Acting
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.
Filmography
Oh, My Son!
Film · 1979
Two Iida
Film · 1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Film · 1976
The Twilight Years
Film · 1973
Devil's Temple
Film · 1969
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Film · 1967
Our Silent Love
Film · 1967
Moment of Terror
Film · 1966
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Film · 1965
Yearning
Film · 1964
Could I But Live
Film · 1964
A Woman's Life
Film · 1963
The Wiser Age
Film · 1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
Film · 1962
My Hobo
Film · 1962
Ballad of a Workman
Film · 1962
Mother Country
Film · 1962
Immortal Love
Film · 1961
The Other Woman
Film · 1961
Happiness of Us Alone
Film · 1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Film · 1961
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Film · 1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Film · 1960
The River Fuefuki
Film · 1960
Stakeout
Film · 1958
The Rickshaw Man
Film · 1958
Untamed Woman
Film · 1957
Danger Stalks Near
Film · 1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Film · 1957
Flying in the Air
Film · 1957
Flowing
Film · 1956
A Wife's Heart
Film · 1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Film · 1956
Eyes of Children
Film · 1956
Floating Clouds
Film · 1955
The Tattered Wings
Film · 1955
House of Many Pleasures
Film · 1955
The First Kiss
Film · 1955
Twenty-Four Eyes
Film · 1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Film · 1954
The Garden of Women
Film · 1954
The Second Kiss
Film · 1954
The Wild Geese
Film · 1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Film · 1953
Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki
Film · 1953
Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki
Film · 1953
Carmen's Innocent Love
Film · 1952
Lightning
Film · 1952
Dimple of Tokyo
Film · 1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Film · 1952
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Film · 1951
Carmen Comes Home
Film · 1951
Home Sweet Home
Film · 1951
Sasaki Kojiro
Film · 1951
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
Film · 1951
The Munekata Sisters
Film · 1950
Snow-Flake
Film · 1950
Crossing the Flames of War
Film · 1950
Ginza Cancan Girls
Film · 1949
Flirtation in Spring
Film · 1949
Good-Bye!
Film · 1949
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Film · 1948
A Flower Blooms
Film · 1948
365 Nights
Film · 1948
365 Nights: Tokyo
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
The Devil of Edo
Film · 1947
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Film · 1947
Invitation to Happiness
Film · 1947
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Film · 1946
Lord for a Night
Film · 1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Film · 1946
Yoki na onna
Film · 1946
Until Victory Day
Film · 1945
Three Women of the North
Film · 1945
Four Marriages
Film · 1944
Sagohei the Three-footer
Film · 1944
Miss Hanako
Film · 1943
The Opium War
Film · 1943
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Film · 1943
World of Love
Film · 1943
Onna keizu
Film · 1942
The Man Who Waited
Film · 1942
Musashibo Benkei
Film · 1942
Sky of Hope
Film · 1942
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Film · 1941
Horse
Film · 1941
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Film · 1941
Schoolgirl Records
Film · 1941
Dancers of Awa
Film · 1941
A Gentle Breeze With Father
Film · 1940
The Monkey King
Film · 1940
Bellflower
Film · 1940
Hideko the Cheerleader
Film · 1940
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Film · 1939
My Daughter's Only Wish
Film · 1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
Film · 1939
The Day Before
Film · 1939
Flower Picking Diary
Film · 1939
Beautiful Departure
Film · 1939
Roppa no Hōjiro Sensei
Film · 1939
Tojuro's Love
Film · 1938
Composition Class
Film · 1938
Chocolate and Soldiers
Film · 1938
Rainbow Hill
Film · 1938
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
Film · 1937
Song of the Flower Basket
Film · 1937
The Kingdom of Spectacles
Film · 1937
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
Film · 1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
Film · 1937
Young Lady
Film · 1937
Shirobara wa sakedo
Film · 1937
The New Road: Akemi
Film · 1936
Men vs. Women
Film · 1936
The New Road: Ryota
Film · 1936
Mother of the East
Film · 1934
The Layabout and Seabathing
Film · 1933
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
Film · 1932
Passion
Film · 1932
Tokyo Chorus
Film · 1931
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
Film · 1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Film · 1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Film · 1931
Sisters: Part 1
Film · 1931
Sisters: Part 2
Film · 1931
Reijin
Film · 1930
Mother
Film · 1929