Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 27, 1924
Died
Dec 28, 2010
Place of Birth
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Credits
128 titles
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
Filmography
The Unconcealed Woman
Writer
Oh, My Son!
Yukie Kawase
Two Iida
Kikue Sugawa
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
The Twilight Years
Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)
Devil's Temple
Kaede
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Otsugi
Our Silent Love
Moment of Terror
Kuniko, the Mother
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Ine
Could I But Live
Noriko Nemoto
Yearning
Reiko Morita
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Shimizu
My Hobo
Komako Kuwata
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fumiko Hayashi
Ballad of a Workman
Torae Nonaka
Mother Country
The Wiser Age
Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
Immortal Love
Sadako
The Other Woman
Miho Nishigaki
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Onna
Happiness of Us Alone
Akiko Katayama
The River Fuefuki
Okei
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko Yashiro
The Rickshaw Man
Yoshiko Yoshioka
Stakeout
Sadako Yokokawa
Danger Stalks Near
Yuriko
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Kiyoko Arisawa
Untamed Woman
Oshima
Flying in the Air
Flowing
Katsuyo
A Wife's Heart
Kiyoko
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Eyes of Children
The First Kiss
Akiko Kaneda
The Tattered Wings
Fuyuko Terada
House of Many Pleasures
Machiko
Floating Clouds
Yukiko Koda
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
Twenty-Four Eyes
Ôishi Sensei
The Garden of Women
Yoshie Izushi
The Second Kiss
The Wild Geese
Otama
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Senko Azuma
Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki
Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki
Carmen's Innocent Love
Carmen
Lightning
Kiyoko
Dimple of Tokyo
Kyoko Mine