Aiko Mimasu
Actor
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.
Filmography
Yearning
as Shizu Morita 1964
Kisses
as Ryoko Uno 1957
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Notsubone Toda 1958
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Aki Sakanishi 1960
The Storm of the Pacific
as Sato 1960
The Wiser Age
as Matsuyo Tamura 1962
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
An Osaka Story
1957
Classmates
as Sadako Shiratori 1967
Kojiro
1967
Classmates
1967
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Raised in a Palace
as Osen 1964
The Last Kamikaze
1970