Hideko Takamine
Known for: Acting
Born: March 27, 1924
Died: December 28, 2010
Place of birth: Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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.
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Filmography
127 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
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The Unconcealed Woman
1994
6.1
Oh, My Son!
1979
7.0
Two Iida
1976
10.0
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
7.5
The Twilight Years
1973
6.8
Devil's Temple
1969
6.7
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
NR
Our Silent Love
1967
5.9
Moment of Terror
1966
7.0
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
8.0
Could I But Live
1964
8.1
Yearning
1964
7.1
A Woman's Life
19639.0
My Hobo
1962
7.2
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
6.1
Ballad of a Workman
1962
6.8
Mother Country
1962
7.2
The Wiser Age
1962
7.4
Immortal Love
1961
6.3
The Other Woman
1961
8.4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
9.0
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
7.7
The River Fuefuki
1960
7.3
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
8.0
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
7.2
The Rickshaw Man
1958
7.1
Stakeout
1958
5.5
Danger Stalks Near
1957
9.0
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
7.5
Untamed Woman
1957
10.0
Flying in the Air
1957
7.2
Flowing
1956
6.9
A Wife's Heart
1956
7.7
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
6.7
Eyes of Children
1956
6.4
The First Kiss
1955
6.2
The Tattered Wings
1955
9.0
House of Many Pleasures
1955
7.7
Floating Clouds
1955
6.8
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
7.7
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
6.6
The Garden of Women
1954
NR
The Second Kiss
1954
6.7
The Wild Geese
1953
6.6
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
NR
Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki
1953
NR
Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki
1953
5.2
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
7.3
Lightning
1952
10.0
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
7.0
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
6.0
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
7.0
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
6.2
Carmen Comes Home
1951
6.8
Home Sweet Home
1951
NR
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
19518.0
Crossing the Flames of War
1950
7.1
The Munekata Sisters
1950
7.5
Snow-Flake
1950
10.0
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
8.0
Good-Bye!
1949
10.0
Flirtation in Spring
1949
NR
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
1948
8.0
365 Nights: Tokyo
1948
6.7
365 Nights
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
10.0
A Flower Blooms
1948
10.0
Invitation to Happiness
1947
8.0
The Devil of Edo
1947
8.0
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
8.0
Lord for a Night
1946
10.0
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946
7.5
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
19469.0
Yoki na onna
1946
10.0
Three Women of the North
1945
8.0
Until Victory Day
1945
8.0
Four Marriages
1944
7.0
Sagohei the Three-footer
1944
10.0
World of Love
1943
10.0
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
1943
9.0
Miss Hanako
19438.0
The Opium War
19438.0
Onna keizu
1942
8.0
The Man Who Waited
1942
8.0
Sky of Hope
1942
9.0
Musashibo Benkei
1942
7.3
Hideko the Bus Conductor
1941
10.0
Schoolgirl Records
1941
7.0
Dancers of Awa
1941
6.3
Horse
1941
6.5
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
7.0
The Monkey King
1940
10.0
Bellflower
1940
9.0
A Gentle Breeze With Father
1940
9.0
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940
8.0
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
7.0
Flower Picking Diary
1939
10.0
The Day Before
19398.0
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939NR
Roppa no Hōjiro Sensei
19397.0
My Daughter's Only Wish
1939
10.0
Beautiful Departure
1939
8.5
Chocolate and Soldiers
1938
6.8
Composition Class
1938
7.0
Tojuro's Love
1938
7.0
Rainbow Hill
1938
8.0
Young Lady
1937
NR
Shirobara wa sakedo
19378.0
The Kingdom of Spectacles
1937
NR
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
10.0
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
NR
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937
8.0
Song of the Flower Basket
1937
7.5
The New Road: Ryota
1936
8.5
The New Road: Akemi
1936
7.0
Men vs. Women
19367.0
Mother of the East
1934
8.0
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
8.0
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
1932
10.0
Passion
1932
7.5
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
1931
6.8
Tokyo Chorus
1931NR
Sisters: Part 1
19317.0
Sisters: Part 2
1931
7.0
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
19318.0
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
19317.0
Reijin
19309.0
Mother
1929