Hideko Takamine
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
Credits
- 1979 · Oh, My Son! as Yukie Kawase
- 1976 · Two Iida as Kikue Sugawa
- 1976 · Love and Separation in Sri Lanka as
- 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 · My Hobo as Komako Kuwata
- 1962 · A Wanderer's Notebook as Fumiko Hayashi
- 1962 · Ballad of a Workman as Torae Nonaka
- 1962 · Mother Country as
- 1962 · The Wiser Age as Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
- 1961 · 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
- 1960 · The River Fuefuki as Okei
- 1960 · Daughters, Wives and a Mother as Sakanishi Kazuko, Shingo's wife
- 1960 · When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as Keiko Yashiro
- 1958 · The Rickshaw Man as Yoshiko Yoshioka
- 1958 · Stakeout as Sadako Yokokawa
- 1957 · Danger Stalks Near as Yuriko
- 1957 · Times of Joy and Sorrow as Kiyoko Arisawa
- 1957 · Untamed Woman as Oshima
- 1957 · Flying in the Air as
- 1956 · Flowing as Katsuyo
- 1956 · A Wife's Heart as Kiyoko
- 1956 · Three Women Around Yoshinaka as
- 1956 · Eyes of Children as
- 1955 · 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
- 1954 · 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
- 1953 · The Wild Geese as Otoma
- 1953 · Where Chimneys Are Seen as Senko Azuma
- 1952 · 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
- 1951 · Sasaki Kojiro as
- 1951 · Zoku Sasaki Kojiro as
- 1951 · Carmen Comes Home as Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
- 1951 · Home Sweet Home as Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
- 1951 · The Woman’s Reflective Pool as Naeko Minamoto
- 1950 · Senka o koete as
- 1950 · The Munekata Sisters as Mariko Munekata
- 1950 · Snow-Flake as Taeko
- 1949 · Ginza Cancan Girls as
- 1949 · Flirtation in Spring as
- 1948 · The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow as Akiko Hojo
- 1948 · 365 Nights as Ranko Komaki
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · A Flower Blooms as Machiko
- 1947 · Invitation to Happiness as
- 1947 · The Devil of Edo as Onatsu
- 1947 · A Thousand and One Nights with Toho as
- 1946 · Lord for a Night as
- 1946 · Those Who Make Tomorrow as Takamine
- 1946 · A Descendant of Urashima Taro as Akako Tatsuta
- 1946 · Yoki na onna as
- 1945 · Three Women of the North as
- 1945 · Until Victory Day as
- 1944 · Four Marriages as
- 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 · The Opium War as
- 1942 · Onna keizu as Taeko
- 1942 · The Man Who Waited as
- 1942 · Sky of Hope as Hideko
- 1942 · Musashibo Benkei as
- 1941 · Hideko the Bus Conductress as Okoma, the bus conductress
- 1941 · Schoolgirl Records as Sachiko Kamata
- 1941 · Dancers of Awa as
- 1941 · Horse as Ine Onoda
- 1941 · The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday as
- 1940 · The Monkey King as Princess
- 1940 · Bellflower as Yumiko
- 1940 · A Gentle Breeze With Father as
- 1940 · Hideko the Cheerleader as Hideko Takashima
- 1939 · Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki as Oharu
- 1939 · Flower Picking Diary as
- 1939 · The Day Before as Otsu
- 1939 · Ichiyo Higuchi as
- 1939 · My Daughter's Only Wish as
- 1939 · Beautiful Departure as
- 1938 · Chocolate and Soldiers as Shigeko
- 1938 · Composition Class as Masako
- 1938 · Tojuro's Love as
- 1938 · Rainbow Hill as Yuri
- 1937 · The Kingdom of Spectacles as
- 1937 · A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again as
- 1937 · Song of the Flower Basket as Hamako
- 1936 · The New Road: Ryota as
- 1936 · The New Road: Akemi as
- 1936 · Men vs. Women as Little girl in theater
- 1933 · The Layabout and Seabathing as
- 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