Actor
Aiko Mimasu
Born November 2, 1902 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died January 18, 198293 films
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."
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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.
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First watchYearning19648.1as Shizu MoritaWar widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
93 films as actor- 1981There Was a War When I Was a Child
- 1976The Machine Gun Dragon
- 1974Sanbaba
- 1973Yakuza of the PresentYone
- 1973The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
- 1971Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
- 1970The Last Kamikaze
- 1969Memoir of Japanese AssassinationsTatsu Onuma
- 1968Tales of the Inner Chamber
- 1968RogueFusayo
- 1968Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
- 1968Human Torpedoes
- 1967ClassmatesSadako Shiratori
- 1967Kojiro
- 1967陽のあたる坂道
- 1965Start HereSumi Hanai
- 1964Raised in a PalaceOsen
- 1964YearningShizu Morita
- 1963DobuikeMatsuko Taira
- 1962August MoonFuji Mishima
- 1962Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
- 1962The Wiser AgeMatsuyo Tamura
- 1961Moonlight in the Rain
- 1961Sazae-san Plays CupidApron Lady
- 1961The Ginza Three BoysKiku Takarai
- 1960Sazae And Aunt ApronApron Lady
- 1960This Greedy Old SkinOshika
- 1960The Lovelorn Geisha
- 1960Daughters, Wives and a MotherAki Sakanishi
- 1960The Storm of the PacificSato
- 1958The Naked General
- 1958A Mother's Journey
- 1958Diary of an Elegant Hot SpringYone (maid)
- 1958The Loyal 47 RoninNotsubone Toda
- 1958MotherKiyo Yuasa
- 1957KissesRyoko Uno
- 1957An Osaka Story
- 1957Daiei Studio is Bustling
- 1956I Love You
- 1956Haha shirayuki
- 1956New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
- 1956Tsukigata HanpeitaAi
- 1956Aizome gasa
- 1956Studio wa ōsawagi
- 1956Children Seeking a MotherAki Yamamoto
- 1956Street of ShameYumeko
- 1955Tama wa kudakezu
- 1955Hahabue kobue
- 1955Gojūen yokochō
- 1955Tsubakuro kasa
- 1955A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
- 1954Haha chigusa
- 1954Date sōdō: Haha goten
- 1954Haha tokidori
- 1954A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
- 1954Four Mothers
- 1954This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
- 1953Haha no mizūmi
- 1953Kurohyō
- 1953Koshō musuko
- 1953Haha nami
- 1953The End of the Night
- 1953Haha no hitomi
- 1952Sugamo's Mothers
- 1952The Paths of Two Maidens
- 1952HahakozuruNobuko Tsuji
- 1952Haha yamahiko
- 1952Yobiko hoshi
- 1952Mabuta no haha
- 1951Boshisen
- 1951Haha ningyō
- 1951Haha chidori
- 1951Haha zukiyo
- 1951Kyūjō hiroba
- 1950Shimai hoshi
- 1950Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha
- 1950Haha tsubaki
- 1949Haha tōdai
- 1949Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
- 1949Haha koiboshi
- 1949Three Mothers
- 1949Haha kōbai
- 1948Mother
- 1948Oyabaka taishō
- 1948Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
- 1947Chōchō shissō jiken
- 1947These Foolish Times
- 1942Onna keizu
- 1941The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
- 1940The Monkey KingYoyo
- 1937Japanese Women's Textbook
- 1937Harikiri Boy
- 1935Radio Queen