Hideko Takamine
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1924-03-27
Day of Death
2010-12-28 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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.
Known For
Acting
(1979)
Oh, My Son!
as Yukie Kawase
(1976)
Two Iida
as Kikue Sugawa
(1976)
(1973)
The Twilight Years
as Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)
(1969)
Devil's Temple
as Kaede
(1967)
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Otsugi, Umpei's mother
(1966)
Moment of Terror
as Kuniko, the Mother
(1965)
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
as Ine
(1964)
Yearning
as Reiko Morita
(1963)
A Woman's Life
as Nobuko Shimizu
(1962)
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fumiko Hayashi
(1962)
Ballad of a Workman
as Torae Nonaka
(1962)
(1962)
My Hobo
as Komako Kuwata
(1962)
The Wiser Age
as Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
(1961)
Immortal Love
as Sadako
(1961)
The Other Woman
as Miho Nishigaki
(1961)
Happiness of Us Alone
as Akiko Katayama
(1961)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Hinanmin no Onna
(1960)
The River Fuefuki
as Okei
(1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Keiko Yashiro
(1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
(1958)
Stakeout
as Sadako Yokokawa
(1958)
The Rickshaw Man
as Yoshiko Yoshioka
(1957)
Danger Stalks Near
as Yuriko
(1957)
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Kiyoko Arisawa
(1957)
(1957)
Untamed Woman
as Oshima
(1956)
Flowing
as Katsuyo
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
A Wife's Heart
as Kiyoko
(1955)
The Tattered Wings
as Fuyuko Terada
(1955)
Floating Clouds
as Yukiko Koda
(1955)
The First Kiss
as Akiko Kaneda
(1955)
(1954)
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Ôishi Sensei
(1954)
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
(1954)
The Garden of Women
as Yoshie Izushi
(1953)
The Wild Geese
as Otoma
(1953)
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Senko Azuma
(1952)
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Carmen
(1952)
A Ripple in a Morning
as Atsuko Takimoto
(1952)
Dimple of Tokyo
as Kyoko Mine
(1952)
Lightning
as Kiyoko
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
Home Sweet Home
as Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
(1951)
Carmen Comes Home
as Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
(1951)
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
as Naeko Minamoto
(1950)
(1950)
Snow-Flake
as Taeko
(1950)
The Munekata Sisters
as Mariko Munekata
(1949)
(1949)
(1948)
365 Nights
as Ranko Komaki
(1948)
A Flower Blooms
as Machiko
(1948)
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
as Akiko Hojo
(1947)
(1947)
(1947)
The Devil of Edo
as Onatsu
(1946)
Those Who Make Tomorrow
as Takamine
(1946)
(1946)
(1946)
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
as Akako Tatsuta
(1945)
(1945)
(1944)
(1944)
Sagohei the Three-footer
as Otae
(1943)
World of Love
as Yamaneko
(1943)
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
as Kaido-jo
(1943)
Miss Hanako
as Chiyoko, Goro's sister
(1943)
(1942)
(1942)
Sky of Hope
as Hideko
(1942)
Onna keizu
as Taeko
(1942)
(1941)
(1941)
Schoolgirl Records
as Sachiko Kamata
(1941)
Hideko the Bus Conductress
as Okoma, the bus conductress
(1941)
(1941)
Horse
as Ine Onoda
(1940)
Bellflower
as Yumiko
(1940)
Hideko the Cheerleader
as Hideko Takashima
(1940)
The Monkey King
as Princess
(1940)
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
The Day Before
as Otsu
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1938)
Composition Class
as Masako
(1938)
Chocolate and Soldiers
as Shigeko
(1938)
Rainbow Hill
as Yuri
(1938)
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
Song of the Flower Basket
as Hamako
(1937)
(1937)
(1936)
Men vs. Women
as Little girl in theater
(1936)
(1936)
(1933)
(1932)
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
as Momoyo
(1932)
Passion
as Mitsuko's child
(1931)
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
as Momoyo Sone
(1931)
Tokyo Chorus
as Sono Choujo
(1930)
Reijin
as Iwao
(1929)
Mother
as Haruko
Crew
(1994)
The Unconcealed Woman
Original Story, Writer
(1962)
Mother Country
Costume Supervisor
(1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Costume Design