Cast

Hideko Takamine

Acting

Cast

Hideko Takamine

Known for

Acting

Born

1924-03-27

From

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

Died

2010-12-28

Also known as Hideko Hirayama, 다카미네 히데코, Хидэко Такаминэ

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.

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

Biography

Ballad of a Workman

The New Road: Ryota

Yoki na onna

Flirtation in Spring

Song of the Flower Basket

Home Sweet Home

My Hobo

Schoolgirl Records

The Kingdom of Spectacles

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Four Marriages

Twenty-Four Eyes

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Young Lady

Yearning

Untamed Woman

The Munekata Sisters

Good-Bye!

Sasaki Kojiro

Immortal Love

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Flowing

A Wanderer's Notebook

Carmen Comes Home

The Rickshaw Man

Shirobara wa sakedo

Stakeout

Floating Clouds

Lightning

Those Who Make Tomorrow

The River Fuefuki

Sisters: Part 1

The Wild Geese

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Sisters: Part 2

A Woman's Life

Tokyo Chorus

A Wife's Heart

The First Kiss

Snow-Flake

The Wiser Age

Devil's Temple

365 Nights: Tokyo

Tojuro's Love

Moment of Terror

Composition Class

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

Oh, My Son!

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Carmen's Innocent Love

The Other Woman

Senka o koete

Mother Country

A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes

The Monkey King

Horse

Times of Joy and Sorrow

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

Bellflower

The Man Who Waited

The New Road: Akemi

Flying in the Air

Happiness of Us Alone

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

A Gentle Breeze With Father

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

Onna keizu

The Garden of Women

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

World of Love

Danger Stalks Near

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

Mother of the East

Flower Picking Diary

The Twilight Years

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1