Mieko Takamine
Acting
- Born:
- 1918-12-02
- Died:
- 1990-05-27
- Place of birth:
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Mieko Takamine (高峰三枝子, Takamine Mieko) (2 December 1918 – 27 May 1990) was a Japanese actress and singer. Mieko Takamine was born the eldest daughter of famous chikuzen biwa player and teacher Chikufu Takamine. She gave her acting debut in the 1936 film Kimi yo takarakani utae, produced by the Shochiku studios, to which she would remain affiliated throughout her career, although she would also occasionally appear in productions of other companies after the war. Her first released record as a singer was the theme song for the film Hotaru no hikari (1938), and she soon established herself as a "singing movie star". Takamine starred in films of Japan's most notable directors, including Hiroshi Shimizu, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita. In 1976, Takamine won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 19th Blue Ribbon Awards for her role in The Inugamis (1976). In 1985, she was awarded the Medal of Purple Ribbon and a special Mainichi Film Award for her longtime achievements as a performer
Known For
Filmography
Flower Season
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Memories of You
Appassionata
Oddball Nippon
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
An Ocean to Cross
The Shogun Assassins
The Phoenix
Queen Bee
Ningen no Shōmei
Aspiration
The Inugami Family
Love Is a Hunter
Rebellion Reward
Futari no Koibito
The Sands of Kurobe
Aruhi watashi wa
Lover's Duet
Pomegranate Time
Family of Women
Let Us Love
Song of Farewell
Nagisa o kakeru onna
Homecoming
Here Because of You
Bright Sea
The Image of Mother
The Incorrigible
恋と出世に強くなれ！
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Naite waratta hanayome
At the Side of the Bridge 2
San'nin musume kanpai!
Red Bud and White Flower
Love Under the Crucifix
Kono ni uruwashi
Yume de aritai
Love's Family Tree
A Good Man, A Good Day
Marriageable Age
Castle of Flames
Tokyo Omnibus
Points and Lines
Man of Thirteen Eyes
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
Elegy of the North
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Street of Ronin
The Wanderer
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Summer in Eclipse
The Lady Was Pawn
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
Eyes of Children
We Never Let You Go
Ejima and Ikushima
Fantasy of Youth
Jakō yashiki
The Road to the Spring
Ginji of the Seven Faces
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
一本刀土俵入
Hana no nagadosu
The Garden of Women
Omatsuri hanjiro
憧れの星座
Dreaming People
Wife
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Kare o korosu na
治郎吉格子
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Five Men of Edo
Minami kaze
Dancing Girl
Ah, Youth
Freedom School
Elegy
Rumba of Passion
The Actress and the Detective
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
When We Came Back
Omoide no borero
Escape from Prison
Farewell Tango
A Woman's Fight
Jealousy
Suiren fujin to bara musume
Dare ni koisen
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
Hanayome senshu
Rira no hana wasureji
Once More
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Onatsu Seijurō
Waiting Woman
A New Breeze
Theater
Ikeru isu
Gekimetsu no uta
Victory Song
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
Dance of the Capital
South Wind 2
South Wind
Moon of the Plateau
The 47 Ronin
Let's Go in Good Spirits
The Flower is not False
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Nobuko
Warm Current
Lovers' Duet
The Masseurs and a Woman
Hotaru no hikari
So Goes My Love
The Lights of Asakusa
The Trio's Engagements
The Golden Demon
Vermilion and Green
Renai muteki kantai
Moon Over the Ruins