Hideko Takamine
- Child actor
- Teen actor
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.
Acted in
Oh, My Son!
1979
as Yukie Kawase
Two Iida
1976
as Kikue Sugawa
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
The Twilight Years
1973
as Akiko (Nobutoshi's wife)
Devil's Temple
1969
as Kaede
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
as Otsugi, Umpei's mother
Moment of Terror
1966
as Kuniko, the Mother
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
as Ine
Yearning
1964
as Reiko Morita
A Woman's Life
1963
as Nobuko Shimizu
My Hobo
1962
as Komako Kuwata
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Fumiko Hayashi
Ballad of a Workman
1962
as Torae Nonaka
Mother Country
1962
The Wiser Age
1962
as Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome
Immortal Love
1961
as Sadako
The Other Woman
1961
as Miho Nishigaki
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
as Hinanmin no Onna
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
as Akiko Katayama
The River Fuefuki
1960
as Okei
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Sakanishi Kazuko, Shingo's wife
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
as Keiko Yashiro
The Rickshaw Man
1958
as Yoshiko Yoshioka
Stakeout
1958
as Sadako Yokokawa
Danger Stalks Near
1957
as Yuriko
Times of Joy and Sorrow
1957
as Kiyoko Arisawa
Untamed Woman
1957
as Oshima
Flying in the Air
1957
Flowing
1956
as Katsuyo
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Kiyoko
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Eyes of Children
1956
The First Kiss
1955
as Akiko Kaneda
The Tattered Wings
1955
as Fuyuko Terada
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955
as Machiko
Floating Clouds
1955
as Yukiko Koda
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
as Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
as Ôishi Sensei
The Garden of Women
1954
as Yoshie Izushi
The Wild Geese
1953
as Otoma
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
as Senko Azuma
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
as Carmen
Lightning
1952
as Kiyoko
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
as Kyoko Mine
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
as Atsuko Takimoto
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Carmen Comes Home
1951
as Kin Aoyama aka Lily Carmen
Home Sweet Home
1951
as Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951
as Naeko Minamoto
Senka o koete
1950
The Munekata Sisters
1950
as Mariko Munekata
Snow-Flake
1950
as Taeko
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Flirtation in Spring
1949
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
1948
as Akiko Hojo
365 Nights
1948
as Ranko Komaki
A Flower Blooms
1948
as Machiko
Invitation to Happiness
1947
The Devil of Edo
1947
as Onatsu
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
Lord for a Night
1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946
as Takamine
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
1946
as Akako Tatsuta
Yoki na onna
1946
Three Women of the North
1945
Until Victory Day
1945
Four Marriages
1944
Sagohei the Three-footer
1944
as Otae
World of Love
1943
as Yamaneko
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
1943
as Kaido-jo
Miss Hanako
1943
as Chiyoko, Goro's sister
The Opium War
1943
Onna keizu
1942
as Taeko
The Man Who Waited
1942
Sky of Hope
1942
as Hideko
Musashibo Benkei
1942
Hideko the Bus Conductress
1941
as Okoma, the bus conductress
Schoolgirl Records
1941
as Sachiko Kamata
Dancers of Awa
1941
Horse
1941
as Ine Onoda
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
The Monkey King
1940
as Princess
Bellflower
1940
as Yumiko
A Gentle Breeze With Father
1940
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940
as Hideko Takashima
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
as Oharu
Flower Picking Diary
1939
The Day Before
1939
as Otsu
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
My Daughter's Only Wish
1939
Beautiful Departure
1939
Chocolate and Soldiers
1938
as Shigeko
Composition Class
1938
as Masako
Tojuro's Love
1938
Rainbow Hill
1938
as Yuri
The Kingdom of Spectacles
1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
Song of the Flower Basket
1937
as Hamako
The New Road: Ryota
1936
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Men vs. Women
1936
as Little girl in theater
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
1932
as Momoyo
Passion
1932
as Mitsuko's child
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
1931
as Momoyo Sone
Tokyo Chorus
1931
as Sono Choujo
Reijin
1930
as Iwao
Mother
1929
as Haruko