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
Five Men of Edo
(Okinu)
A Good Man, A Good Day
Omatsuri hanjiro
Yume de aritai
Red Bud and White Flower
A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
The Wanderer
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
Gekimetsu no uta
(桜井千鶴)
Homecoming
(守屋節子)
Kono ni uruwashi
When We Came Back
The 47 Ronin
(Omino)
Hotaru no hikari
一本刀土俵入
Flower Season
Nobuko
The Inugami Family
(Matsuko Inugami)
Futari no Koibito
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
(Setsuko Toda)
Rebellion Reward
(Yoshie)
Pomegranate Time
(Nobuko Sakamoto)
Theater
Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
The Garden of Women
(Mayumi Gojo)
South Wind
The Flower is not False
Moon of the Plateau
The Trio's Engagements
(Reiko Kageyama)
Love Under the Crucifix
(Riki)
San'nin musume kanpai!
Elegy of the North
(Akiko Katsuragi)
Love's Family Tree
治郎吉格子
(お仙)
Ejima and Ikushima
(月光院)
Rira no hana wasureji
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Castle of Flames
Dancing Girl
(Namiko)
Aruhi watashi wa
旗本退屈男 謎の怪人屋敷
The Lights of Asakusa
(Reiko Kosugi)
憧れの星座
Ano hashi no hotori de dai 2-bu
彼を殺すな
Once More
(Akiko)
Escape from Prison
(Kayo)
So Goes My Love
(Toshiko, Shigeo's sisiter)
Freedom School
Naite waratta hanayome
Wife
(Mihoko Nakagawa)
Ikeru isu
Queen Bee
(Takako Higashikoji)
An Ocean to Cross
(Yoroshime)
新風
South Wind 2
Minami kaze
The Sands of Kurobe
Dreaming People
The Phoenix
(Queen Himiko of Yamatai)
Memories of You
Appassionata
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Here Because of You
Points and Lines
(Ryoko)
Street of Ronin
Bright Sea
(Yukiko Ishida)
The Masseurs and a Woman
(Michiho Misawa)
Victory Song
(Nobue)
The Golden Demon
(Toshiko Minowa)
Renai muteki kantai
Vermilion and Green
Song of Farewell
(Haruko Nomura)
Four Days of Snow and Blood
(Haruko Saito)
Fantasy of Youth
Moon Over the Ruins
(Omitsu)
Eyes of Children
Man of Thirteen Eyes
The Image of Mother
(Ohama)
Tokyo Omnibus
Let Us Love
Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
Marriageable Age
Lovers' Duet
(Eiko Takayama)
Lover's Duet
Aspiration
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
(Yoshie Kono)
Warm Current
(Keiko Shima)
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
Omoide no borero
Rumba of Passion
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
The Incorrigible
Elegy
Let's Go in Good Spirits
Waiting Woman
Ah Youth
Dance of the Capital
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
(Itoko Ichiyanagi)
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
(Matsuyo Tokiwa)
Ningen no Shōmei