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Mieko Takamine

Mieko Takamine profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1918-12-02
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Popularity: 0.9

Biography

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 Filmography

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series poster

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

1983
Ningen no Shōmei poster

Ningen no Shōmei

1978
Futari no Koibito poster

Futari no Koibito

1969
The Inugami Family poster

The Inugami Family

1976
The 47 Ronin poster

The 47 Ronin

1941
Appassionata poster

Appassionata

1984
Queen Bee poster

Queen Bee

1978
The Shogun Assassins poster

The Shogun Assassins

1979
Love Under the Crucifix poster

Love Under the Crucifix

1962
Four Days of Snow and Blood poster

Four Days of Snow and Blood

1989
An Ocean to Cross poster

An Ocean to Cross

1980
Memories of You poster

Memories of You

1988
The Sands of Kurobe poster

The Sands of Kurobe

1968
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu poster

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

1953
The Phoenix poster

The Phoenix

1978
When We Came Back poster

When We Came Back

1950
Elegy poster

Elegy

1951
Points and Lines poster

Points and Lines

1958
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family poster

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

1941
Lover's Duet poster

Lover's Duet

1967
Tokyo Omnibus poster

Tokyo Omnibus

1959
The Masseurs and a Woman poster

The Masseurs and a Woman

1938
Wife poster

Wife

1953
The Image of Mother poster

The Image of Mother

1963
Eyes of Children poster

Eyes of Children

1956
Dance of the Capital poster

Dance of the Capital

1942
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 poster

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

1957
Pomegranate Time poster

Pomegranate Time

1967
Homecoming poster

Homecoming

1964
Omoide no borero poster

Omoide no borero

1950
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane poster

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

1943
Flower Season poster

Flower Season

1990
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl poster

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

1956
South Wind poster

South Wind

1942
Man of Thirteen Eyes poster

Man of Thirteen Eyes

1958
Once More poster

Once More

1947
The Incorrigible poster

The Incorrigible

1963
Marriageable Age poster

Marriageable Age

1961
Aspiration poster

Aspiration

1977
At the Side of the Bridge 2 poster

At the Side of the Bridge 2

1962
Omatsuri hanjiro poster

Omatsuri hanjiro

1953
Rira no hana wasureji poster

Rira no hana wasureji

1947
Dancing Girl poster

Dancing Girl

1951
Aruhi watashi wa poster

Aruhi watashi wa

1967
A Good Man, A Good Day poster

A Good Man, A Good Day

1961
Five Men of Edo poster

Five Men of Edo

1951
Warm Current poster

Warm Current

1939
Freedom School poster

Freedom School

1951
The Trio's Engagements poster

The Trio's Engagements

1937
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion poster

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

1954
Dreaming People poster

Dreaming People

1953
At the Side of the Bridge 3 poster

At the Side of the Bridge 3

1963
Escape from Prison poster

Escape from Prison

1950
治郎吉格子 poster

治郎吉格子

1952
The Garden of Women poster

The Garden of Women

1954
The Lights of Asakusa poster

The Lights of Asakusa

1937
Hotaru no hikari poster

Hotaru no hikari

1938
Naite waratta hanayome poster

Naite waratta hanayome

1962
Who Knows a Woman's Heart poster

Who Knows a Woman's Heart

1951
Red Bud and White Flower poster

Red Bud and White Flower

1962
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū poster

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū

1957
Bright Sea poster

Bright Sea

1963
No Photo

Ikeru isu

1945
Kono ni uruwashi poster

Kono ni uruwashi

1962
San'nin musume kanpai! poster

San'nin musume kanpai!

1962
Kare o korosu na poster

Kare o korosu na

1952
Yume de aritai poster

Yume de aritai

1962
So Goes My Love poster

So Goes My Love

1938
Vermilion and Green poster

Vermilion and Green

1937
South Wind 2 poster

South Wind 2

1942
Song of Farewell poster

Song of Farewell

1965
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot poster

Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot

1954
Castle of Flames poster

Castle of Flames

1960
Fantasy of Youth poster

Fantasy of Youth

1955
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman poster

Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman

1958
The Beauty of the Evening Sky poster

The Beauty of the Evening Sky

1948
Minami kaze poster

Minami kaze

1951
憧れの星座  poster

憧れの星座 

1953
Rebellion Reward poster

Rebellion Reward

1973
No Photo

Waiting Woman

1946
The Road to the Spring poster

The Road to the Spring

1955
Love's Family Tree poster

Love's Family Tree

1961
Let Us Love poster

Let Us Love

1967
No Photo

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

1980
No Photo

Moon Over the Ruins

1937
Street of Ronin poster

Street of Ronin

1957
Ah,  Youth poster

Ah, Youth

1951
Elegy of the North poster

Elegy of the North

1957
Family of Women poster

Family of Women

1967
The Wanderer poster

The Wanderer

1957
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn poster

A Samurai's Honor at Pawn

1956
The Flower is not False poster

The Flower is not False

1941
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 poster

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

1957
Ejima and Ikushima poster

Ejima and Ikushima

1955
Moon of the Plateau poster

Moon of the Plateau

1942
Victory Song poster

Victory Song

1945
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu poster

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

1952
恋と出世に強くなれ! poster

恋と出世に強くなれ!

1963
一本刀土俵入  poster

一本刀土俵入 

1954
Let's Go in Good Spirits poster

Let's Go in Good Spirits

1941
Summer in Eclipse poster

Summer in Eclipse

1956
Nobuko poster

Nobuko

1940
The Golden Demon poster

The Golden Demon

1937
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu poster

Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

1947
Theater poster

Theater

1945
Gekimetsu no uta poster

Gekimetsu no uta

1945
A New Breeze poster

A New Breeze

1945
Rumba of Passion poster

Rumba of Passion

1950
Here Because of You poster

Here Because of You

1964
Lovers' Duet poster

Lovers' Duet

1939
Love Is a Hunter poster

Love Is a Hunter

1976
The Lady Was Pawn poster

The Lady Was Pawn

1956
Jealousy poster

Jealousy

1949
No Photo

Renai muteki kantai

1937
Farewell Tango poster

Farewell Tango

1949
A Woman's Fight poster

A Woman's Fight

1949
Oddball Nippon poster

Oddball Nippon

1983
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji poster

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji

1956