Mieko Takamine
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Itoko Ichiyanagi
1983
Series
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Matsuyo Tokiwa
1983
Film
Here Because of You
1964
Film
Wife
Mihoko Nakagawa
1953
Film
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Film
Vermilion and Green
1937
Film
The Shogun Assassins
1979
Film
The 47 Ronin
Omino
1941
Film
Love's Family Tree
1961
Film
Castle of Flames
1960
Film
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
Film
The Inugami Family
Matsuko Inugami
1976
Film
Aspiration
1977
Film
Dance of the Capital
1942
Film
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
Film
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
Film
Theater
1945
Film
Once More
Akiko
1947
Film
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Haruko Saito
1989
Film
Rumba of Passion
1950
Film
Love Under the Crucifix
Riki
1962
Film
Points and Lines
Ryoko
1958
Film
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Setsuko Toda
1941
Film
Queen Bee
Takako Higashikoji
1978
Film
Moon of the Plateau
1942
Film
Appassionata
1984
Series
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
Film
Nobuko
1940
Film
Five Men of Edo
Okinu
1951
Film
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
1950
Film
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Film
Dare ni koisen
1948
Film
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Film
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950
Film
Ejima and Ikushima
月光院
1955
Film
The Masseurs and a Woman
Michiho Misawa
1938
Film
Elegy of the North
Akiko Katsuragi
1957
Film
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
Film
Marriageable Age
1961
Film
Rebellion Reward
Yoshie
1973
Film
一本刀土俵入
1954
Film
恋と出世に強くなれ！
牧野春代
1963
Film
Pomegranate Time
Nobuko Sakamoto
1967
Onatsu Seijurō
1946
Film
The Lights of Asakusa
Reiko Kosugi
1937
Film
Street of Ronin
1957
Film
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Dancer Takai
1956
Film
The Phoenix
Queen Himiko of Yamatai
1978
Film
Futari no Koibito
1969
Film
Memories of You
1988
Film
The Road to the Spring
Hatano Tsuneko
1955
Film
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
Film
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Film
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Film
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Film
Kare o korosu na
1952
Film
The Incorrigible
1963
Film
Escape from Prison
Kayo
1950
Film
Dancing Girl
Namiko
1951
Film
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
1954
Film
The Garden of Women
Mayumi Gojo
1954
Film
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Film
Freedom School
1951
Film
Bright Sea
Yukiko Ishida
1963
Film
We Never Let You Go
1955
Film
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
Film
Elegy
1951
Film
Lover's Duet
1967
Film
South Wind 2
1942
Film
The Golden Demon
Toshiko Minowa
1937
Film
憧れの星座
1953
Film
An Ocean to Cross
Yoroshime
1980
Film
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
Film
Hotaru no hikari
1938
Film
Family of Women
石塚綾子
1967
The Actress and the Detective
1950
Film
Lovers' Duet
Eiko Takayama
1939
Film
Jealousy
1949
Film
The Image of Mother
Ohama
1963
Film
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
1957
Film
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Film
Hanayome senshu
1948
Film
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Film
Homecoming
守屋節子
1964
Film
Yume de aritai
1962
Film
Victory Song
Nobue
1945
Film
Naite waratta hanayome
1962
Film
Eyes of Children
1956
Film
Ah, Youth
1951
Film
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962
Film
A Woman's Fight
1949
Film
Love Is a Hunter
Motoko Sakurai
1976
Film
Let Us Love
1967
Film
When We Came Back
1950
Film
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Film
The Trio's Engagements
Reiko Kageyama
1937
Film
Suiren fujin to bara musume
1948
Film
So Goes My Love
Toshiko, Shigeo's sisiter
1938
Ikeru isu
1945
Film
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
Setsuko Ueno
1943
Film
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958
Moon Over the Ruins
Omitsu
1937
Film
Dreaming People
1953
Film
治郎吉格子
お仙
1952
Film
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Yoshie Kono
1957
Film
Summer in Eclipse
Setsuko
1956
Film
Fantasy of Youth
1955
Film
San'nin musume kanpai!
1962
Film
The Wanderer
1957
Renai muteki kantai
1937
Film
Gekimetsu no uta
桜井千鶴
1945
Film
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
1956
Film
Song of Farewell
Haruko Nomura
1965
Film
Warm Current
Keiko Shima
1939
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
Film
Flower Season
1990
Film
Oddball Nippon
1983
Film
Minami kaze
1951
Film
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
1958
Film
A New Breeze
1945
Film
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948
Film
Omoide no borero
1950
Film
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
Film
The Flower is not False
1941
Waiting Woman
1946
Film
Farewell Tango
Hanamura Emiko
1949
Film
South Wind
1942