Hideko Takamine
Acting
Born March 27, 1924 · Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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.
Films (118)
Oh, My Son!
1979
Two Iida
1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
The Twilight Years
1973
Devil's Temple
1969
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Moment of Terror
1966
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
Yearning
1964
A Woman's Life
1963
My Hobo
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Ballad of a Workman
1962
Mother Country
1962
The Wiser Age
1962
Immortal Love
1961
The Other Woman
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
The River Fuefuki
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Stakeout
1958
Danger Stalks Near
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
Untamed Woman
1957
Flying in the Air
1957
Flowing
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Eyes of Children
1956
The First Kiss
1955
The Tattered Wings
1955
House of Many Pleasures
1955
Floating Clouds
1955
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
The Garden of Women
1954
The Wild Geese
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
Lightning
1952
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Home Sweet Home
1951
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951
Senka o koete
1950
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Snow-Flake
1950
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Goodbye
1949
Flirtation in Spring
1949
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
1948
365 Nights
1948
A Flower Blooms
1948
Invitation to Happiness
1947
The Devil of Edo
1947
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
Lord for a Night
1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
Yoki na onna
1946
Three Women of the North
1945
Until Victory Day
1945
Four Marriages
1944
Sagohei the Three-footer
1944
World of Love
1943
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
1943
Miss Hanako
1943
The Opium War
1943
Onna keizu
1942
The Man Who Waited
1942
Sky of Hope
1942
Musashibo Benkei
1942
Hideko the Bus Conductor
1941
Schoolgirl Records
1941
Dancers of Awa
1941
Horse
1941
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
The Monkey King
1940
Bellflower
1940
A Gentle Breeze With Father
1940
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
Flower Picking Diary
1939
The Day Before
1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
Roppa no Hōjiro Sensei
1939
My Daughter's Only Wish
1939
Beautiful Departure
1939
Chocolate and Soldiers
1938
Composition Class
1938
Tojuro's Love
1938
Rainbow Hill
1938
The Kingdom of Spectacles
1937
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937
Song of the Flower Basket
1937
The New Road: Ryota
1936
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Men vs. Women
1936
Mother of the East
1934
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
1932
Passion
1932
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
1931
Tokyo Chorus
1931
Sisters: Part 1
1931
Sisters: Part 2
1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931
Reijin
1930
Mother
1929