Mieko Takamine
Acting
1918-12-02 · 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
Filmography
Flower Season
1990 · Movie
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 · Movie
Memories of You
1988 · Movie
Appassionata
1984 · Movie
Oddball Nippon
1983 · Movie
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983 · Series
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980 · Movie
An Ocean to Cross
1980 · Movie
The Shogun Assassins
1979 · Movie
The Phoenix
1978 · Movie
Queen Bee
1978 · Movie
Ningen no Shōmei
1978 · Series
Aspiration
1977 · Movie
The Inugami Family
1976 · Movie
Love Is a Hunter
1976 · Movie
Rebellion Reward
1973 · Movie
Futari no Koibito
1969 · Movie
The Sands of Kurobe
1968 · Movie
Aruhi watashi wa
1967 · Movie
Lover's Duet
1967 · Movie
Pomegranate Time
1967 · Movie
Family of Women
1967 · Movie
Let Us Love
1967 · Movie
Song of Farewell
1965 · Movie
Homecoming
1964 · Movie
Here Because of You
1964 · Movie
Bright Sea
1963 · Movie
The Image of Mother
1963 · Movie
The Incorrigible
1963 · Movie
恋と出世に強くなれ！
1963 · Movie
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963 · Movie
Naite waratta hanayome
1962 · Movie
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962 · Movie
San'nin musume kanpai!
1962 · Movie
Red Bud and White Flower
1962 · Movie
Love Under the Crucifix
1962 · Movie
Kono ni uruwashi
1962 · Movie
Yume de aritai
1962 · Movie
Love's Family Tree
1961 · Movie
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961 · Movie
Marriageable Age
1961 · Movie
Castle of Flames
1960 · Movie
Tokyo Omnibus
1959 · Movie
Points and Lines
1958 · Movie
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958 · Movie
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
1958 · Movie
Elegy of the North
1957 · Movie
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957 · Movie
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957 · Movie
Street of Ronin
1957 · Movie
The Wanderer
1957 · Movie
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
1957 · Movie
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956 · Movie
Summer in Eclipse
1956 · Movie
The Lady Was Pawn
1956 · Movie
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956 · Movie
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
1956 · Movie
Eyes of Children
1956 · Movie
We Never Let You Go
1955 · Movie
Ejima and Ikushima
1955 · Movie
Fantasy of Youth
1955 · Movie
The Road to the Spring
1955 · Movie
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
1954 · Movie
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954 · Movie
一本刀土俵入
1954 · Movie
Hana no nagadosu
1954 · Movie
The Garden of Women
1954 · Movie
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953 · Movie
憧れの星座
1953 · Movie
Dreaming People
1953 · Movie
Wife
1953 · Movie
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953 · Movie
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952 · Movie
Kare o korosu na
1952 · Movie
治郎吉格子
1952 · Movie
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951 · Movie
Five Men of Edo
1951 · Movie
Minami kaze
1951 · Movie
Dancing Girl
1951 · Movie
Ah, Youth
1951 · Movie
Freedom School
1951 · Movie
Elegy
1951 · Movie
Rumba of Passion
1950 · Movie
The Actress and the Detective
1950 · Movie
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950 · Movie
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
1950 · Movie
When We Came Back
1950 · Movie
Omoide no borero
1950 · Movie
Escape from Prison
1950 · Movie
Farewell Tango
1949 · Movie
A Woman's Fight
1949 · Movie
Jealousy
1949 · Movie
Suiren fujin to bara musume
1948 · Movie
Dare ni koisen
1948 · Movie
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948 · Movie
Hanayome senshu
1948 · Movie
Rira no hana wasureji
1947 · Movie
Once More
1947 · Movie
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947 · Movie
Onatsu Seijurō
1946 · Movie
Waiting Woman
1946 · Movie
A New Breeze
1945 · Movie
Theater
1945 · Movie
Ikeru isu
1945 · Movie
Gekimetsu no uta
1945 · Movie
Victory Song
1945 · Movie
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943 · Movie
Dance of the Capital
1942 · Movie
South Wind 2
1942 · Movie
South Wind
1942 · Movie
Moon of the Plateau
1942 · Movie
The 47 Ronin
1941 · Movie
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941 · Movie
The Flower is not False
1941 · Movie
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941 · Movie
Nobuko
1940 · Movie
Warm Current
1939 · Movie
Lovers' Duet
1939 · Movie
The Masseurs and a Woman
1938 · Movie
Hotaru no hikari
1938 · Movie
So Goes My Love
1938 · Movie
The Lights of Asakusa
1937 · Movie
The Trio's Engagements
1937 · Movie
The Golden Demon
1937 · Movie
Vermilion and Green
1937 · Movie
Renai muteki kantai
1937 · Movie
Moon Over the Ruins
1937 · Movie