Mieko Takamine
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
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Films (129)
Flower Season
1990
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 · Haruko Saito
Memories of You
1988
Appassionata
1984
Oddball Nippon
1983
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
An Ocean to Cross
1980 · Yoroshime
The Shogun Assassins
1979
The Phoenix
1978 · Queen Himiko of Yamatai
Queen Bee
1978 · Takako Higashikoji
Aspiration
1977
The Inugami Family
1976 · Matsuko Inugami
Love Is a Hunter
1976 · Motoko Sakurai
Rebellion Reward
1973 · Yoshie
Futari no Koibito
1969
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
Lover's Duet
1967
Pomegranate Time
1967 · Nobuko Sakamoto
Family of Women
1967 · 石塚綾子
Let Us Love
1967
Song of Farewell
1965 · Haruko Nomura
The Woman Running Along the Shore
1964
Homecoming
1964 · 守屋節子
Here Because of You
1964
Bright Sea
1963 · Yukiko Ishida
The Image of Mother
1963 · Ohama
The Incorrigible
1963
恋と出世に強くなれ！
1963 · 牧野春代
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
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
1962 · Riki
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Yume de aritai
1962
Love's Family Tree
1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Sakurada mon
1961
Marriageable Age
1961
Castle of Flames
1960
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Points and Lines
1958 · Ryoko
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
1958
Elegy of the North
1957 · Akiko Katsuragi
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957 · Yoshie Kono
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
Street of Ronin
1957
The Wanderer
1957
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
1957
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Summer in Eclipse
1956 · Setsuko
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956 · Dancer Takai
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
1956
Eyes of Children
1956
We Never Let You Go
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
1955 · 月光院
Fantasy of Youth
1955
Jakō yashiki
1955
The Road to the Spring
1955 · Hatano Tsuneko
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
1954 · Mayumi Gojo
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
憧れの星座
1953
Dreaming People
1953
Wife
1953 · Mihoko Nakagawa
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Kare o korosu na
1952
治郎吉格子
1952 · お仙
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Five Men of Edo
1951 · Okinu
Minami kaze
1951
Dancing Girl
1951 · Namiko
Ah, Youth
1951
Freedom School
1951
Elegy
1951
Rumba of Passion
1950
The Actress and the Detective
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
1950 · Kayo
Farewell Tango
1949 · Hanamura Emiko
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
1947 · Akiko
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
Onatsu Seijurō
1946
Waiting Woman
1946
A New Breeze
1945
Theater
1945
Ikeru isu
1945
Gekimetsu no uta
1945 · 桜井千鶴
Victory Song
1945 · Nobue
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943 · Setsuko Ueno
Dance of the Capital
1942
South Wind 2
1942
South Wind
1942
Moon of the Plateau
1942
The 47 Ronin
1941 · Omino
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
The Flower is not False
1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941 · Setsuko Toda
Nobuko
1940
Warm Current
1939 · Keiko Shima
Lovers' Duet
1939 · Eiko Takayama
The Masseurs and a Woman
1938 · Michiho Misawa
Hotaru no hikari
1938
So Goes My Love
1938 · Toshiko, Shigeo's sisiter
The Lights of Asakusa
1937 · Reiko Kosugi
The Trio's Engagements
1937 · Reiko Kageyama
The Golden Demon
1937 · Toshiko Minowa
Vermilion and Green
1937
Renai muteki kantai
1937
Moon Over the Ruins
1937 · Omitsu
