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