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)
The Wiser Age
as Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
(1962)
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fumiko Hayashi
(1962)
Ballad of a Workman
as Torae Nonaka
(1962)
My Hobo
as Komako Kuwata
(1962)
(1961)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Hinanmin no Onna
(1961)
Immortal Love
as Sadako
(1961)
Happiness of Us Alone
as Akiko Katayama
(1961)
The Other Woman
as Miho Nishigaki
(1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Keiko Yashiro
(1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Sakanishi Kazuko, Shingo's wife
(1960)
The River Fuefuki
as Okei
(1958)
The Rickshaw Man
as Yoshiko Yoshioka
(1958)
Stakeout
as Sadako Yokokawa
(1957)
Untamed Woman
as Oshima
(1957)
Danger Stalks Near
as Yuriko
(1957)
Times of Joy and Sorrow
as Kiyoko Arisawa
(1957)
(1956)
Flowing
as Katsuyo
(1956)
A Wife's Heart
as Kiyoko
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
Floating Clouds
as Yukiko Koda
(1955)
The Tattered Wings
as Fuyuko Terada
(1955)
(1955)
The First Kiss
as Akiko Kaneda
(1954)
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Ôishi Sensei
(1954)
The Garden of Women
as Yoshie Izushi
(1954)
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
(1953)
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Senko Azuma
(1953)
The Wild Geese
as Otoma
(1952)
Lightning
as Kiyoko
(1952)
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Carmen
(1952)
A Ripple in a Morning
as Atsuko Takimoto
(1952)
Dimple of Tokyo
as Kyoko Mine
(1951)
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
as Naeko Minamoto
(1951)
Carmen Comes Home
as Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
(1951)
(1951)
Home Sweet Home
as Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
(1951)
(1950)
The Munekata Sisters
as Mariko Munekata
(1950)
(1950)
Snow-Flake
as Taeko
(1949)
(1949)
(1948)
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
as Akiko Hojo
(1948)
365 Nights
as Ranko Komaki
(1948)
A Flower Blooms
as Machiko
(1947)
(1947)
(1947)
The Devil of Edo
as Onatsu
(1946)
Those Who Make Tomorrow
as Takamine
(1946)
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
as Akako Tatsuta
(1946)
(1946)
(1945)
(1945)
(1944)
Sagohei the Three-footer
as Otae
(1944)
(1943)
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
as Kaido-jo
(1943)
World of Love
as Yamaneko
(1943)
Miss Hanako
as Chiyoko, Goro's sister
(1943)
(1942)
Onna keizu
as Taeko
(1942)
Sky of Hope
as Hideko
(1942)
(1942)
(1941)
Hideko the Bus Conductress
as Okoma, the bus conductress
(1941)
Horse
as Ine Onoda
(1941)
(1941)
Schoolgirl Records
as Sachiko Kamata
(1941)
(1940)
Hideko the Cheerleader
as Hideko Takashima
(1940)
(1940)
Bellflower
as Yumiko
(1940)
The Monkey King
as Princess
(1939)
(1939)
The Day Before
as Otsu
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1938)
(1938)
Composition Class
as Masako
(1938)
Chocolate and Soldiers
as Shigeko
(1938)
Rainbow Hill
as Yuri
(1937)
(1937)
Song of the Flower Basket
as Hamako
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
(1936)
Men vs. Women
as Little girl in theater
(1936)
(1936)
(1933)
(1932)
Passion
as Mitsuko's child
(1932)
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
as Momoyo
(1931)
Tokyo Chorus
as Sono Choujo
(1931)
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
as Momoyo Sone
(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