Hideko Takamine

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.

Known For

続佐々木小次郎

Keiko Yashiro

女が階段を上る時

Sadako Yokokawa

張込み

Ôishi Sensei

二十四の瞳

Yoshiko Yoshioka

無法松の一生

Onatsu

大江戸の鬼

Katsuyo

流れる

Ine

六條ゆきやま紬

Mariko Munekata

宗方姉妹

Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife

娘・妻・母

Yukiko Koda

浮雲

Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen

カルメン故郷に帰る

Sadako

永遠の人

Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome

女の座

Oshima

あらくれ

Reiko Morita

乱れる

Sono Choujo

東京の合唱

Oharu

新篇 丹下左膳 隻眼の巻

Otsugi, Umpei's mother

華岡青洲の妻

Nobuko Shimizu

女の歴史

Otoma

Fumiko Hayashi

放浪記

Kaede

鬼の棲む館

Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister

この広い空のどこかに

藤十郎の恋

Fuyuko Terada

遠い雲

勝利の日まで

Carmen

カルメン純情す

Yuriko

風前の灯

Yoshie Izushi

女の園

Yukie Kawase

衝動殺人 息子よ

Okei

笛吹川

良人の貞操: 春が来てまた秋が来たら

娘の願ひは唯一つ

Miho Nishigaki

妻として女として

Kiyoko Arisawa

㐂びも悲しみも幾歳月

Okoma, the bus conductress

秀子の車掌さん

そよ風父と共に

Kuniko, the Mother

ひき逃げ

Momoyo Sone

七つの海・前篇・処女篇

Momoyo

七つの海・後篇・貞操篇

東宝千一夜

Kikue Sugawa

ふたりのイーダ

Chiyoko, Goro's sister

ハナ子さん

Princess

エノケンの孫悟空

Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter

我が家は樂し

新道

Ine Onoda

Senko Azuma

煙突の見える場所

Kiyoko

稲妻

佐々木小次郎

Little girl in theater

男性対女性

Kiyoko

妻の心

「雲の墓標」より 空ゆかば

Naeko Minamoto

女の水鏡

Machiko

「春情鳩の街」より 渡り鳥いつ帰る

Akiko Hojo

虹を抱く処女

Akako Tatsuta

浦島太郎の後裔

Akiko Katayama

名もなく貧しく美しく

Hinanmin no Onna

人間の條件 完結篇

銀座カンカン娘

Machiko

花ひらく

Komako Kuwata

ぶらりぶらぶら物語

Kyoko Mine

東京のえくぼ

Masako

綴方教室

Yumiko

釣鐘草

Ranko Komaki

三百六十五夜

樋口一葉

Akiko Kaneda

くちづけ

Torae Nonaka

二人で歩いた幾春秋

春の戯れ

或る夜の殿様

Taeko

婦系図(おんなけいず)

待って居た男

新平家物語 義仲をめぐる三人の女

北の三人

Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)

恍惚の人

Hamako

花籠の歌

昨日消えた男

Takamine

明日を創る人々

Haruko

子供の眼

スリランカの愛と別れ

Otsu

その前夜

Taeko

細雪

Sachiko Kamata

女学生記

Atsuko Takimoto

朝の波紋

戦火を越えて

山河あり

四つの結婚

阿波の踊子

阿片戦争

Iwao

麗人

与太者と海水浴

陽気な女

Mitsuko's child

Jônetsu - Ra pashion

Shigeko

チョコレートと兵隊

新道 後篇・良太の巻

Kaido-jo

兵六夢物語

Otae

三尺左吾平

Yamaneko

愛の世界 山猫とみの話

Hideko Takashima

秀子の應援團長

見世物王国

武蔵坊辨慶

幸福への招待

Yuri

虹立つ丘

Hideko

希望の青空

花つみ日記

美はしき出発

良人の貞操: た秋が来たら

良人の貞操: 前篇 春来れば

ロッパの頬白先生

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-03-27

Place of Birth

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

Also Known As

Hideko Hirayama