Hideko Takamine

Known for ActingBorn 1924-03-27Died 2010-12-28Hakodate, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Flying in the Air

Dimple of Tokyo

Ginza Cancan Girls

Flirtation in Spring

A Flower Blooms

Invitation to Happiness

Those Who Make Tomorrow

Three Women of the North

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

World of Love

Schoolgirl Records

Bellflower

The Day Before

Beautiful Departure

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

Passion

My Hobo

Happiness of Us Alone

Times of Joy and Sorrow

House of Many Pleasures

Yoki na onna

Miss Hanako

Musashibo Benkei

A Gentle Breeze With Father

Hideko the Cheerleader

Mother

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

365 Nights

Chocolate and Soldiers

The New Road: Akemi

Yearning

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Senka o koete

Goodbye

365 Nights: Tokyo

The Devil of Edo

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

Lord for a Night

Until Victory Day

Four Marriages

The Opium War

Onna keizu

The Man Who Waited

Sky of Hope

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

Ichiyo Higuchi

Song of the Flower Basket