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Hideko Takamine
Playing enduring roles in Twenty-Four Eyes, Floating Clouds and When a Woman Ascends the Stairs.
Twenty-Four Eyes · Floating Clouds
- Born
- 27 March 1924
- Birthplace
- Hakodate, Japan
- Died
- 28 December 2010
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Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine was a Japanese actor whose career lasted five decades. She became especially associated with the resilient women of Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita films.
Early life
Childhood move
After her mother's death, went to live with an aunt in Tokyo.
Child star
Began acting in Shochiku's Mother in 1929.
Career
- 1937
Toho
Moved studios as her childhood career developed.
- 1950
Freelance actor
Left the studio-contract system.
- 1950s
Leading dramatic roles
Built major collaborations with Naruse and Kinoshita.
- 1979
Retirement from acting
Ended her screen career and continued writing.
Selected work
Twenty-Four Eyes
Played a teacher watching her pupils face the upheavals of war.
Floating Clouds
Starred in Naruse's drama of a troubled postwar relationship.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Played a bar hostess navigating work, money and expectations.
Beyond work
Marriage and work
Married writer-director Zenzo Matsuyama in 1955 and continued acting.
Writing
Published autobiography and essay collections alongside and after her screen career.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Criterion: Twenty-Four Eyes ↗Photo: 新東宝 / Shin Tōhō. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
