
Hideko Takamine
Born: 1924-03-27
Place of Birth: Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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.
Known For

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Passion

Ballad of a Workman

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Yearning

Oh, My Son!

Twenty-Four Eyes

A Wanderer's Notebook

Immortal Love

Floating Clouds

The Rickshaw Man

Bellflower

The Man Who Waited

Untamed Woman

Carmen Comes Home

Moment of Terror

The Munekata Sisters

The Other Woman

Happiness of Us Alone

Devil's Temple

Dancers of Awa

Those Who Make Tomorrow

Flowing

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Stakeout

Musashibo Benkei

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

Three Women of the North

Horse

Lightning

Snow-Flake

Flying in the Air

Carmen's Innocent Love

Tokyo Chorus

The New Road: Akemi

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

A Wife's Heart

The Wild Geese

The River Fuefuki

The Monkey King

Miss Hanako

Beautiful Departure

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again

The Layabout and Seabathing

Men vs. Women

The Devil of Edo

A Woman's Life

Song of the Flower Basket

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Zoku Sasaki Kojiro

A Ripple in a Morning

Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

World of Love

Lord for a Night

The Tattered Wings

Eyes of Children

(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

The Garden of Women

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

Danger Stalks Near

The First Kiss

Sky of Hope

Chocolate and Soldiers

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Times of Joy and Sorrow

The Wiser Age

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

Hideko the Bus Conductress

Sasaki Kojiro

A Gentle Breeze With Father

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

Rainbow Hill

Two Iida

The Twilight Years

Ginza Cancan Girls

Invitation to Happiness

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

A Flower Blooms

Hideko the Cheerleader

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

Tojuro's Love

A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again

365 Nights

Mother Country

The Woman’s Reflective Pool

Sagohei the Three-footer

Composition Class

The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow

The Day Before

A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes

Flower Picking Diary

Four Marriages

Home Sweet Home

Flirtation in Spring

Dimple of Tokyo

The New Road: Ryota

Schoolgirl Records
