Mieko Takamine

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

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

Ningen no Shōmei

The 47 Ronin

Futari no Koibito

The Inugami Family

Queen Bee

The Sands of Kurobe

All Movies (116)

• Flower Season1990
• Four Days of Snow and Blood1989 · as Haruko Saito
• Memories of You1988
• Appassionata1984
• Oddball Nippon1983
• The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail1980
• An Ocean to Cross1980 · as Yoroshime
• The Shogun Assassins1979
• The Phoenix1978 · as Queen Himiko of Yamatai
• Queen Bee1978 · as Takako Higashikoji
• Aspiration1977
• The Inugami Family1976 · as Matsuko Inugami
• Love Is a Hunter1976 · as Motoko Sakurai
• Rebellion Reward1973 · as Yoshie
• Futari no Koibito1969
• The Sands of Kurobe1968
• Aruhi watashi wa1967
• Lover's Duet1967
• Pomegranate Time1967 · as Nobuko Sakamoto
• Family of Women1967 · as 石塚綾子
• Let Us Love1967
• Song of Farewell1965 · as Haruko Nomura
• Homecoming1964 · as 守屋節子
• Here Because of You1964
• Bright Sea1963 · as Yukiko Ishida
• The Image of Mother1963 · as Ohama
• The Incorrigible1963
• 恋と出世に強くなれ！1963 · as 牧野春代
• At the Side of the Bridge 31963
• Naite waratta hanayome1962
• At the Side of the Bridge 21962
• San'nin musume kanpai!1962
• Red Bud and White Flower1962
• Love Under the Crucifix1962 · as Riki
• Kono ni uruwashi1962
• Yume de aritai1962
• Love's Family Tree1961
• A Good Man, A Good Day1961
• Marriageable Age1961
• Castle of Flames1960
• Tokyo Omnibus1959
• Points and Lines1958 · as Ryoko
• Man of Thirteen Eyes1958
• Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman1958
• Elegy of the North1957 · as Akiko Katsuragi
• A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 21957 · as Yoshie Kono
• A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 11957
• Street of Ronin1957
• The Wanderer1957
• Utau yajikita kogane dōchū1957
• The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji1956
• Summer in Eclipse1956 · as Setsuko
• The Lady Was Pawn1956
• Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl1956 · as Dancer Takai
• A Samurai's Honor at Pawn1956
• Eyes of Children1956
• Ejima and Ikushima1955 · as 月光院
• Fantasy of Youth1955
• The Road to the Spring1955 · as Hatano Tsuneko
• Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion1954
• Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot1954
• 一本刀土俵入　1954
• The Garden of Women1954 · as Mayumi Gojo
• Omatsuri hanjiro1953
• 憧れの星座　1953
• Dreaming People1953
• Wife1953 · as Mihoko Nakagawa
• Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu1953
• Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu1952
• Kare o korosu na1952
• 治郎吉格子1952 · as お仙
• Who Knows a Woman's Heart1951
• Five Men of Edo1951 · as Okinu
• Minami kaze1951
• Dancing Girl1951 · as Namiko
• Ah, Youth1951
• Freedom School1951
• Elegy1951
• Rumba of Passion1950
• When We Came Back1950
• Omoide no borero1950
• Escape from Prison1950 · as Kayo
• Farewell Tango1949 · as Hanamura Emiko
• A Woman's Fight1949
• Jealousy1949
• The Beauty of the Evening Sky1948
• Rira no hana wasureji1947
• Once More1947 · as Akiko
• Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu1947
• Waiting Woman1946
• A New Breeze1945
• Theater1945
• Ikeru isu1945
• Gekimetsu no uta1945 · as 桜井千鶴
• Victory Song1945 · as Nobue
• Air Raid of the Enemy Plane1943 · as Setsuko Ueno
• Dance of the Capital1942
• South Wind 21942
• South Wind1942
• Moon of the Plateau1942
• The 47 Ronin1941 · as Omino
• Let's Go in Good Spirits1941
• The Flower is not False1941
• Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family1941 · as Setsuko Toda
• Nobuko1940
• Warm Current1939 · as Keiko Shima
• Lovers' Duet1939 · as Eiko Takayama
• The Masseurs and a Woman1938 · as Michiho Misawa
• Hotaru no hikari1938
• So Goes My Love1938 · as Toshiko, Shigeo's sisiter
• The Lights of Asakusa1937 · as Reiko Kosugi
• The Trio's Engagements1937 · as Reiko Kageyama
• The Golden Demon1937 · as Toshiko Minowa
• Vermilion and Green1937
• Renai muteki kantai1937
• Moon Over the Ruins1937 · as Omitsu

All TV Shows (3)

• Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series1983 · as Itoko Ichiyanagi
• Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series1983 · as Matsuyo Tokiwa
• Ningen no Shōmei1978