Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine was born on Mar 27, 1924 in Japan. Hideko Takamine's big-screen debut came with Composition Class directed by Kajirô Yamamoto in 1938. Hideko Takamine is known for The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer directed by Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai stars as Kaji and Michiyo Aratama as Michiko. Hideko Takamine has got 10 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Hideko Takamine achieved is Awards of the Japanese Academy. The upcoming new movie Hideko Takamine plays is Uma which will be released on May 09, 1986.

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.