Aiko Mimasu

Acting Nov 2, 1902 Jan 18, 1982 (aged 80) 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.

63 Acting Credits

Aiko Mimasu

Acting

Street of Shame

Yearning

Kisses

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

The Storm of the Pacific

The Wiser Age

The Lovelorn Geisha

An Osaka Story

Kojiro

Tales of the Inner Chamber

Classmates

The Machine Gun Dragon

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

Classmates

Raised in a Palace

The Last Kamikaze

There Was a War When I Was a Child

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Rogue

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail

These Foolish Times

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni