Hideko Takamine
Acting • Born 1924-03-27 – Died 2010-12-28
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.
Filmography
119 credits
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Movie • 1951
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Movie • 1960
Keiko Yashiro
Stakeout
Movie • 1958
Sadako Yokokawa
Twenty-Four Eyes
Movie • 1954
Ôishi Sensei
The Rickshaw Man
Movie • 1958
Yoshiko Yoshioka
The Devil of Edo
Movie • 1947
Onatsu
Flowing
Movie • 1956
Katsuyo
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Movie • 1965
Ine
The Munekata Sisters
Movie • 1950
Mariko Munekata
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Movie • 1960
Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
Floating Clouds
Movie • 1955
Yukiko Koda
Carmen Comes Home
Movie • 1951
Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
Immortal Love
Movie • 1961
Sadako
The Wiser Age
Movie • 1962
Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
Untamed Woman
Movie • 1957
Oshima
Yearning
Movie • 1964
Reiko Morita
Tokyo Chorus
Movie • 1931
Sono Choujo
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Movie • 1939
Oharu
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Movie • 1967
Otsugi, Umpei's mother
A Woman's Life
Movie • 1963
Nobuko Shimizu
The Wild Geese
Movie • 1953
Otama
A Wanderer's Notebook
Movie • 1962
Fumiko Hayashi
Devil's Temple
Movie • 1969
Kaede
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Movie • 1954
Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
Tojuro's Love
Movie • 1938
The Tattered Wings
Movie • 1955
Fuyuko Terada
Until Victory Day
Movie • 1945
Carmen's Innocent Love
Movie • 1952
Carmen
Danger Stalks Near
Movie • 1957
Yuriko
The Garden of Women
Movie • 1954
Yoshie Izushi
Oh, My Son!
Movie • 1979
Yukie Kawase
The River Fuefuki
Movie • 1960
Okei
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
Movie • 1937
My Daughter's Only Wish
Movie • 1939
The Other Woman
Movie • 1961
Miho Nishigaki
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Movie • 1957
Kiyoko Arisawa
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Movie • 1941
Okoma, the bus conductress
A Gentle Breeze With Father
Movie • 1940
Moment of Terror
Movie • 1966
Kuniko, the Mother
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
Movie • 1931
Momoyo Sone
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
Movie • 1932
Momoyo
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Movie • 1947
Two Iida
Movie • 1976
Kikue Sugawa
Miss Hanako
Movie • 1943
Chiyoko, Goro's sister
The Monkey King
Movie • 1940
Princess
Home Sweet Home
Movie • 1951
Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
The New Road: Akemi
Movie • 1936
Horse
Movie • 1941
Ine Onoda
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Movie • 1953
Senko Azuma
Lightning
Movie • 1952
Kiyoko
Sasaki Kojiro
Movie • 1951
Men vs. Women
Movie • 1936
Little girl in theater
A Wife's Heart
Movie • 1956
Kiyoko
Flying in the Air
Movie • 1957
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
Movie • 1951
Naeko Minamoto
House of Many Pleasures
Movie • 1955
Machiko
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Movie • 1948
Akiko Hojo
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Movie • 1946
Akako Tatsuta
Happiness of Us Alone
Movie • 1961
Akiko Katayama
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Movie • 1961
Hinanmin no Onna
Ginza Cancan Girls
Movie • 1949
A Flower Blooms
Movie • 1948
Machiko
My Hobo
Movie • 1962
Komako Kuwata
Dimple of Tokyo
Movie • 1952
Kyoko Mine
Composition Class
Movie • 1938
Masako
Bellflower
Movie • 1940
Yumiko
365 Nights
Movie • 1948
Ranko Komaki
Ichiyo Higuchi
Movie • 1939
The First Kiss
Movie • 1955
Akiko Kaneda
Ballad of a Workman
Movie • 1962
Torae Nonaka
Flirtation in Spring
Movie • 1949
Lord for a Night
Movie • 1946
Onna keizu
Movie • 1942
Taeko
The Man Who Waited
Movie • 1942
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Movie • 1956
Three Women of the North
Movie • 1945
The Twilight Years
Movie • 1973
Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)
Song of the Flower Basket
Movie • 1937
Hamako
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Movie • 1941
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Movie • 1946
Takamine
Mother
Movie • 1929
Haruko
Eyes of Children
Movie • 1956
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Movie • 1976
The Day Before
Movie • 1939
Otsu
Snow-Flake
Movie • 1950
Taeko
Schoolgirl Records
Movie • 1941
Sachiko Kamata
A Ripple in a Morning
Movie • 1952
Atsuko Takimoto
Senka o koete
Movie • 1950
Mother Country
Movie • 1962
Four Marriages
Movie • 1944
Dancers of Awa
Movie • 1941
The Opium War
Movie • 1943
Reijin
Movie • 1930
Iwao
The Layabout and Seabathing
Movie • 1933
Yoki na onna
Movie • 1946
Passion
Movie • 1932
Mitsuko's child
Chocolate and Soldiers
Movie • 1938
Shigeko
The New Road: Ryota
Movie • 1936
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Movie • 1943
Kaido-jo
Sagohei the Three-footer
Movie • 1944
Otae
World of Love
Movie • 1943
Yamaneko
Hideko the Cheerleader
Movie • 1940
Hideko Takashima
The Kingdom of Spectacles
Movie • 1937
Musashibo Benkei
Movie • 1942
Invitation to Happiness
Movie • 1947
Rainbow Hill
Movie • 1938
Yuri
Sky of Hope
Movie • 1942
Hideko
Flower Picking Diary
Movie • 1939
Beautiful Departure
Movie • 1939
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
Movie • 1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
Movie • 1937
Roppa no Hōjiro Sensei
Movie • 1939
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Movie • 1931
Yasuo (Son)
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Movie • 1931
Yasuo (son)
Sisters: Part 1
Movie • 1931
Sisters: Part 2
Movie • 1931
Mother of the East
Movie • 1934
Goodbye
Movie • 1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self