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Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1924-03-27

Birth Place

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

Movies and TV shows :

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

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

1955

0.0

Movie
365 Nights

365 Nights

1948

7.0

Movie
A Descendant of Urashima Taro

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

1946

6.0

Movie
A Flower Blooms

A Flower Blooms

1948

0.0

Movie
A Gentle Breeze With Father

A Gentle Breeze With Father

1940

0.0

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

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

1937

0.0

Movie
A Ripple in a Morning

A Ripple in a Morning

1952

0.0

Movie
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

1947

0.0

Movie
A Wanderer's Notebook

A Wanderer's Notebook

1962

7.2

Movie
A Wife's Heart

A Wife's Heart

1956

6.8

Movie
A Woman's Life

A Woman's Life

1963

7.1

Movie
Ballad of a Workman

Ballad of a Workman

1962

5.7

Movie
Beautiful Departure

Beautiful Departure

1939

0.0

Movie
Bellflower

Bellflower

1940

0.0

Movie
Carmen Comes Home

Carmen Comes Home

1951

6.2

Movie
Carmen's Innocent Love

Carmen's Innocent Love

1952

5.8

Movie
Chocolate and Soldiers

Chocolate and Soldiers

1938

0.0

Movie
Composition Class

Composition Class

1938

6.9

Movie
Dancers of Awa

Dancers of Awa

1941

0.0

Movie
Danger Stalks Near

Danger Stalks Near

1957

5.2

Movie
Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960

7.1

Movie
Devil's Temple

Devil's Temple

1969

6.4

Movie
Dimple of Tokyo

Dimple of Tokyo

1952

0.0

Movie
Eyes of Children

Eyes of Children

1956

0.0

Movie
Flirtation in Spring

Flirtation in Spring

1949

0.0

Movie
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955

7.7

Movie
Flower Picking Diary

Flower Picking Diary

1939

0.0

Movie
Flowing

Flowing

1956

7.1

Movie
Flying in the Air

Flying in the Air

1957

0.0

Movie
Four Marriages

Four Marriages

1944

0.0

Movie
Ginza Cancan Girls

Ginza Cancan Girls

1949

0.0

Movie
Happiness of Us Alone

Happiness of Us Alone

1961

9.0

Movie
Hideko the Bus Conductress

Hideko the Bus Conductress

1941

7.0

Movie
Hideko the Cheerleader

Hideko the Cheerleader

1940

0.0

Movie
Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

1951

6.8

Movie
Horse

Horse

1941

5.8

Movie
Hyoroku's Dream Tale

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

1943

0.0

Movie
Ichiyo Higuchi

Ichiyo Higuchi

1939

0.0

Movie
Immortal Love

Immortal Love

1961

7.5

Movie
Invitation to Happiness

Invitation to Happiness

1947

0.0

Movie
Lightning

Lightning

1952

7.2

Movie
Lord for a Night

Lord for a Night

1946

8.0

Movie
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

1976

0.0

Movie
Men vs. Women

Men vs. Women

1936

0.0

Movie
Miss Hanako

Miss Hanako

1943

0.0

Movie
Moment of Terror

Moment of Terror

1966

6.3

Movie
Mother

Mother

1929

0.0

Movie
Mother Country

Mother Country

1962

6.5

Movie
Musashibo Benkei

Musashibo Benkei

1942

0.0

Movie
My Daughter's Only Wish

My Daughter's Only Wish

1939

0.0

Movie
My Hobo

My Hobo

1962

0.0

Movie
Oh, My Son!

Oh, My Son!

1979

5.2

Movie
Onna keizu

Onna keizu

1942

0.0

Movie
Passion

Passion

1932

0.0

Movie
Rainbow Hill

Rainbow Hill

1938

0.0

Movie
Reijin

Reijin

1930

0.0

Movie
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

1965

0.0

Movie
Sagohei the Three-footer

Sagohei the Three-footer

1944

0.0

Movie
Sasaki Kojiro

Sasaki Kojiro

1951

5.0

Movie
Schoolgirl Records

Schoolgirl Records

1941

0.0

Movie
Senka o koete

Senka o koete

1950

0.0

Movie
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

1932

6.0

Movie
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

1931

7.0

Movie
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

1939

0.0

Movie
Sky of Hope

Sky of Hope

1942

0.0

Movie
Snow-Flake

Snow-Flake

1950

8.0

Movie
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

1954

6.0

Movie
Song of the Flower Basket

Song of the Flower Basket

1937

0.0

Movie
Stakeout

Stakeout

1958

6.9

Movie
The Day Before

The Day Before

1939

0.0

Movie
The Devil of Edo

The Devil of Edo

1947

0.0

Movie
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
The First Kiss

The First Kiss

1955

6.3

Movie
The Garden of Women

The Garden of Women

1954

6.6

Movie
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

8.4

Movie
The Kingdom of Spectacles

The Kingdom of Spectacles

1937

0.0

Movie
The Layabout and Seabathing

The Layabout and Seabathing

1933

0.0

Movie
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

1941

5.3

Movie
The Man Who Waited

The Man Who Waited

1942

0.0

Movie
The Monkey King

The Monkey King

1940

0.0

Movie
The Munekata Sisters

The Munekata Sisters

1950

6.9

Movie
The New Road: Akemi

The New Road: Akemi

1936

7.0

Movie
The New Road: Ryota

The New Road: Ryota

1936

8.0

Movie
The Opium War

The Opium War

1943

0.0

Movie
The Other Woman

The Other Woman

1961

6.3

Movie
The Rickshaw Man

The Rickshaw Man

1958

7.2

Movie
The River Fuefuki

The River Fuefuki

1960

7.5

Movie
The Tattered Wings

The Tattered Wings

1955

6.4

Movie
The Twilight Years

The Twilight Years

1973

0.0

Movie
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow

The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow

1948

0.0

Movie
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

1967

6.9

Movie
The Wild Geese

The Wild Geese

1953

6.3

Movie
The Wiser Age

The Wiser Age

1962

7.3

Movie
The Woman’s Reflective Pool

The Woman’s Reflective Pool

1951

0.0

Movie
Those Who Make Tomorrow

Those Who Make Tomorrow

1946

0.0

Movie
Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

1956

7.0

Movie
Three Women of the North

Three Women of the North

1945

0.0

Movie
Times of Joy and Sorrow

Times of Joy and Sorrow

1957

9.0

Movie
Tojuro's Love

Tojuro's Love

1938

0.0

Movie
Tokyo Chorus

Tokyo Chorus

1931

6.7

Movie
Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes

1954

7.7

Movie
Two Iida

Two Iida

1976

0.0

Movie
Untamed Woman

Untamed Woman

1957

7.3

Movie
Until Victory Day

Until Victory Day

1945

0.0

Movie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960

8.0

Movie
Where Chimneys Are Seen

Where Chimneys Are Seen

1953

6.4

Movie
World of Love

World of Love

1943

0.0

Movie
Yearning

Yearning

1964

8.1

Movie
Yoki na onna

Yoki na onna

1946

0.0

Movie
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro

Zoku Sasaki Kojiro

1951

0.0

Movie