Aiko Mimasu

Aiko Mimasu

1902-11-02 – 1982-01-18 (age 79) Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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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

Street of Shame
Street of Shame

1956

as Yumeko

Yearning
Yearning

1964

as Shizu Morita

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960

as Aki Sakanishi

The Storm of the Pacific
Human Torpedoes
The Loyal 47 Ronin
The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958

as Notsubone Toda

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
母子颴
母子颴

1952

as Nobuko Tsuji

Yakuza of the Present
The Wiser Age
The Wiser Age

1962

as Matsuyo Tamura

The Last Kamikaze
Kisses
Kisses

1957

as Ryoko Uno

Mother
Mother

1958

as Kiyo Yuasa

Raised in a Palace
Rogue
Rogue

1968

as Fusayo

An Osaka Story