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	Acting
Most Rating	13.703
Birthday	1924-03-27
Place of Birth	Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Also Known As	Hideko Hirayama, 다카미네 히데코, Хидэко Такаминэ,

Ichiyo Higuchi

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

The Rickshaw Man

Stakeout

Twenty-Four Eyes

Flowing

The Man Who Waited

The Munekata Sisters

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Floating Clouds

Immortal Love

Carmen Comes Home

The Wiser Age

Untamed Woman

Yearning

Tokyo Chorus

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

A Woman's Life

A Wanderer's Notebook

The Wild Geese

Devil's Temple

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

The Tattered Wings

Carmen's Innocent Love

Danger Stalks Near

The Garden of Women

Oh, My Son!

The River Fuefuki

Moment of Terror

The Other Woman

Times of Joy and Sorrow

Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

The Monkey King

Miss Hanako

Home Sweet Home

The New Road: Akemi

Horse

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Lightning

Sasaki Kojiro

A Wife's Heart

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Happiness of Us Alone

Hideko the Bus Conductor

Ginza Cancan Girls

My Hobo

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Dimple of Tokyo

365 Nights

Composition Class

The First Kiss

Lord for a Night

Ballad of a Workman

Flirtation in Spring

Onna keizu

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Three Women of the North

The Twilight Years

Song of the Flower Basket

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

Those Who Make Tomorrow

Mother

Eyes of Children

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Snow-Flake

The Day Before

Schoolgirl Records

A Ripple in a Morning

Senka o koete

Mother Country

Four Marriages

Dancers of Awa

The Opium War

Reijin

The Layabout and Seabathing

Yoki na onna

Passion

Chocolate and Soldiers

The New Road: Ryota