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
Acted in 124
1990s
- 1990
Flower Season
Movie
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Memories of You
Movie
- 1984
- 1983
Oddball Nippon
Movie
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
The Phoenix
Queen Himiko of Yamatai
Ningen no Shōmei
TV
- 1977
Aspiration
Movie
- 1976
Love Is a Hunter
Motoko Sakurai
- 1973
Rebellion Reward
Yoshie
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
Aruhi watashi wa
Movie
Lover's Duet
Movie
Pomegranate Time
Nobuko Sakamoto
Let Us Love
Movie
- 1965
- 1964
The Woman Running Along the Shore
Movie
- 1963
The Image of Mother
Ohama
恋と出世に強くなれ！
牧野春代
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Movie
- 1962
Naite waratta hanayome
Movie
At the Side of the Bridge 2
Movie
San'nin musume kanpai!
Movie
Red Bud and White Flower
Movie
Kono ni uruwashi
Movie
Yume de aritai
Movie
- 1961
Love's Family Tree
Movie
A Good Man, A Good Day
Movie
Sakurada mon
Movie
Marriageable Age
Movie
- 1960
Castle of Flames
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Tokyo Omnibus
Movie
- 1958
Man of Thirteen Eyes
Movie
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
Movie
- 1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Yoshie Kono
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Movie
Street of Ronin
Movie
The Wanderer
Movie
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
Movie
- 1956
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Movie
Summer in Eclipse
Setsuko
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Dancer Takai
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
Movie
Eyes of Children
Movie
- 1955
We Never Let You Go
Movie
Ejima and Ikushima
月光院
Fantasy of Youth
Movie
Jakō yashiki
Movie
The Road to the Spring
Hatano Tsuneko
Ginji of the Seven Faces
Movie
- 1954
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion
Movie
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
Movie
一本刀土俵入
Movie
- 1953
Omatsuri hanjiro
Movie
憧れの星座
Movie
Dreaming People
Movie
Wife
Mihoko Nakagawa
- 1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Movie
Kare o korosu na
Movie
- 1951
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Movie
Five Men of Edo
Okinu
Dancing Girl
Namiko
Freedom School
Movie
Elegy
Movie
- 1950
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
Movie
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
Movie
When We Came Back
Movie
Omoide no borero
Movie
Escape from Prison
Kayo
1940s
- 1949
Farewell Tango
Hanamura Emiko
A Woman's Fight
Movie
Jealousy
Movie
- 1948
Suiren fujin to bara musume
Movie
Dare ni koisen
Movie
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
Movie
Hanayome senshu
Movie
- 1947
Rira no hana wasureji
Movie
Once More
Akiko
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Movie
- 1945
A New Breeze
Movie
Theater
Movie
Gekimetsu no uta
桜井千鶴
Victory Song
Nobue
- 1943
- 1942
Dance of the Capital
Movie
South Wind 2
Movie
South Wind
Movie
Moon of the Plateau
Movie
- 1941
Let's Go in Good Spirits
Movie
- 1940
Nobuko
Movie
1930s
- 1939
Lovers' Duet
Eiko Takayama
- 1938
The Masseurs and a Woman
Michiho Misawa
Hotaru no hikari
Movie
So Goes My Love
Toshiko, Shigeo's sisiter
- 1937
The Lights of Asakusa
Reiko Kosugi
The Golden Demon
Toshiko Minowa
Vermilion and Green
Movie
