

Haha shirayuki

Movie

1956
I Love You poster

I Love You

Movie

1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love poster

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

Movie

1955
Gojūen yokochō poster

Gojūen yokochō

Movie

1955
Tama wa kudakezu poster

Tama wa kudakezu

Movie

1955
Tsubakuro kasa poster

Tsubakuro kasa

Movie

1955
Hahabue kobue poster

Hahabue kobue

Movie

1954
Haha tokidori poster

Haha tokidori

Movie

1954
This Love Costs 50 Million Yen poster

This Love Costs 50 Million Yen

Movie

1954
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime poster

A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime

Movie

1954
Four Mothers

Four Mothers

Movie

1954
Date sōdō: Haha goten poster

Date sōdō: Haha goten

Movie

1954
Haha chigusa poster

Haha chigusa

Movie

1953
Kurohyō poster

Kurohyō

Movie

1953
The End of the Night poster

The End of the Night

Movie

1953
Koshō musuko poster

Koshō musuko

Movie

1953
Haha no hitomi poster

Haha no hitomi

Movie

1953
Haha nami poster

Haha nami

Movie

1953
Haha no mizūmi poster

Haha no mizūmi

Movie

1952
Haha yamahiko poster

Haha yamahiko

Movie

1952
The Paths of Two Maidens poster

The Paths of Two Maidens

Movie

1952
Hahakozuru poster

Hahakozuru

Movie · as Nobuko Tsuji

1952
Sugamo's Mothers poster

Sugamo's Mothers

Movie

1952
Mabuta no haha poster

Mabuta no haha

Movie

1952
Yobiko hoshi poster

Yobiko hoshi

Movie

1951
Kyūjō hiroba poster

Kyūjō hiroba

Movie

1951
Haha zukiyo

Haha zukiyo

Movie

1951
Haha chidori poster

Haha chidori

Movie

1951
Haha ningyō poster

Haha ningyō

Movie

1951
Boshisen poster

Boshisen

Movie

1950
Haha tsubaki poster

Haha tsubaki

Movie

1950
Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha

Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha

Movie

1950
Shimai hoshi

Shimai hoshi

Movie

1949
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru poster

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru

Movie

1949
Haha kōbai poster

Haha kōbai

Movie

1949
Three Mothers poster

Three Mothers

Movie

1949
Haha koiboshi poster

Haha koiboshi

Movie

1949
Haha tōdai

Haha tōdai

Movie

1948
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman poster

Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman

Movie

1948
Oyabaka taishō poster

Oyabaka taishō

Movie

1948
Mother

Mother

Movie

1947
These Foolish Times poster

These Foolish Times

Movie

1947
Chōchō shissō jiken poster

Chōchō shissō jiken

Movie

1942
Onna keizu

Onna keizu

Movie

1941
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday poster

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

Movie

1940
The Monkey King poster

The Monkey King

Movie · as Yoyo

1937
Japanese Women's Textbook poster

Japanese Women's Textbook

Movie

1937
Harikiri Boy

Harikiri Boy

Movie

1935
Radio Queen poster

Radio Queen

Movie