Hideko Takamine
Born
March 27, 1924
Died
December 28, 2010 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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
Oh, My Son!
Yukie Kawase
1979
Two Iida
Kikue Sugawa
1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
The Twilight Years
Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)
1973
Devil's Temple
Kaede
1969
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Otsugi, Umpei's mother
1967
Moment of Terror
Kuniko, the Mother
1966
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Ine
1965
Yearning
Reiko Morita
1964
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Shimizu
1963
My Hobo
Komako Kuwata
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fumiko Hayashi
1962
Ballad of a Workman
Torae Nonaka
1962
Mother Country
1962
The Wiser Age
Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
1962
Immortal Love
Sadako
1961
The Other Woman
Miho Nishigaki
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Onna
1961
Happiness of Us Alone
Akiko Katayama
1961
The River Fuefuki
Okei
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Sakanishi Kazuko, Shingo's wife
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko Yashiro
1960
The Rickshaw Man
Yoshiko Yoshioka
1958
Stakeout
Sadako Yokokawa
1958
Danger Stalks Near
Yuriko
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Kiyoko Arisawa
1957
Untamed Woman
Oshima
1957
Flying in the Air
1957
Flowing
Katsuyo
1956
A Wife's Heart
Kiyoko
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Eyes of Children
1956
The First Kiss
Akiko Kaneda
1955
The Tattered Wings
Fuyuko Terada
1955
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Machiko
1955
Floating Clouds
Yukiko Koda
1955
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
Ôishi Sensei
1954
The Garden of Women
Yoshie Izushi
1954
The Wild Geese
Otoma
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Senko Azuma
1953
Carmen's Innocent Love
Carmen
1952
Lightning
Kiyoko
1952
Dimple of Tokyo
Kyoko Mine
1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Atsuko Takimoto
1952
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Carmen Comes Home
Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
1951
Home Sweet Home
Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
1951
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
Naeko Minamoto
1951
Senka o koete
1950
The Munekata Sisters
Mariko Munekata
1950
Snow-Flake
Taeko
1950
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Flirtation in Spring
1949
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Akiko Hojo
1948
365 Nights
Ranko Komaki
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948
A Flower Blooms
Machiko
1948
Invitation to Happiness
1947
The Devil of Edo
Onatsu
1947
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
Lord for a Night
1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Takamine
1946
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Akako Tatsuta
1946
Yoki na onna
1946
Three Women of the North
1945
Until Victory Day
1945
Four Marriages
1944
Sagohei the Three-footer
Otae
1944
World of Love
Yamaneko
1943
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Kaido-jo
1943
Miss Hanako
Chiyoko, Goro's sister
1943
The Opium War
1943
Onna keizu
Taeko
1942
The Man Who Waited
1942
Sky of Hope
Hideko
1942
Musashibo Benkei
1942
Hideko the Bus Conductress
Okoma, the bus conductress
1941
Schoolgirl Records
Sachiko Kamata
1941
Dancers of Awa
1941
Horse
Ine Onoda
1941
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
The Monkey King
Princess
1940
Bellflower
Yumiko
1940
A Gentle Breeze With Father
1940
Hideko the Cheerleader
Hideko Takashima
1940
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Oharu
1939
Flower Picking Diary
1939
The Day Before
Otsu
1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
Roppa no Hōjiro Sensei
1939
My Daughter's Only Wish
1939
Beautiful Departure
1939
Chocolate and Soldiers
Shigeko
1938
Composition Class
Masako
1938
Tojuro's Love
1938
Rainbow Hill
Yuri
1938
The Kingdom of Spectacles
1937
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937
Song of the Flower Basket
Hamako
1937
The New Road: Ryota
1936
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Men vs. Women
Little girl in theater
1936
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
Momoyo
1932
Passion
Mitsuko's child
1932
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
Momoyo Sone
1931
Tokyo Chorus
Sono Choujo
1931
Reijin
Iwao
1930
Mother
Haruko
1929