Hideko Takamine
Acting
Born: March 27, 1924 · Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Died: December 28, 2010 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
Biography
Hideko Takamine (高峰 秀子, Takamine Hideko, March 27, 1924 – December 28, 2010) was a Japanese actress who began as a child actress and maintained her fame in a career that spanned 50 years. She is particularly known for her collaborations with directors Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita, with Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) and Floating Clouds (1955) being among her most noted films. Takamine was born in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, in 1924. At the age of four, following the death of her mother, she was placed in the care of her aunt in Tokyo. Her first role was in the Shochiku studio's 1929 film Mother (Haha), which brought her tremendous popularity as a child actor. She toured as a singer to entertain Japanese troops and, after the war, sang for American occupation troops in Tokyo. In 1950, she left Shintoho and became a freelance actress. She was especially favoured as leading actress by Naruse, appearing in 17 of his films between 1941 and 1966, which are considered "some of her finest performances." She married writer-director Zenzo Matsuyama in 1955, but continued her acting career, stating that she wanted to "create a new style of wife who has a job". After retiring as an actress in 1979, she published her autobiography and several essay collections. She died of lung cancer on 28 December 2010 at the age of 86.
Known for
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Floating Clouds
1955
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
Yearning
1964
Tokyo Chorus
1931
The Rickshaw Man
1958
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Flowing
1956
Lightning
1952
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Immortal Love
1961
Photos (4)
Movies (112)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Onna
The Second Kiss
1954
Yearning
Reiko Morita
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko Yashiro
Untamed Woman
Oshima
Floating Clouds
Yukiko Koda
Ballad of a Workman
Torae Nonaka
Flirtation in Spring
1949
The Rickshaw Man
Yoshiko Yoshioka
The Munekata Sisters
Mariko Munekata
Schoolgirl Records
Sachiko Kamata
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
Twenty-Four Eyes
Ôishi Sensei
Men vs. Women
Little girl in theater
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Otsugi, Umpei's mother
Home Sweet Home
Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
Four Marriages
1944
The New Road: Ryota
1936
Snow-Flake
Taeko
Flowing
Katsuyo
Lightning
Kiyoko
The Wiser Age
Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
Lord for a Night
1946
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Yasuo (Son)
Horse
Ine Onoda
Moment of Terror
Kuniko, the Mother
Stakeout
Sadako Yokokawa
Mother Country
1962
Immortal Love
Sadako
A Wife's Heart
Kiyoko
The Other Woman
Miho Nishigaki
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fumiko Hayashi
Three Women of the North
1945
The Wild Geese
Otama
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
Naeko Minamoto
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
The First Kiss
Akiko Kaneda
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Shimizu
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
Oh, My Son!
Yukie Kawase
A Ripple in a Morning
Atsuko Takimoto
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Takamine
The Garden of Women
Yoshie Izushi
Song of the Flower Basket
Hamako
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Kiyoko Arisawa
Flying in the Air
1957
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Okoma, the bus conductress
The River Fuefuki
Okei
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
Good-Bye!
1949
Happiness of Us Alone
Akiko Katayama
Bellflower
Yumiko
Sky of Hope
Hideko
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
Carmen's Innocent Love
Carmen
The Tattered Wings
Fuyuko Terada
Devil's Temple
Kaede
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Oharu
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Senko Azuma
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Tokyo Chorus
Sono Choujo
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
Eyes of Children
1956
Carmen Comes Home
Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
Tojuro's Love
1938
The Day Before
Otsu
Composition Class
Masako
The Monkey King
Princess
Could I But Live
Noriko Nemoto
Chocolate and Soldiers
Shigeko
World of Love
Tomi Odagiri
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Akako Tatsuta
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Miss Hanako
Chiyoko, Goro's sister
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Kaido-jo
Danger Stalks Near
Yuriko
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
Momoyo Sone
Dimple of Tokyo
Kyoko Mine
House of Many Pleasures
Machiko
Two Iida
Kikue Sugawa
Dancers of Awa
1941
The Devil of Edo
Onatsu
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937
Rainbow Hill
Yuri
Musashibo Benkei
1942
A Flower Blooms
Machiko
Until Victory Day
1945
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Sagohei the Three-footer
Otae
365 Nights
Ranko Komaki
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
Momoyo
The Twilight Years
Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Yasuo (son)
Invitation to Happiness
1947
A Gentle Breeze With Father
1940
Flower Picking Diary
1939
Our Silent Love
1967
Shirobara wa sakedo
1937
The Man Who Waited
1942
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Ine
Young Lady
1937
Passion
Mitsuko's child
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Akiko Hojo
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
365 Nights: Tokyo
Teruko Ôe
Beautiful Departure
1939
Hideko the Cheerleader
Hideko Takashima
Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki
1953
Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki
1953
