About

Known credits:
111
Birthday:
1924-03-27
Place of birth:
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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Hideko Takamine

Overview

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

Acting
1979 Oh, My Son! Actor Yukie Kawase 58
Average
1976 Two Iida Actor Kikue Sugawa N/A
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1976 Love and Separation in Sri Lanka Actor N/A
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1973 The Twilight Years Actor Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife) N/A
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1969 Devil's Temple Actor Kaede 59
Average
1967 The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka Actor Otsugi, Umpei's mother 59
Average
1966 Moment of Terror Actor Kuniko, the Mother 59
Average
1965 Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi Actor Ine N/A
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1964 Yearning Actor Reiko Morita 61
Fair
1963 A Woman's Life Actor Nobuko Shimizu 59
Average
1962 My Hobo Actor Komako Kuwata N/A
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1962 A Wanderer's Notebook Actor Fumiko Hayashi 59
Average
1962 Ballad of a Workman Actor Torae Nonaka 58
Average
1962 Mother Country Actor 59
Average
1962 The Wiser Age Actor Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome 59
Average
1961 Immortal Love Actor Sadako 59
Average
1961 The Other Woman Actor Miho Nishigaki 59
Average
1961 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Actor Hinanmin no Onna 65
Fair
1961 Happiness of Us Alone Actor Akiko Katayama 59
Average
1960 The River Fuefuki Actor Okei 59
Average
1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother Actor Sakanishi Kazuko, Shingo's wife 59
Average
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Actor Keiko Yashiro 62
Fair
1958 The Rickshaw Man Actor Yoshiko Yoshioka 59
Average
1958 Stakeout Actor Sadako Yokokawa 59
Average
1957 Danger Stalks Near Actor Yuriko 58
Average
1957 Times of Joy and Sorrow Actor Kiyoko Arisawa N/A
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1957 Untamed Woman Actor Oshima 59
Average
1957 Flying in the Air Actor N/A
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1956 Flowing Actor Katsuyo 59
Average
1956 A Wife's Heart Actor Kiyoko 59
Average
1956 Three Women Around Yoshinaka Actor 59
Average
1956 Eyes of Children Actor N/A
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1955 The First Kiss Actor Akiko Kaneda 59
Average
1955 The Tattered Wings Actor Fuyuko Terada 59
Average
1955 (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home Actor Machiko N/A
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1955 Floating Clouds Actor Yukiko Koda 61
Fair
1954 Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky Actor Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister 59
Average
1954 Twenty-Four Eyes Actor Ôishi Sensei 61
Fair
1954 The Garden of Women Actor Yoshie Izushi 59
Average
1953 The Wild Geese Actor Otoma 59
Average
1953 Where Chimneys Are Seen Actor Senko Azuma 59
Average
1952 Carmen's Innocent Love Actor Carmen 59
Average
1952 Lightning Actor Kiyoko 59
Average
1952 Dimple of Tokyo Actor Kyoko Mine N/A
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1952 A Ripple in a Morning Actor Atsuko Takimoto N/A
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1951 Sasaki Kojiro Actor 59
Average
1951 Zoku Sasaki Kojiro Actor N/A
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1951 Home Sweet Home Actor Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter 59
Average
1951 Carmen Comes Home Actor Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen 59
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1951 The Woman’s Reflective Pool Actor Naeko Minamoto N/A
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1950 Senka o koete Actor N/A
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1950 The Munekata Sisters Actor Mariko Munekata 59
Average
1950 Snow-Flake Actor Taeko 59
Average
1949 Ginza Cancan Girls Actor N/A
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1949 Flirtation in Spring Actor N/A
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1948 The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow Actor Akiko Hojo N/A
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1948 365 Nights Actor Ranko Komaki 59
Average
1948 A Flower Blooms Actor Machiko N/A
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1947 Invitation to Happiness Actor N/A
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1947 The Devil of Edo Actor Onatsu N/A
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1947 A Thousand and One Nights with Toho Actor N/A
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1946 Lord for a Night Actor 59
Average
1946 Those Who Make Tomorrow Actor Takamine 59
Average
1946 A Descendant of Urashima Taro Actor Akako Tatsuta 59
Average
1946 Yoki na onna Actor N/A
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1945 Three Women of the North Actor N/A
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1945 Until Victory Day Actor N/A
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1944 Four Marriages Actor N/A
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1944 Sagohei the Three-footer Actor Otae N/A
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1943 World of Love Actor Yamaneko N/A
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1943 Hyoroku's Dream Tale Actor Kaido-jo N/A
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1943 Miss Hanako Actor Chiyoko, Goro's sister N/A
N/A
1943 The Opium War Actor N/A
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1942 Onna keizu Actor Taeko N/A
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1942 The Man Who Waited Actor N/A
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1942 Sky of Hope Actor Hideko N/A
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1942 Musashibo Benkei Actor N/A
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1941 Hideko the Bus Conductress Actor Okoma, the bus conductress 59
Average
1941 Schoolgirl Records Actor Sachiko Kamata N/A
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1941 Dancers of Awa Actor N/A
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1941 Horse Actor Ine Onoda 59
Average
1941 The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday Actor 58
Average
1940 The Monkey King Actor Princess N/A
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1940 Bellflower Actor Yumiko N/A
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1940 A Gentle Breeze With Father Actor N/A
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1940 Hideko the Cheerleader Actor Hideko Takashima N/A
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1939 Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki Actor Oharu N/A
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1939 Flower Picking Diary Actor N/A
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1939 The Day Before Actor Otsu N/A
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1939 Ichiyo Higuchi Actor N/A
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1939 My Daughter's Only Wish Actor N/A
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1939 Beautiful Departure Actor N/A
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1938 Chocolate and Soldiers Actor Shigeko N/A
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1938 Composition Class Actor Masako 59
Average
1938 Tojuro's Love Actor N/A
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1938 Rainbow Hill Actor Yuri N/A
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1937 The Kingdom of Spectacles Actor N/A
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1937 A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again Actor N/A
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1937 Song of the Flower Basket Actor Hamako N/A
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1936 The New Road: Ryota Actor 59
Average
1936 The New Road: Akemi Actor 59
Average
1936 Men vs. Women Actor Little girl in theater N/A
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1933 The Layabout and Seabathing Actor N/A
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1932 Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter Actor Momoyo 58
Average
1932 Passion Actor Mitsuko's child N/A
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1931 Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter Actor Momoyo Sone 58
Average
1931 Tokyo Chorus Actor Sono Choujo 59
Average
1930 Reijin Actor Iwao N/A
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1929 Mother Actor Haruko N/A
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Costume & Make-Up
1962 Mother Country Costume & Make-Up Costume Supervisor 59
Average
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair