Mieko Takamine
Known for: Acting
Born: December 2, 1918
Died: May 27, 1990
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
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
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Filmography
125 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Flower Season
1990
7.3
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
6.5
Memories of You
1988
6.3
Appassionata
1984
NR
Oddball Nippon
1983
7.0
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983NR
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
9.0
An Ocean to Cross
1980
5.4
The Shogun Assassins
1979
6.1
The Phoenix
1978
7.6
Queen Bee
1978
NR
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
NR
Aspiration
1977
7.0
The Inugami Family
1976
NR
Love Is a Hunter
1976
NR
Rebellion Reward
1973
7.0
Futari no Koibito
1969
7.0
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
NR
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
NR
Lover's Duet
1967
NR
Pomegranate Time
1967
NR
Family of Women
1967
NR
Let Us Love
1967
NR
Song of Farewell
1965
NR
Homecoming
1964
5.5
Here Because of You
1964
9.0
Bright Sea
1963
NR
The Image of Mother
1963
7.2
The Incorrigible
1963
NR
恋と出世に強くなれ！
1963
NR
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
NR
Naite waratta hanayome
1962
NR
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962
NR
San'nin musume kanpai!
1962
7.0
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
7.1
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
NR
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
NR
Yume de aritai
1962
NR
Love's Family Tree
1961
NR
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
7.0
Marriageable Age
1961
7.2
Castle of Flames
1960
NR
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
6.2
Points and Lines
1958
NR
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958
NR
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
1958
6.1
Elegy of the North
1957
9.0
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957
NR
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
6.5
Street of Ronin
1957
8.0
The Wanderer
1957
NR
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
1957
NR
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
NR
Summer in Eclipse
1956
NR
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
NR
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
8.0
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
1956
6.7
Eyes of Children
1956
NR
We Never Let You Go
1955
NR
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
NR
Fantasy of Youth
1955
9.0
The Road to the Spring
1955
NR
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
1954
NR
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
NR
一本刀土俵入
1954
NR
Hana no nagadosu
1954
6.6
The Garden of Women
1954
8.0
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
NR
憧れの星座
1953
NR
Dreaming People
1953
7.2
Wife
1953
NR
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
NR
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
NR
Kare o korosu na
1952
NR
治郎吉格子
1952
10.0
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
6.0
Five Men of Edo
1951
NR
Minami kaze
1951
6.4
Dancing Girl
1951
NR
Ah, Youth
1951
7.0
Freedom School
1951
9.0
Elegy
1951
NR
Rumba of Passion
1950NR
The Actress and the Detective
1950
NR
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950
NR
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
1950
NR
When We Came Back
1950
NR
Omoide no borero
1950
10.0
Escape from Prison
1950
8.0
Farewell Tango
1949
NR
A Woman's Fight
1949
NR
Jealousy
1949
NR
Suiren fujin to bara musume
1948
NR
Dare ni koisen
1948
NR
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948
NR
Hanayome senshu
1948
NR
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
6.8
Once More
1947
NR
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947NR
Onatsu Seijurō
1946NR
Waiting Woman
1946
NR
A New Breeze
1945
NR
Theater
1945NR
Ikeru isu
1945
8.0
Gekimetsu no uta
1945
5.7
Victory Song
1945
NR
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
NR
Dance of the Capital
1942
NR
South Wind 2
1942
NR
South Wind
1942
NR
Moon of the Plateau
1942
6.9
The 47 Ronin
1941
NR
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
4.5
The Flower is not False
1941
6.9
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941
6.2
Nobuko
1940
5.3
Warm Current
1939
7.0
Lovers' Duet
1939
6.9
The Masseurs and a Woman
1938
NR
Hotaru no hikari
1938
8.5
So Goes My Love
1938
6.0
The Lights of Asakusa
1937
7.0
The Trio's Engagements
1937
6.0
The Golden Demon
1937
5.3
Vermilion and Green
1937NR
Renai muteki kantai
19376.7
Moon Over the Ruins
1937