Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1902-11-02
Day of Death
1982-01-18
Place of Birth
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Aiko Mimasu
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 (58)
There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Sanbaba
1974
Yakuza of the Present
1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Rogue
1968
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
Human Torpedoes
1968
Classmates
1967
Classmates
1967
