Actor

Aiko Mimasu

Birthday: November 2, 1902

Born in: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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.

Movie Credits

There Was a War When I Was a Child (1981)
Age: 78
The Machine Gun Dragon (1976)
Age: 73
Sanbaba (1974)
Age: 71
Yakuza of the Present (1973) as Yone
Age: 70
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail (1973)
Age: 70
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler (1971)
Age: 68
The Last Kamikaze (1970)
Age: 67
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969) as Tatsu Onuma
Age: 66
Tales of the Inner Chamber (1968)
Age: 66
Rogue (1968) as Fusayo
Age: 65
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation (1968)
Age: 65
Human Torpedoes (1968)
Age: 65
Classmates (1967) as Sadako Shiratori
Age: 64
Kojiro (1967)
Age: 64
Start Here (1965) as Sumi Hanai
Age: 62
Raised in a Palace (1964) as Osen
Age: 61
Yearning (1964) as Shizu Morita
Age: 61
August Moon (1962) as Fuji Mishima
Age: 59
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962)
Age: 59
The Wiser Age (1962) as Matsuyo Tamura
Age: 59
Moonlight in the Rain (1961)
Age: 58
Sazae-san Plays Cupid (1961)
Age: 58
The Ginza Three Boys (1961) as Kiku Takarai
Age: 58
Sazae And Aunt Apron (1960)
Age: 58
This Greedy Old Skin (1960) as Oshika
Age: 57
The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
Age: 57
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) as Aki Sakanishi
Age: 57
The Storm of the Pacific (1960) as Sato
Age: 57
The Naked General (1958)
Age: 55
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring (1958) as Yone (maid)
Age: 55
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) as Notsubone Toda
Age: 55
Mother (1958) as Kiyo Yuasa
Age: 55
Kisses (1957) as Ryoko Uno
Age: 54
An Osaka Story (1957)
Age: 54
Daiei Studio is Bustling (1957)
Age: 54
Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956) as Ai
Age: 53
Children Seeking a Mother (1956) as Aki Yamamoto
Age: 53
Street of Shame (1956) as Yumeko
Age: 53
Tama wa kudakezu (1955)
Age: 52
五十円横町 (1955)
Age: 52
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955)
Age: 52
Kurohyō (1953)
Age: 50
The End of the Night (1953)
Age: 50
Sugamo's Mothers (1952)
Age: 49
The Paths of Two Maidens (1952)
Age: 49
母子鶴 (1952) as Nobuko Tsuji
Age: 49
母山彦 (1952)
Age: 49
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru (1949)
Age: 46
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman (1948)
Age: 45
These Foolish Times (1947)
Age: 44
Onna keizu (1942)
Age: 39
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)
Age: 38
The Monkey King (1940) as Yoyo
Age: 38
Japanese Women's Textbook (1937)
Age: 34
Harikiri Boy (1937)
Age: 34
Radio Queen (1935)
Age: 32