
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 |