Hideko Takamine
Known for
Hideko Takamine, born in Hakodate in 1924, was one of the towering female stars of Japanese cinema from the 1930s until her death in 2010. She was Naruse Mikio's key partner, playing the bar hostess of When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960), the war-worn woman of Floating Clouds (1955) and the widow of Yearning (1964). With Keisuke Kinoshita she carried the pacifist classic Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as the small-island teacher. Her late memoirs made her one of Japan's most respected voices on the industry.
Hideko Takamine
75 Movies
Hideko Takamine, born in Hakodate in 1924, was one of the towering female stars of Japanese cinema from the 1930s until her death in 2010. She was Naruse Mikio's key partner, playing the bar hostess of When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960), the war-worn woman of Floating Clouds (1955) and the widow of Yearning (1964). With Keisuke Kinoshita she carried the pacifist classic Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as the small-island teacher. Her late memoirs made her one of Japan's most respected voices on the industry.
Movies
Plays Hinanmin no Onna
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Plays Torae Nonaka
Ballad of a Workman
1962
Plays Hamako
Song of the Flower Basket
1937
Plays Sachiko Kamata
Schoolgirl Records
1941
Plays Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
Home Sweet Home
1951
Plays Keiko Yashiro
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Plays Ôishi Sensei
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
Plays Yoshiko Yoshioka
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Plays Reiko Morita
Yearning
1964
Plays Yukiko Koda
Floating Clouds
1955
Plays Sadako
Immortal Love
1961
Plays Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Plays Sadako Yokokawa
Stakeout
1958
Plays Katsuyo
Flowing
1956
Plays Kiyoko
Lightning
1952
Plays Kaede
Devil's Temple
1969
Plays Oshima
Untamed Woman
1957
Plays Mariko Munekata
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Plays Nobuko Shimizu
A Woman's Life
1963
Plays Okei
The River Fuefuki
1960
Plays Fumiko Hayashi
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Plays Sono Choujo
Tokyo Chorus
1931
Plays Kuniko, the Mother
Moment of Terror
1966
Plays Okoma, the bus conductress
Hideko the Bus Conductor
1941
Plays Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
The Wiser Age
1962
Plays Yukie Kawase
Oh, My Son!
1979
Plays Yuriko
Danger Stalks Near
1957
Plays Senko Azuma
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
Plays Miho Nishigaki
The Other Woman
1961
Plays Ine Onoda
Horse
1941
Plays Fuyuko Terada
The Tattered Wings
1955
Plays Otsugi, Umpei's mother
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Plays Akiko Katayama
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
Plays Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Plays Kiyoko
A Wife's Heart
1956
Plays Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Plays Yoshie Izushi
The Garden of Women
1954
Plays Akiko Kaneda
The First Kiss
1955
Plays Tomi Odagiri
World of Love
1943
Plays Carmen
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
Plays Otama
The Wild Geese
1953
Plays Masako
Composition Class
1938
Plays Yumiko
Bellflower
1940
Plays Ranko Komaki
365 Nights
1948
Plays Machiko
A Flower Blooms
1948
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
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Oh, My Son!
Yukie Kawase
1979
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Two Iida
Kikue Sugawa
1976
Film
The Twilight Years
Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)
1973
Film
Devil's Temple
Kaede
1969
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Otsugi, Umpei's mother
1967
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Moment of Terror
Kuniko, the Mother
1966
Film
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Ine
1965
Film
Yearning
Reiko Morita
1964
Film
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Shimizu
1963
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Hideko Takamine still alive?
Hideko Takamine passed away on December 28, 2010 at age 86.
What are the most famous roles of Hideko Takamine?
Hideko Takamine is best known for roles in The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Floating Clouds.
How many movies has Hideko Takamine been in?
Over a 81-year career (since 1929), Hideko Takamine has appeared in 75 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Hideko Takamine's first movie?
The career of Hideko Takamine began with Mother (1929).
What is Hideko Takamine's most recent movie or series?
Hideko Takamine's most recent release is Oh, My Son!, which premiered on September 15, 1979.
Hideko Takamine
1924-03-27 · Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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.