Mieko Takamine
Acting
Born December 2, 1918 · Tokyo, Japan
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
Films (112)
Flower Season
1990
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Memories of You
1988
Appassionata
1984
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
An Ocean to Cross
1980
The Shogun Assassins
1979
The Phoenix
1978
Queen Bee
1978
Aspiration
1977
The Inugami Family
1976
Rebellion Reward
1973
Futari no Koibito
1969
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
Lover's Duet
1967
Pomegranate Time
1967
女たちの庭
1967
Let Us Love
1967
Song of Farewell
1965
Homecoming
1964
Here Because of You
1964
Bright Sea
1963
The Image of Mother
1963
The Incorrigible
1963
恋と出世に強くなれ！
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Naite waratta hanayome
1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962
San'nin musume kanpai!
1962
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Yume de aritai
1962
Love's Family Tree
1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Marriageable Age
1961
Castle of Flames
1960
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Points and Lines
1958
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
1958
Elegy of the North
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
Street of Ronin
1957
The Wanderer
1957
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
1957
Summer in Eclipse
1956
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
1956
Eyes of Children
1956
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
Fantasy of Youth
1955
The Road to the Spring
1955
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
1954
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
一本刀土俵入
1954
The Garden of Women
1954
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
憧れの星座
1953
Dreaming People
1953
Wife
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Kare o korosu na
1952
治郎吉格子
1952
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Five Men of Edo
1951
Minami kaze
1951
Dancing Girl
1951
Ah, Youth
1951
Freedom School
1951
Elegy
1951
Rumba of Passion
1950
When We Came Back
1950
Omoide no borero
1950
Escape from Prison
1950
Farewell Tango
1949
A Woman's Fight
1949
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
Once More
1947
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
Waiting Woman
1946
A New Breeze
1945
Theater
1945
Ikeru isu
1945
Gekimetsu no uta
1945
Victory Song
1945
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
Dance of the Capital
1942
South Wind 2
1942
South Wind
1942
Moon of the Plateau
1942
The 47 Ronin
1941
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
The Flower is not False
1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941
Nobuko
1940
Warm Current
1939
Lovers' Duet
1939
The Masseurs and a Woman
1938
Hotaru no hikari
1938
So Goes My Love
1938
The Lights of Asakusa
1937
The Trio's Engagements
1937
The Golden Demon
1937
Vermilion and Green
1937
Renai muteki kantai
1937
Moon Over the Ruins
1937