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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 2, 1902
Died
January 18, 1982
Place of Birth
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- Aiko Mimasu
Aiko Mimasu
1.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
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There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
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不断草
1980
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The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
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Sanbaba
1974
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Yone
Yakuza of the Present
1973
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The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
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Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
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The Last Kamikaze
1970
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Women of Osaka Castle
1970
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Tatsu Onuma
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
Credits
There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
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不断草
1980
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The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
6.3
Sanbaba
1974
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Yakuza of the Present
as Yone
1973
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The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
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Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1971
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The Last Kamikaze
1970
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Women of Osaka Castle
1970
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Tatsu Onuma
1969
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Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
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Rogue
as Fusayo
1968
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Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1968
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Ooku
1968
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Human Torpedoes
1968
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Classmates
as Sadako Shiratori
1967
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Classmates
1967
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Kojiro
1967
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Start Here
as Sumi Hanai
1965
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Raised in a Palace
as Osen
1964
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Yearning
as Shizu Morita
1964
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August Moon
as Fuji Mishima
1962
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Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
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The Wiser Age
as Matsuyo Tamura
1962
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Moonlight in the Rain
1961
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Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1961
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The Ginza Three Boys
as Kiku Takarai
1961
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Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
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This Greedy Old Skin
as Oshika
1960
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The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Aki Sakanishi
1960
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The Storm of the Pacific
as Sato
1960
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The Naked General
1958
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Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Yone (maid)
1958
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Notsubone Toda
1958
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Mother
as Kiyo Yuasa
1958
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Kisses
as Ryoko Uno
1957
6.6
An Osaka Story
1957
5.4
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Ai
1956
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Children Seeking a Mother
as Aki Yamamoto
1956
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Street of Shame
as Yumeko
1956
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Tama wa kudakezu
1955
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五十円横町
1955
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
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Kurohyō
1953
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The End of the Night
1953
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Sugamo's Mothers
1952
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The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
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母子鶴
as Nobuko Tsuji
1952
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母山彦
1952
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Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
1949
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Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
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These Foolish Times
1947
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Onna keizu
1942
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The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
5.3
The Monkey King
as Yoyo
1940
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Japanese Women's Textbook
1937
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Harikiri Boy
1937
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Radio Queen
1935
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