Mieko Takamine

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

Cast

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