Hideko Takamine
Acting
1924-03-27 · 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.
Filmography
The Unconcealed Woman
1994 · Movie
Oh, My Son!
1979 · Movie
Two Iida
1976 · Movie
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976 · Movie
The Twilight Years
1973 · Movie
Devil's Temple
1969 · Movie
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967 · Movie
Our Silent Love
1967 · Movie
Moment of Terror
1966 · Movie
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965 · Movie
Could I But Live
1964 · Movie
Yearning
1964 · Movie
A Woman's Life
1963 · Movie
My Hobo
1962 · Movie
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962 · Movie
Ballad of a Workman
1962 · Movie
Mother Country
1962 · Movie
The Wiser Age
1962 · Movie
Immortal Love
1961 · Movie
The Other Woman
1961 · Movie
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · Movie
Happiness of Us Alone
1961 · Movie
The River Fuefuki
1960 · Movie
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Movie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · Movie
The Rickshaw Man
1958 · Movie
Stakeout
1958 · Movie
Danger Stalks Near
1957 · Movie
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957 · Movie
Untamed Woman
1957 · Movie
Flying in the Air
1957 · Movie
Flowing
1956 · Movie
A Wife's Heart
1956 · Movie
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · Movie
Eyes of Children
1956 · Movie
The First Kiss
1955 · Movie
The Tattered Wings
1955 · Movie
House of Many Pleasures
1955 · Movie
Floating Clouds
1955 · Movie
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954 · Movie
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954 · Movie
The Garden of Women
1954 · Movie
The Second Kiss
1954 · Movie
The Wild Geese
1953 · Movie
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953 · Movie
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952 · Movie
Lightning
1952 · Movie
Dimple of Tokyo
1952 · Movie
A Ripple in a Morning
1952 · Movie
Sasaki Kojiro
1951 · Movie
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951 · Movie
Home Sweet Home
1951 · Movie
Carmen Comes Home
1951 · Movie
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951 · Movie
Crossing the Flames of War
1950 · Movie
The Munekata Sisters
1950 · Movie
Snow-Flake
1950 · Movie
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949 · Movie
Good-Bye!
1949 · Movie
Flirtation in Spring
1949 · Movie
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
1948 · Movie
365 Nights: Tokyo
1948 · Movie
365 Nights
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
A Flower Blooms
1948 · Movie
Invitation to Happiness
1947 · Movie
The Devil of Edo
1947 · Movie
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Movie
Lord for a Night
1946 · Movie
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946 · Movie
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946 · Movie
Yoki na onna
1946 · Movie
Three Women of the North
1945 · Movie
Until Victory Day
1945 · Movie
Four Marriages
1944 · Movie
Sagohei the Three-footer
1944 · Movie
World of Love
1943 · Movie
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
1943 · Movie
Miss Hanako
1943 · Movie
The Opium War
1943 · Movie
Onna keizu
1942 · Movie
The Man Who Waited
1942 · Movie
Sky of Hope
1942 · Movie
Musashibo Benkei
1942 · Movie
Hideko the Bus Conductor
1941 · Movie
Schoolgirl Records
1941 · Movie
Dancers of Awa
1941 · Movie
Horse
1941 · Movie
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941 · Movie
The Monkey King
1940 · Movie
Bellflower
1940 · Movie
A Gentle Breeze With Father
1940 · Movie
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940 · Movie
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939 · Movie
Flower Picking Diary
1939 · Movie
The Day Before
1939 · Movie
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939 · Movie
Roppa no Hōjiro Sensei
1939 · Movie
My Daughter's Only Wish
1939 · Movie
Beautiful Departure
1939 · Movie
Chocolate and Soldiers
1938 · Movie
Composition Class
1938 · Movie
Tojuro's Love
1938 · Movie
Rainbow Hill
1938 · Movie
Young Lady
1937 · Movie
Shirobara wa sakedo
1937 · Movie
The Kingdom of Spectacles
1937 · Movie
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937 · Movie
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937 · Movie
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937 · Movie
Song of the Flower Basket
1937 · Movie
The New Road: Ryota
1936 · Movie
The New Road: Akemi
1936 · Movie
Men vs. Women
1936 · Movie
Mother of the East
1934 · Movie
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933 · Movie
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
1932 · Movie
Passion
1932 · Movie
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
1931 · Movie
Tokyo Chorus
1931 · Movie
Sisters: Part 2
1931 · Movie
Sisters: Part 1
1931 · Movie
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931 · Movie
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931 · Movie
Reijin
1930 · Movie
Mother
1929 · Movie