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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
March 27, 1924Deathday
December 28, 2010Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
110Place of birth
Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanAlso known as
Hideko Hirayama, 高峰秀子, 다카미네 히데코, Хидэко Такаминэ
Cast credits
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko Yashiro
The Rickshaw Man
Yoshiko Yoshioka
Stakeout
Sadako Yokokawa
Twenty-Four Eyes
Ôishi Sensei
Flowing
Katsuyo
The Man Who Waited
The Munekata Sisters
Mariko Munekata
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Sakanishi Kazuko, Shingo's wife
Floating Clouds
Yukiko Koda
Immortal Love
Sadako
Carmen Comes Home
Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
Untamed Woman
Oshima
The Wiser Age
Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
Yearning
Reiko Morita
Tokyo Chorus
Sono Choujo
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Otsugi, Umpei's mother
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Shimizu
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fumiko Hayashi
The Wild Geese
Otoma
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Yasuko, Ryoichi's sisterCrew credits
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