
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.
movieThere Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
不断草
1980
movieThe Machine Gun Dragon
1976
movieSanbaba
1974
movieYakuza of the Present
1973 · Yone
movieThe Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
movieBitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
movieThe Last Kamikaze
1970
Women of Osaka Castle
1970
movieMemoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969 · Tatsu Onuma
movieTales of the Inner Chamber
1968
movieRogue
1968 · Fusayo
movieBrothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
tvOoku
1968
movieHuman Torpedoes
1968
movieClassmates
1967 · Sadako Shiratori
movieKojiro
1967
movie陽のあたる坂道
1967
movieStart Here
1965 · Sumi Hanai
movieRaised in a Palace
1964 · Osen
movieYearning
1964 · Shizu Morita
movieDobuike
1963 · Matsuko Taira
movieAugust Moon
1962 · Fuji Mishima
movieIka naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
movieThe Wiser Age
1962 · Matsuyo Tamura
movieMoonlight in the Rain
1961
movieSazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
movieThe Ginza Three Boys
1961 · Kiku Takarai
movieSazae And Aunt Apron
1960
movieThis Greedy Old Skin
1960 · Oshika
movieThe Lovelorn Geisha
1960
movieDaughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Aki Sakanishi
movieThe Storm of the Pacific
1960 · Sato
movieThe Naked General
1958
movieA Mother's Journey
1958
movieDiary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958 · Yone (maid)
movieThe Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Notsubone Toda
movieMother
1958 · Kiyo Yuasa
movieKisses
1957 · Ryoko Uno
movieAn Osaka Story
1957
movieDaiei Studio is Bustling
1957
movieTsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · Ai
movieChildren Seeking a Mother
1956 · Aki Yamamoto
movieStreet of Shame
1956 · Yumeko
movieTama wa kudakezu
1955
movie五十円横町
1955
movieA Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
movieHaha tokidori
1954
movieKurohyō
1953
movieKoshō musuko
1953
movieThe End of the Night
1953
movieSugamo's Mothers
1952
movieThe Paths of Two Maidens
1952
movie母子鶴
1952 · Nobuko Tsuji
movie母山彦
1952
movieNagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
1949
movieWildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
movieThese Foolish Times
1947
Onna keizu
1942
movieThe Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
movieThe Monkey King
1940 · Yoyo
movieJapanese Women's Textbook
1937
Harikiri Boy
1937
movieRadio Queen
1935