Aiko Mimasu
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0186 |
| Birthday | 1902-11-02 |
| Place of Birth | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | Aiko Mimasu, |
1968
Rogue
7/1
Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the pai...
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Rogue
1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
10/1
Part 5 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and...
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The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1956
Street of Shame
7.701/149
Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
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Street of Shame
1953
Kurohyō
0/0
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Kurohyō
1947
These Foolish Times
10/1
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These Foolish Times
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
7/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1942
Onna keizu
8/1
1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
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Onna keizu
1964
Yearning
8.12/71
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly bui...
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Yearning
1952
母山彦
0/0
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母山彦
1937
Japanese Women's Textbook
9/1
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Japanese Women's Textbook
1940
The Monkey King
7/1
A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mi...
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The Monkey King
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
6.182/11
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
1949
Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
0/0
Based on a novel by Tei Fujiwara
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Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru
1960
This Greedy Old Skin
10/1
A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, incl...
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This Greedy Old Skin
1952
The Paths of Two Maidens
0/0
Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.
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The Paths of Two Maidens
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
7.3/10
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-law...
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
6/9
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1...
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The Storm of the Pacific
1964
Raised in a Palace
7/2
Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a ge...
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Raised in a Palace
1967
Classmates
6.5/4
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
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Classmates
1968
Human Torpedoes
7/1
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.
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Human Torpedoes
1970
The Last Kamikaze
7/2
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji T...
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The Last Kamikaze
1953
The End of the Night
10/1
Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision will...
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The End of the Night
1962
The Wiser Age
7.25/8
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
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The Wiser Age
1960
The Lovelorn Geisha
6.857/7
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in hi...
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The Lovelorn Geisha
1976
The Machine Gun Dragon
6.5/4
Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and...
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The Machine Gun Dragon
1957
An Osaka Story
6/6
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and...
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An Osaka Story
1941
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
6.5/4
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The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1981
There Was a War When I Was a Child
5.5/2
An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.
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There Was a War When I Was a Child
1973
Yakuza of the Present
7/1
In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his f...
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Yakuza of the Present
1967
Kojiro
8/5
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tat...
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Kojiro
1974
Sanbaba
9/1
A story about being scared of getting old.
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Sanbaba
1957
Kisses
6.727/22
Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at...
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Kisses
1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
7.5/2
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1958
The Naked General
7/1
A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.
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The Naked General
1961
The Ginza Three Boys
0/0
The story of three sportsman brothers living in the Ginza. One day, the three meet a raving beauty on separate occasions and are unaware they have met...
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The Ginza Three Boys
1971
Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
10/1
Bunta Sugawara replaces Koji Tsuruta as the leading man for this sequel of Okoma, the Orphan Gambler.
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Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
1952
母子鶴
0/0
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母子鶴
1967
Classmates
6.5/4
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
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Classmates
1960
Sazae And Aunt Apron
10/1
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip
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Sazae And Aunt Apron
1961
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
8/1
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
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Sazae-san Plays Cupid
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
10/1
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
7/2
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
1968
Tales of the Inner Chamber
5/5
Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.
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Tales of the Inner Chamber
1955
五十円横町
0/0
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五十円横町
1962
August Moon
0/0
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August Moon
1968
Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
0/0
Yakuza Kojima appeared in Yokkaichi in search of her mother who died when she was young. There he met Torajiro, a master of kendo, who had just left p...
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Brothers'Code - The Back Relation
1935
Radio Queen
0/0
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Radio Queen
1956
Children Seeking a Mother
0/0
While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.
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Children Seeking a Mother
1937
Harikiri Boy
0/0
An early Tōhō salaryman musical.
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Harikiri Boy
1958
Mother
0/0
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Mother
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
0/0
A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
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Daiei Studio is Bustling
1961
Moonlight in the Rain
9/1
A home drama about a mother and her three daughters, based on the novel by Fumiko Hayashi.
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Moonlight in the Rain
1952
Sugamo's Mothers
0/0
Directed by Nobuo Adachi and starring Aiko Mimasu as a mother who lost three of her four sons to war. Aki is an elderly mother who has lost three of h...
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Sugamo's Mothers
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
0/0
At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's...
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Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1955
Tama wa kudakezu
0/0
A love melodrama about five siblings and the daughter of a businessman.
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Tama wa kudakezu
1965
Start Here
7/1
Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected remarriage lead...
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Start Here
1948
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
0/0
The first in a series of 31 "mother films" produced by Daiei in the post-war period.
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Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1967
陽のあたる坂道
10/1
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