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Aiko Mimasu

Acting Born Nov 2, 1902 Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Yearning

as Shizu Morita

Full filmography

  • Ooku (1968)
  • Street of Shame (1956) as Yumeko
  • Women of Osaka Castle (1970)
  • Yearning (1964) as Shizu Morita
  • The Storm of the Pacific (1960) as Sato
  • Kojiro (1967)
  • Mother (1958) as Kiyo Yuasa
  • The Machine Gun Dragon (1976)
  • The Last Kamikaze (1970)
  • Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) as Aki Sakanishi
  • Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969) as Tatsu Onuma
  • The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) as Notsubone Toda
  • 母山彦 (1952)
  • Brothers'Code - The Back Relation (1968)
  • Koshō musuko (1953)
  • The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
  • An Osaka Story (1957)
  • The Wiser Age (1962) as Matsuyo Tamura
  • Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler (1971)
  • Human Torpedoes (1968)
  • Classmates (1967) as Sadako Shiratori
  • Classmates (1967)
  • Yakuza of the Present (1973) as Yone
  • The Naked General (1958)