Aiko Mimasu
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1902-11-02
Day of Death
1982-01-18 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Aiko Mimasu
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
Acting
(1981)
(1976)
(1974)
(1973)
Yakuza of the Present
as Yone
(1973)
(1971)
(1970)
(1969)
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Tatsu Onuma
(1968)
Rogue
as Fusayo
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
(1967)
Classmates
as Sadako Shiratori
(1967)
(1964)
Yearning
as Shizu Morita
(1964)
Raised in a Palace
as Osen
(1962)
The Wiser Age
as Matsuyo Tamura
(1962)
(1962)
August Moon
as Fuji Mishima
(1961)
(1961)
The Ginza Three Boys
as Kiku Takarai
(1961)
(1960)
The Storm of the Pacific
as Sato
(1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Aki Sakanishi
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
This Greedy Old Skin
as Oshika
(1958)
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Notsubone Toda
(1958)
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Yone (maid)
(1958)
(1958)
Mother
as Kiyo Yuasa
(1957)
(1957)
Kisses
as Ryoko Uno
(1957)
(1956)
Street of Shame
as Yumeko
(1956)
Children Seeking a Mother
as Aki Yamamoto
(1956)
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Ai
(1955)
(1955)
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
母子鶴
as Nobuko Tsuji
(1952)
(1949)
(1947)
(1942)
(1941)
(1940)
The Monkey King
as Yoyo
(1937)
(1937)
(1935)