Mieko Takamine
Acting · Born Dec 2, 1918 · Died May 27, 1990 (71) · Tokyo, Japan
Mieko Takamine (高峰三枝子, Takamine Mieko) (2 December 1918 – 27 May 1990) was a Japanese actress and singer. Mieko Takamine was born the eldest daughter of famous chikuzen biwa player and teacher Chikufu Takamine. She gave her acting debut in the 1936 film Kimi yo takarakani utae, produced by the Shochiku studios, to which she would remain affiliated throughout her career, although she would also occasionally appear in productions of other companies after the war. Her first released record as a singer was the theme song for the film Hotaru no hikari (1938), and she soon established herself as a "singing movie star". Takamine starred in films of Japan's most notable directors, including Hiroshi Shimizu, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita. In 1976, Takamine won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 19th Blue Ribbon Awards for her role in The Inugamis (1976). In 1985, she was awarded the Medal of Purple Ribbon and a special Mainichi Film Award for her longtime achievements as a performer
Known for
Films
Flower Season
199010.0
Four Days of Snow and Blood
19897.3
Memories of You
19886.5
Appassionata
19846.3
Oddball Nippon
1983
An Ocean to Cross
19809.0
The Shogun Assassins
19795.4
The Phoenix
19786.1
Queen Bee
19787.6
Aspiration
1977
The Inugami Family
19766.8
Love Is a Hunter
1976
Rebellion Reward
1973
Futari no Koibito
19697.0
The Sands of Kurobe
19687.0
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
Lover's Duet
1967
Pomegranate Time
1967
Family of Women
1967
Let Us Love
1967
Song of Farewell
1965
Nagisa o kakeru onna
1964
Homecoming
1964
Here Because of You
19645.5
Bright Sea
19639.0
The Image of Mother
1963
The Incorrigible
19637.2
恋と出世に強くなれ！
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Naite waratta hanayome
1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962
San'nin musume kanpai!
1962
Red Bud and White Flower
19627.0
Love Under the Crucifix
19627.1
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Yume de aritai
1962
Love's Family Tree
1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Marriageable Age
19617.0
Castle of Flames
19607.2
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Points and Lines
19586.2
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
1958
Elegy of the North
19576.1
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
19579.0
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
Street of Ronin
19576.5
The Wanderer
19578.0
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
1957
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Summer in Eclipse
1956
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
19568.0
Eyes of Children
19566.7
We Never Let You Go
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
Fantasy of Youth
1955
Jakō yashiki
1955
The Road to the Spring
19559.0
Ginji of the Seven Faces
1955
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
1954
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
一本刀土俵入
1954
Hana no nagadosu
1954
The Garden of Women
19546.6
Omatsuri hanjiro
19538.0
憧れの星座
1953
Dreaming People
1953
Wife
19537.2
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Kare o korosu na
1952
治郎吉格子
1952
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
195110.0
Five Men of Edo
19516.0
Minami kaze
1951
Dancing Girl
19516.4
Ah, Youth
1951
Freedom School
19517.0
Elegy
19519.0
Rumba of Passion
1950
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
1950
When We Came Back
1950
Omoide no borero
1950
Escape from Prison
195010.0
Farewell Tango
19498.0
A Woman's Fight
1949
Jealousy
1949
Suiren fujin to bara musume
1948
Dare ni koisen
1948
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948
Hanayome senshu
1948
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
Once More
19476.8
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
A New Breeze
1945
Theater
1945
Gekimetsu no uta
19458.0
Victory Song
19455.7
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
Dance of the Capital
1942
South Wind 2
1942
South Wind
1942
Moon of the Plateau
1942
The 47 Ronin
19416.9
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
The Flower is not False
19414.5
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
19416.9
Nobuko
19406.2
Warm Current
19395.2
Lovers' Duet
19397.0
The Masseurs and a Woman
19386.9
Hotaru no hikari
1938
So Goes My Love
19388.5
The Lights of Asakusa
19376.0
The Trio's Engagements
19377.0
The Golden Demon
19376.0
Vermilion and Green
19375.3
