Aiko Mimasu
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.
Filmography (66 titles)
5.5MovieThere Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
不断草
1980
6.5MovieThe Machine Gun Dragon
1976
9.0MovieSanbaba
1974
7.0MovieYakuza of the Present
Yone · 1973
10.0MovieThe Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
10.0MovieBitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
7.0MovieThe Last Kamikaze
1970
Women of Osaka Castle
1970
7.5MovieMemoir of Japanese Assassinations
Tatsu Onuma · 1969
5.0MovieTales of the Inner Chamber
1968
7.0MovieRogue
Fusayo · 1968
MovieBrothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
ShowOoku
1968
7.0MovieHuman Torpedoes
1968
6.5MovieClassmates
Sadako Shiratori · 1967
8.0MovieKojiro
1967
10.0Movie陽のあたる坂道
1967
7.0MovieStart Here
Sumi Hanai · 1965
7.0MovieRaised in a Palace
Osen · 1964
8.1MovieYearning
Shizu Morita · 1964
MovieDobuike
Matsuko Taira · 1963
MovieAugust Moon
Fuji Mishima · 1962
7.0MovieIka naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
7.2MovieThe Wiser Age
Matsuyo Tamura · 1962
9.0MovieMoonlight in the Rain
1961
8.0MovieSazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
MovieThe Ginza Three Boys
Kiku Takarai · 1961
10.0MovieSazae And Aunt Apron
1960
10.0MovieThis Greedy Old Skin
Oshika · 1960