Hideko Takamine
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.
Acting (103 movies)
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Stakeout
1958
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
The Rickshaw Man
1958
The Devil of Edo
1947
Flowing
1956
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Floating Clouds
1955
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Immortal Love
1961
The Wiser Age
1962
Untamed Woman
1957
Yearning
1964
Tokyo Chorus
1931
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
A Woman's Life
1963
The Wild Geese
1953
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Devil's Temple
1969
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Tojuro's Love
1938
The Tattered Wings
1955
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
Danger Stalks Near
1957
The Garden of Women
1954
Oh, My Son!
1979
The River Fuefuki
1960
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
The Other Woman
1961
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
Hideko the Bus Conductress
1941
A Gentle Breeze With Father
1940
Moment of Terror
1966
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
1931
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
1932
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
Two Iida
1976
Miss Hanako
1943
The Monkey King
1940
Home Sweet Home
1951
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Horse
1941
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
Lightning
1952
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Men vs. Women
1936
A Wife's Heart
1956
Flying in the Air
1957
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
1948
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
A Flower Blooms
1948
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
Composition Class
1938
Bellflower
1940
365 Nights
1948
The First Kiss
1955
Ballad of a Workman
1962
Flirtation in Spring
1949
Lord for a Night
1946
The Man Who Waited
1942
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Three Women of the North
1945
The Twilight Years
1973
Song of the Flower Basket
1937
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946
Eyes of Children
1956
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
The Day Before
1939
Snow-Flake
1950
Schoolgirl Records
1941
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
Mother Country
1962
Four Marriages
1944
Dancers of Awa
1941
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Passion
1932
Chocolate and Soldiers
1938
The New Road: Ryota
1936
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
1943
Sagohei the Three-footer
1944
World of Love
1943
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940
Musashibo Benkei
1942
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Rainbow Hill
1938
Sky of Hope
1942
Flower Picking Diary
1939
Beautiful Departure
1939
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Unconcealed Woman | 1994 | Writer |