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
Twenty-Four Eyes
Ôishi Sensei
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko Yashiro
Stakeout
Sadako Yokokawa
Floating Clouds
Yukiko Koda
The Rickshaw Man
Yoshiko Yoshioka
The Munekata Sisters
Mariko Munekata
The River Fuefuki
Okei
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Shimizu
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fumiko Hayashi
Untamed Woman
Oshima
Happiness of Us Alone
Akiko Katayama
Sky of Hope
Hideko
Yearning
Reiko Morita
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Otsugi
House of Many Pleasures
Machiko
Carmen Comes Home
Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
The Wiser Age
Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
Lightning
Kiyoko
Snow-Flake
Taeko
The Wild Geese
Otama
Moment of Terror
Kuniko, the Mother
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Takamine
Oh, My Son!
Yukie Kawase
A Wife's Heart
Kiyoko
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Kiyoko Arisawa
The Garden of Women
Yoshie Izushi
Immortal Love
Sadako
Tokyo Chorus
Sono Choujo
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Dimple of Tokyo
Kyoko Mine
Could I But Live
Noriko Nemoto
Good-Bye!
1949
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
Devil's Temple
Kaede
Carmen's Innocent Love
Carmen
Sagohei the Three-footer
Otae
The Monkey King
Princess
Flowing
Katsuyo
Lord for a Night
1946
Three Women of the North
1945
The First Kiss
Akiko Kaneda
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Senko Azuma
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Akako Tatsuta
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
Naeko Minamoto
Eyes of Children
1956
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
A Gentle Breeze With Father
1940
A Ripple in a Morning
Atsuko Takimoto
Home Sweet Home
Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
365 Nights
Ranko Komaki
The Twilight Years
Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)
Tojuro's Love
1938
Horse
Ine Onoda
The Other Woman
Miho Nishigaki
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Okoma, the bus conductress
Musashibo Benkei
1942
The Day Before
Otsu
Men vs. Women
Little girl in theater
Young Lady
1937
Dancers of Awa
1941
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Ine
Two Iida
Kikue Sugawa
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Kaido-jo
World of Love
Tomi Odagiri
Composition Class
Masako
Bellflower
Yumiko
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
Momoyo
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Danger Stalks Near
Yuriko
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Flying in the Air
1957
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
Momoyo Sone
The Tattered Wings
Fuyuko Terada
The New Road: Ryota
1936
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937
Miss Hanako
Chiyoko, Goro's sister
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Oharu
The Man Who Waited
1942
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Rainbow Hill
Yuri
Until Victory Day
1945
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
Hideko the Cheerleader
Hideko Takashima
Song of the Flower Basket
Hamako
A Flower Blooms
Machiko
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Yasuo (Son)
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Akiko Hojo
The Devil of Edo
Onatsu
Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki
1953
Flirtation in Spring
1949
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Shirobara wa sakedo
1937
Flower Picking Diary
1939
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Mother Country
1962
Beautiful Departure
1939
Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki
1953
Ballad of a Workman
Torae Nonaka
Chocolate and Soldiers
Shigeko
Schoolgirl Records
Sachiko Kamata
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
Our Silent Love
1967
Four Marriages
1944
The Second Kiss
1954
365 Nights: Tokyo
Teruko Ôe
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Yasuo (son)
Passion
Mitsuko's child
