Hideko Takamine
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.
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Movies (50)
The Unconcealed Woman
Writer (Writing)
1994
Oh, My Son!
as Yukie Kawase
1979
Two Iida
as Kikue Sugawa
1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
The Twilight Years
as Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)
1973
Devil's Temple
as Kaede
1969
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Otsugi, Umpei's mother
1967
Moment of Terror
as Kuniko, the Mother
1966
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
as Ine
1965
Yearning
as Reiko Morita
1964
A Woman's Life
as Nobuko Shimizu
1963
My Hobo
as Komako Kuwata
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fumiko Hayashi
1962
Ballad of a Workman
as Torae Nonaka
1962
Mother Country
1962
The Wiser Age
as Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
1962
Immortal Love
as Sadako
1961
The Other Woman
as Miho Nishigaki
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Hinanmin no Onna
1961
Happiness of Us Alone
as Akiko Katayama
1961
The River Fuefuki
as Okei
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Keiko Yashiro
1960
The Rickshaw Man
as Yoshiko Yoshioka
1958
Stakeout
as Sadako Yokokawa
1958
Danger Stalks Near
as Yuriko
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Kiyoko Arisawa
1957
Untamed Woman
as Oshima
1957
Flying in the Air
1957
Flowing
as Katsuyo
1956
A Wife's Heart
as Kiyoko
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Eyes of Children
1956
The First Kiss
as Akiko Kaneda
1955
The Tattered Wings
as Fuyuko Terada
1955
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
as Machiko
1955
Floating Clouds
as Yukiko Koda
1955
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Ôishi Sensei
1954
The Garden of Women
as Yoshie Izushi
1954
The Wild Geese
as Otoma
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Senko Azuma
1953
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Carmen
1952
Lightning
as Kiyoko
1952
Dimple of Tokyo
as Kyoko Mine
1952
A Ripple in a Morning
as Atsuko Takimoto
1952
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Carmen Comes Home
as Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
1951
Home Sweet Home
as Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
1951