Hideko Takamine
Acting
- Born:
- 1924-03-27
- Died:
- 2010-12-28
- Place of birth:
- Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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
Oh, My Son!
Two Iida
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
The Twilight Years
Devil's Temple
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Our Silent Love
Moment of Terror
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Could I But Live
Yearning
A Woman's Life
My Hobo
A Wanderer's Notebook
Ballad of a Workman
Mother Country
The Wiser Age
Immortal Love
The Other Woman
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Happiness of Us Alone
The River Fuefuki
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
The Rickshaw Man
Stakeout
Danger Stalks Near
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Untamed Woman
Flying in the Air
Flowing
A Wife's Heart
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Eyes of Children
The First Kiss
The Tattered Wings
House of Many Pleasures
Floating Clouds
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Twenty-Four Eyes
The Garden of Women
The Second Kiss
The Wild Geese
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki
Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki
Carmen's Innocent Love
Lightning
Dimple of Tokyo
A Ripple in a Morning
Sasaki Kojiro
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Carmen Comes Home
Home Sweet Home
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
Crossing the Flames of War
The Munekata Sisters
Snow-Flake
Ginza Cancan Girls
Good-Bye!
Flirtation in Spring
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
365 Nights: Tokyo
365 Nights
The Ed Sullivan Show
A Flower Blooms
Invitation to Happiness
The Devil of Edo
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Lord for a Night
Those Who Make Tomorrow
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Yoki na onna
Three Women of the North
Until Victory Day
Four Marriages
Sagohei the Three-footer
World of Love
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Miss Hanako
The Opium War
Onna keizu
The Man Who Waited
Sky of Hope
Musashibo Benkei
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Schoolgirl Records
Dancers of Awa
Horse
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
The Monkey King
Bellflower
A Gentle Breeze With Father
Hideko the Cheerleader
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Flower Picking Diary
The Day Before
Ichiyo Higuchi
Roppa no Hōjiro Sensei
My Daughter's Only Wish
Beautiful Departure
Chocolate and Soldiers
Composition Class
Tojuro's Love
Rainbow Hill
Young Lady
Shirobara wa sakedo
The Kingdom of Spectacles
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
Song of the Flower Basket
The New Road: Ryota
The New Road: Akemi
Men vs. Women
Mother of the East
The Layabout and Seabathing
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
Passion
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
Tokyo Chorus
Sisters: Part 1
Sisters: Part 2
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Reijin
Mother