Hideko Takamine
Acting
Born 1924-03-27
Died 2010-12-28
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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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.
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Filmography
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The Ed Sullivan Show
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
The New Road: Ryota
Ballad of a Workman
My Hobo
Song of the Flower Basket
Schoolgirl Records
Home Sweet Home
Flirtation in Spring
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Twenty-Four Eyes
Yoki na onna
The Kingdom of Spectacles
The Rickshaw Man
Yearning
Four Marriages
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Floating Clouds
Immortal Love
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Stakeout
Sasaki Kojiro
Flowing
Lightning
Sisters: Part 2
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Sisters: Part 1
Devil's Temple
Untamed Woman
The Munekata Sisters
A Woman's Life
The River Fuefuki
A Wanderer's Notebook
Tokyo Chorus
Young Lady
The Second Kiss
Moment of Terror
Mother Country
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Good-Bye!
Eyes of Children
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Those Who Make Tomorrow
The Wiser Age
Oh, My Son!
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Danger Stalks Near
Where Chimneys Are Seen
The Other Woman
Horse
The Tattered Wings
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
365 Nights: Tokyo
Happiness of Us Alone
Carmen Comes Home
Flying in the Air
A Wife's Heart
The New Road: Akemi
Reijin
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
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