Aiko Mimasu

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Aiko Mimasu

Acting November 2, 1902

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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 a…

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Street of Shame

Street of Shame

7.7 1956 Movie
Yearning

Yearning

8.1 1964 Movie
Kisses

Kisses

6.8 1957 Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin

6.3 1958 Movie
The Storm of the Pacific

The Storm of the Pacific

6.0 1960 Movie
Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

7.3 1960 Movie
Haha chigusa

Haha chigusa

1954 Movie
The Wiser Age

The Wiser Age

7.2 1962 Movie
A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime

A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime

1954 Movie
An Osaka Story

An Osaka Story

6.0 1957 Movie
The Lovelorn Geisha

The Lovelorn Geisha

6.9 1960 Movie
The Machine Gun Dragon

The Machine Gun Dragon

6.5 1976 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1981
    There Was a War When I Was a Child

    Movie

  2. 1980
    不断草

    TV show

  3. 1976
    The Machine Gun Dragon

    Movie

  4. 1974
    Sanbaba

    Movie

  5. 1973
    Yakuza of the Present

    Movie Yone

  6. 1973
    The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail

    Movie

  7. 1971
    Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler

    Movie

  8. 1970
    The Last Kamikaze

    Movie

  9. 1970
    Women of Osaka Castle

    TV show

  10. 1969
    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    Movie Tatsu Onuma

  11. 1968
    Tales of the Inner Chamber

    Movie

  12. 1968
    Rogue

    Movie Fusayo

  13. 1968
    Brothers'Code - The Back Relation

    Movie

  14. 1968
    Ooku

    TV show

  15. 1968
    Human Torpedoes

    Movie

  16. 1967
    Classmates

    Movie Sadako Shiratori

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  1. 1967
    Kojiro

    Movie

  2. 1967
    陽のあたる坂道

    Movie

  3. 1965
    Start Here

    Movie Sumi Hanai

  4. 1964
    Raised in a Palace

    Movie Osen

  5. 1964
    Yearning

    Movie Shizu Morita

  6. 1963
    Dobuike

    Movie Matsuko Taira

  7. 1962
    August Moon

    Movie Fuji Mishima

  8. 1962
    Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

    Movie

  9. 1962
    The Wiser Age

    Movie Matsuyo Tamura

  10. 1961
    Moonlight in the Rain

    Movie

  11. 1961
    Sazae-san Plays Cupid

    Movie Apron Lady

  12. 1961
    The Ginza Three Boys

    Movie Kiku Takarai

  13. 1960
    Sazae And Aunt Apron

    Movie Apron Lady

  14. 1960
    This Greedy Old Skin

    Movie Oshika

  15. 1960
    The Lovelorn Geisha

    Movie

  16. 1960
    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Movie Aki Sakanishi

  17. 1960
    The Storm of the Pacific

    Movie Sato

  18. 1958
    The Naked General

    Movie

  19. 1958
    A Mother's Journey

    Movie

  20. 1958
    Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

    Movie Yone (maid)

  21. 1958
    The Loyal 47 Ronin

    Movie Notsubone Toda

  22. 1958
    Mother

    Movie Kiyo Yuasa

  23. 1957
    Kisses

    Movie Ryoko Uno

  24. 1957
    An Osaka Story

    Movie