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

Known For: Acting

Born: Tokyo, Japan, 1918-12-02

Died: 1990-05-27

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1937	Moon Over the Ruins	Omitsu	50
2	1937	Renai muteki kantai		0
3	1937	Vermilion and Green		53
4	1937	The Golden Demon	Toshiko Minowa	60
5	1937	The Trio's Engagements	Reiko Kageyama	70
6	1937	The Lights of Asakusa	Reiko Kosugi	56
7	1938	So Goes My Love	Toshiko, Shigeo's sisiter	70
8	1938	Hotaru no hikari		0
9	1938	The Masseurs and a Woman	Michiho Misawa	67
10	1939	Lovers' Duet	Eiko Takayama	50
11	1939	Warm Current	Keiko Shima	40
12	1940	Nobuko		62
13	1941	Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family	Setsuko Toda	69
14	1941	The Flower is not False		45
15	1941	Let's Go in Good Spirits		0
16	1941	The 47 Ronin	Omino	69
17	1942	Moon of the Plateau		0
18	1942	South Wind		0
19	1942	South Wind 2		0
20	1942	Dance of the Capital		0
21	1943	Air Raid of the Enemy Plane	Setsuko Ueno	0
22	1945	Victory Song	Nobue	52
23	1945	Gekimetsu no uta	桜井千鶴	0
24	1945	Ikeru isu		0
25	1945	Theater		0
26	1945	新風		0
27	1946	Waiting Woman		0
28	1947	Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu		0
29	1947	Once More	Akiko	62
30	1947	Rira no hana wasureji		0
31	1948	The Beauty of the Evening Sky		0
32	1950	Escape from Prison	Kayo	0
33	1950	Omoide no borero		0
34	1950	When We Came Back		0
35	1950	Rumba of Passion		0
36	1951	Elegy		0
37	1951	Freedom School		0
38	1951	Ah, Youth		0
39	1951	Dancing Girl	Namiko	63
40	1951	Minami kaze		0
41	1951	Five Men of Edo	Okinu	50
42	1951	Who Knows a Woman's Heart		0
43	1952	治郎吉格子	お仙	0
44	1952	Kare o korosu na		0
45	1952	Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu		0
46	1953	Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu		0
47	1953	Wife	Mihoko Nakagawa	70
48	1953	Dreaming People		0
49	1953	憧れの星座		0
50	1953	Omatsuri hanjiro		0
51	1954	The Garden of Women	Mayumi Gojo	66
52	1954	一本刀土俵入		0
53	1954	Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot		0
54	1954	Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion		0
55	1955	Fantasy of Youth		0
56	1955	Ejima and Ikushima	月光院	0
57	1956	Eyes of Children		70
58	1956	A Samurai's Honor at Pawn		0
59	1957	Utau yajikita kogane dōchū		0
60	1957	The Wanderer		0
61	1957	Street of Ronin		62
62	1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2	Yoshie Kono	0
63	1957	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1		0
64	1957	Elegy of the North	Akiko Katsuragi	60
65	1958	Man of Thirteen Eyes		0
66	1958	Points and Lines	Ryoko	60
67	1959	Tokyo Omnibus		0
68	1960	Castle of Flames		72
69	1961	Marriageable Age		0
70	1961	A Good Man, A Good Day		0
71	1961	Love's Family Tree		0
72	1962	Yume de aritai		0
73	1962	Kono ni uruwashi		0
74	1962	Love Under the Crucifix	Riki	69
75	1962	Red Bud and White Flower		0
76	1962	San'nin musume kanpai!		0
77	1962	At the Side of the Bridge 2		0
78	1962	Naite waratta hanayome		0
79	1963	At the Side of the Bridge 3		0
80	1963	The Incorrigible		63
81	1963	The Image of Mother	Ohama	0
82	1963	Bright Sea	Yukiko Ishida	0
83	1964	Here Because of You		55
84	1964	Homecoming	守屋節子	0
85	1965	Song of Farewell	Haruko Nomura	0
86	1967	Let Us Love		0
87	1967	Pomegranate Time	Nobuko Sakamoto	0
88	1967	Lover's Duet		0
89	1967	Aruhi watashi wa		0
90	1968	The Sands of Kurobe		62
91	1969	Futari no Koibito		0
92	1973	Rebellion Reward	Yoshie	0
93	1976	The Inugami Family	Matsuko Inugami	69
94	1977	Aspiration		0
95	1978	Queen Bee	Takako Higashikoji	73
96	1978	The Phoenix	Queen Himiko of Yamatai	56
97	1979	The Shogun Assassins		50
98	1980	An Ocean to Cross	Yoroshime	0
99	1980	The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail		0
100	1984	Appassionata		50
101	1988	Memories of You		0
102	1989	Four Days of Snow and Blood	Haruko Saito	69
103	1990	Flower Season		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Ningen no Shōmei		0
2	1983	Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series	Itoko Ichiyanagi	70
3	1983	Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series	Matsuyo Tokiwa	70

Mieko Takamine

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Television