Mieko Takamine
ActingMieko 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
Filmography — Acting
A Good Man, A Good Day
The Inugami Family
Matsuko Inugami
The 47 Ronin
Omino
The Shogun Assassins
Queen Bee
Takako Higashikoji
An Ocean to Cross
Yoroshime
The Sands of Kurobe
Love Under the Crucifix
Riki
Appassionata
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
The Phoenix
Queen Himiko of Yamatai
Points and Lines
Ryoko
Omatsuri hanjiro
Marriageable Age
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Setsuko Toda
Memories of You
Bright Sea
Yukiko Ishida
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Haruko Saito
Dancing Girl
Namiko
Man of Thirteen Eyes
Homecoming
守屋節子
Elegy
Song of Farewell
Haruko Nomura
Tokyo Omnibus
Elegy of the North
Akiko Katsuragi
At the Side of the Bridge 2
Flower Season
Kono ni uruwashi
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
Setsuko Ueno
Rira no hana wasureji
The Masseurs and a Woman
Michiho Misawa
At the Side of the Bridge 3
The Garden of Women
Mayumi Gojo
The Lights of Asakusa
Reiko Kosugi
Escape from Prison
Kayo
Rebellion Reward
Yoshie
Pomegranate Time
Nobuko Sakamoto
治郎吉格子
お仙
Freedom School
Summer in Eclipse
Setsuko
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Yoshie Kono
Aruhi watashi wa
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Dreaming People
恋と出世に強くなれ！
牧野春代
When We Came Back
Kare o korosu na
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Once More
Akiko
South Wind 2
The Trio's Engagements
Reiko Kageyama
憧れの星座
The Image of Mother
Ohama
The Incorrigible
Lover's Duet
Eyes of Children
Waiting Woman
Wife
Mihoko Nakagawa
Warm Current
Keiko Shima
Five Men of Edo
Okinu
San'nin musume kanpai!
Fantasy of Youth
Ejima and Ikushima
月光院
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
Red Bud and White Flower
Let Us Love
So Goes My Love
Toshiko, Shigeo's sisiter
Futari no Koibito
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
Yume de aritai
Minami kaze
Moon Over the Ruins
Omitsu
South Wind
Ikeru isu
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
Omoide no borero
Gekimetsu no uta
桜井千鶴
Hotaru no hikari
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Dancer Takai
Ah, Youth
A New Breeze
Street of Ronin
The Wanderer
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
Let's Go in Good Spirits
A Woman's Fight
Naite waratta hanayome
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
女たちの庭
石塚綾子
The Flower is not False
Here Because of You
The Road to the Spring
Hatano Tsuneko
Castle of Flames
Victory Song
Nobue
Moon of the Plateau
Nobuko
一本刀土俵入
Lovers' Duet
Eiko Takayama
The Lady Was Pawn
Dance of the Capital
Rumba of Passion
Aspiration
The Golden Demon
Toshiko Minowa
Love's Family Tree
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
Vermilion and Green
Theater
Farewell Tango
Hanamura Emiko