Acting
Aiko Mimasu
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
There Was a War When I Was a Child
Film · 1981
不断草
Series · 1980
The Machine Gun Dragon
Film · 1976
Sanbaba
Film · 1974
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
Film · 1973
Yakuza of the Present
Film · 1973
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
Film · 1971
The Last Kamikaze
Film · 1970
Women of Osaka Castle
Series · 1970
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Film · 1969
Rogue
Film · 1968
Human Torpedoes
Film · 1968
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Film · 1968
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
Film · 1968
Ooku
Series · 1968
Classmates
Film · 1967
Kojiro
Film · 1967
Classmates
Film · 1967
陽のあたる坂道
Film · 1967
Start Here
Film · 1965
Yearning
Film · 1964
Raised in a Palace
Film · 1964
Dobuike
Film · 1963
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Film · 1962
The Wiser Age
Film · 1962
August Moon
Film · 1962
The Ginza Three Boys
Film · 1961
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
Film · 1961
Moonlight in the Rain
Film · 1961
This Greedy Old Skin
Film · 1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Film · 1960
The Storm of the Pacific
Film · 1960
The Lovelorn Geisha
Film · 1960
Sazae And Aunt Apron
Film · 1960
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Film · 1958
The Naked General
Film · 1958
Mother
Film · 1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Film · 1958
A Mother's Journey
Film · 1958
White Jeep Patrol
Film · 1958
An Osaka Story
Film · 1957
Kisses
Film · 1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Film · 1957
Street of Shame
Film · 1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Film · 1956
Children Seeking a Mother
Film · 1956
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Film · 1956
Studio wa ōsawagi
Film · 1956
Aizome gasa
Film · 1956
Haha shirayuki
Film · 1956
I Love You
Film · 1956
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Film · 1955
Gojūen yokochō
Film · 1955
Tama wa kudakezu
Film · 1955
Tsubakuro kasa
Film · 1955
Hahabue kobue
Film · 1955
Haha tokidori
Film · 1954
This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
Film · 1954
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
Film · 1954
Four Mothers
Film · 1954
Date sōdō: Haha goten
Film · 1954
Haha chigusa
Film · 1954
Kurohyō
Film · 1953
The End of the Night
Film · 1953
Koshō musuko
Film · 1953
Haha no hitomi
Film · 1953
Haha nami
Film · 1953
Haha no mizūmi
Film · 1953
Haha yamahiko
Film · 1952
The Paths of Two Maidens
Film · 1952
Hahakozuru
Film · 1952
Sugamo's Mothers
Film · 1952
Mabuta no haha
Film · 1952
Yobiko hoshi
Film · 1952
Kyūjō hiroba
Film · 1951
Haha zukiyo
Film · 1951
Haha chidori
Film · 1951
Haha ningyō
Film · 1951
Boshisen
Film · 1951
Haha tsubaki
Film · 1950
Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha
Film · 1950
Shimai hoshi
Film · 1950
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
Film · 1949
Haha kōbai
Film · 1949
Three Mothers
Film · 1949
Haha koiboshi
Film · 1949
Haha tōdai
Film · 1949
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
Film · 1948
Oyabaka taishō
Film · 1948
Mother
Film · 1948
These Foolish Times
Film · 1947
Chōchō shissō jiken
Film · 1947
Onna keizu
Film · 1942
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Film · 1941
The Monkey King
Film · 1940
Japanese Women's Textbook
Film · 1937
Harikiri Boy
Film · 1937
Radio Queen
Film · 1935