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.
73 movies · 3 shows
There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981·5.5
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976·6.5
Sanbaba
1974·9.0
Yakuza of the Present
1973·7.0
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973·10.0
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971·10.0
The Last Kamikaze
1970·7.0
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969·7.5
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968·5.0
Rogue
1968·7.0
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968·0.0
Human Torpedoes
1968·7.0
Classmates
1967·6.5
Kojiro
1967·8.0
陽のあたる坂道
1967·10.0
Start Here
1965·7.0
Raised in a Palace
1964·7.0
Yearning
1964·8.1
Dobuike
1963·0.0
August Moon
1962·0.0
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962·7.0
The Wiser Age
1962·7.2
Moonlight in the Rain
1961·9.0
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961·8.0
The Ginza Three Boys
1961·0.0
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960·10.0
This Greedy Old Skin
1960·10.0
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960·6.9
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960·7.3
The Storm of the Pacific
1960·6.0
The Naked General
1958·7.0
A Mother's Journey
1958·5.0
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958·0.0
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958·6.2
Mother
1958·0.0
Kisses
1957·6.8
An Osaka Story
1957·6.0
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957·0.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956·7.0
Children Seeking a Mother
1956·0.0
Street of Shame
1956·7.7
Tama wa kudakezu
1955·0.0
五十円横町
1955·0.0
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955·10.0
Haha tokidori
1954·0.0
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime
1954·0.0
This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
1954·0.0
Kurohyō
1953·0.0
Koshō musuko
1953·0.0
The End of the Night
1953·10.0
Sugamo's Mothers
1952·0.0
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952·0.0
母子鶴
1952·0.0
母山彦
1952·0.0
Shimai hoshi
1950·0.0
Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha
1950·0.0
Haha tsubaki
1950·0.0
Haha tōdai
1949·0.0
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
1949·0.0
Haha koiboshi
1949·0.0
Three Mothers
1949·0.0
Haha kōbai
1949·0.0
Mother
1948·0.0
Oyabaka taishō
1948·0.0
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948·0.0
Chōchō shissō jiken
1947·0.0
These Foolish Times
1947·10.0
Onna keizu
1942·8.0
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941·6.5
The Monkey King
1940·7.0
Japanese Women's Textbook
1937·9.0
Harikiri Boy
1937·0.0
Radio Queen
1935·0.0