Mieko Takamine

Mieko Takamine (71)

1918-12-02 - 1990-05-27 | 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

On Movies

  • Flower Season
  • Four Days of Snow and Blood
  • Memories of You
  • Appassionata
  • The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
  • An Ocean to Cross
  • The Shogun Assassins
  • The Phoenix
  • Queen Bee
  • The Inugami Family
  • Rebellion Reward
  • The Sands of Kurobe
  • Aruhi watashi wa
  • Lover's Duet
  • Pomegranate Time
  • Let Us Love
  • Song of Farewell
  • Here Because of You
  • Bright Sea
  • The Image of Mother
  • The Incorrigible
  • Love Under the Crucifix
  • A Good Man, A Good Day
  • Marriageable Age
  • Castle of Flames
  • Points and Lines
  • Man of Thirteen Eyes
  • Elegy of the North
  • A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
  • Street of Ronin
  • The Wanderer
  • A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
  • Eyes of Children
  • Ejima and Ikushima
  • Fantasy of Youth
  • Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
  • The Garden of Women
  • Dreaming People
  • Wife
  • Five Men of Edo
  • Dancing Girl
  • Freedom School
  • Rumba of Passion
  • Omoide no borero
  • The Beauty of the Evening Sky
  • Once More
  • Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
  • Waiting Woman
  • Theater
  • Gekimetsu no uta
  • Victory Song
  • Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
  • South Wind 2
  • South Wind
  • The 47 Ronin
  • Let's Go in Good Spirits
  • Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
  • Nobuko
  • Warm Current
  • Lovers' Duet
  • The Masseurs and a Woman
  • Hotaru no hikari
  • So Goes My Love
  • The Lights of Asakusa
  • The Trio's Engagements
  • The Golden Demon
  • Vermilion and Green
  • Moon Over the Ruins

On Series

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