Hideko Takamine

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.

Acting

1979

Oh, My Son!

Yukie Kawase

1973

The Twilight Years

Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)

1969

1967

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

Otsugi, Umpei's mother

1964

Yearning

Reiko Morita

1963

A Woman's Life

Nobuko Shimizu

1962

A Wanderer's Notebook

Fumiko Hayashi

1962

The Wiser Age

Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome

1961

1961

The Other Woman

Miho Nishigaki

1961

1961

The Human Condition

Hinanmin no Onna

1961

Happiness of Us Alone

Akiko Katayama

1960

1960

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife

1960

1958

The Rickshaw Man

Yoshiko Yoshioka

1958

Stakeout

Sadako Yokokawa

1957

1957

1956

1956

1955

The First Kiss

Akiko Kaneda

1955

The Tattered Wings

Fuyuko Terada

1955

1955

Floating Clouds

Yukiko Koda

1954

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister

1954

Twenty-Four Eyes

Ôishi Sensei

1954

The Garden of Women

Yoshie Izushi

1953

1953

1952

Lightning

Kiyoko

1952

A Ripple in a Morning

Atsuko Takimoto

1951

1951

1951

Carmen Comes Home

Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen

1950

The Munekata Sisters

Mariko Munekata

1949

1948

365 Nights

Ranko Komaki

1948

1946

1946

1946

1943

1941

Hideko the Bus Conductress

Okoma, the bus conductress

1941

Horse

Ine Onoda

1940

Hideko the Cheerleader

Hideko Takashima

1939

1939

1938

1938

1931

1931

Tokyo Chorus

Sono Choujo

1931

1931

1931

1931

Costume & Make-Up

Infos

Full Name
Hideko Takamine
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
3/27/1924
Date of Death
12/28/2010
Also Known As

Hideko Hirayama

다카미네 히데코

Хидэко Такаминэ

هیدکو تاکامینه

Hideko Takamine