Hideko Takamine

About Hideko Takamine

Who is it?: Actress, Assistant Director, Costume Designer
Birth Day: March 27, 1924
Birth Place:  Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, Japan
Cause of death: Lung cancer
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1929–1979
Spouse(s): Zenzo Matsuyama (m. 1955; her death 2010)
Awards: Japan Academy Prize Lifetime Achievement Award 1996 Mainichi Film Concours Best Actress 1962 Happiness of Us Alone 1958 Times of Joy and Sorrow 1956 Floating Clouds 1955 Twenty-Four Eyes

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine was born on March 27, 1924 in  Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, Japan, is Actress, Assistant Director, Costume Designer. Next to Hara Setsuko and Tanaka Kinuyo Takamine Hideko remains one of Japan's most admired and prolific actresses. Born as Hirayama Hideko in Hakodate, Hokkaido in northern Japan in 1924 she became a child actress for Shochiku Studio at age five appearing in the film Haha. She would go on to work with directors like Kinoshita, Ozu and arguably most notably Naruse Mikio. Mid-career she had switched to PCL (later Toho) and then become independent yet would work for notable directors nonetheless. By the time she married director Matsuyama Zenzo in 1955 she had acquired a reputation as depicting feminist roles where women seek their independence or are oppressed. She died in 2010 of lung cancer, but had recorded songs and written biographies before her death.
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As per our current Database, Hideko Takamine has been died on December 28, 2010(2010-12-28) (aged 86)\nTokyo, Japan.

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When Hideko Takamine die, Hideko Takamine was 86 years old.

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Occupation Actress
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born March 27, 1924 ( Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, Japan)
Birthday March 27
Town/City  Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Hideko Takamine’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.

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Biography/Timeline

1924

Takamine was born in Hakodate, Hokkaidō in 1924. Her first role was in the Shochiku studio's 1929 film Mother (Haha), which brought her tremendous popularity as a child actor. Soon she was billed as Japan's Shirley Temple.

1937

After moving to the Toho studio in 1937, her dramatic roles in Kajirō Yamamoto's Tsuzurikata kyōshitsu and Uma brought her added fame as a girl star. Some of her film appearances from the 1930s and 1940s were lost during the Second World War when Japan's film archives were damaged by bombing and fires.

1950

In 1950, she made what was considered a very daring move by breaking with the Japanese studio system, leaving the Shin Toho Studio and becoming a much sought-after freelance Actress. Her films with Directors Keisuke Kinoshita and Mikio Naruse during the 1950s and early 1960s made her Japan's top star. Her performance as a dedicated small town Teacher observing her students' lives over several decades in Kinoshita's The Twenty-four Eyes (1954) is credited with that film's tremendous success and enduring popularity in Japan. Another powerful performance was as a tenant farmer's daughter who is raped and forced to marry the cruel landlord's crippled son in the 1961 film Immortal Love.

1955

She married director-writer Zenzo Matsuyama in 1955, but set a precedent by choosing not to give up her acting career. She made many of her most memorable films in the 1960s and retired from making movies in 1979.

2010

She died of lung cancer on 28 December 2010 at the age of 86.

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