HIDEKO TAKAMINE'S FILMS I WATCHED
Hideko Takamine(1924-2010) was one of the most versatile actresses of the golden age of Japanese Cinema. She could play almost every role given to her with utmost dedication and brilliance, making her presence known by using her body moments and facial expressions to give depth to the character.
Her appearance in the films of Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita usually portraying women in post-war Japan and their Struggles, not only made her one of the most respected daughters of Japan, but also helped their films be recognised and admired in the Western Countries.
Hope This list helps you discover her Wonderful filmography. ( no particular order; as to each, it's their own cinema.)
Her appearance in the films of Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita usually portraying women in post-war Japan and their Struggles, not only made her one of the most respected daughters of Japan, but also helped their films be recognised and admired in the Western Countries.
Hope This list helps you discover her Wonderful filmography. ( no particular order; as to each, it's their own cinema.)
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- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineKen UeharaDaisuke KatôA woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.9/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineKeiji SadaTatsuya NakadaiA young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them.8/10
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiMichiyo AratamaTamao NakamuraHis ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.10/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineItsuo WatanabeMakoto MiyagawaSchoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.10/10
- DirectorZenzô MatsuyamaStarsHideko TakamineKeiju KobayashiIzumi HaraA sympathetic portrayal of the suffering of a deaf couple at the hands of a shell shocked postwar society that treats them like wayward children to be at turns pitied or exploited.10/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineKeiji SadaTakahiro TamuraCovering the years from 1932 through 1957, this is the story of the trials and tribulations of lighthouse keeper Shiro and his wife Kiyoko.10/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineAkira TakaradaDaisuke KatôFumiko struggles to get her literary work published, spending years working in poverty while being abused by her boyfriend all the while hoping to break free from the cycle.9/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineYûzô KayamaMitsuko KusabueAfter a bombing raid destroys the family store and her husband, Reiko rebuilds and runs the shop out of love stopped short by destruction.9/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineTatsuya NakadaiMasayuki MoriA middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges posed to her by her family, customers and friends.9/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineMasayuki MoriMariko OkadaA tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely woman trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo.7/10
- DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsToshirô MifuneHideko TakamineHiroshi AkutagawaA poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.7/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineAkira TakaradaTsutomu YamazakiA woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.8/10
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsHideko TakamineKeiji SadaYoshiko KugaA family in the city of Tokyo running a liquor store overcome their impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.8/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsKinuyo TanakaIsuzu YamadaHideko TakamineOtsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mothers trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.7/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsSetsuko HaraMasayuki MoriHideko TakamineThe story of a family in Tokyo who live under the same roof in a large house and include the widowed sixty-year-old mother, older son and his wife, the youngest daughter and the older daughter who, while being married, is experiencing domestic problems and has moved back in. The latter woman's husband soon dies however making the move permanent. With life insurance money flowing in she not only can afford to pay rent, but also loan some cash to her brother who unbeknownst to his mother has taken on a loan from the bank with the house as collateral. The loan was needed as his wife's aunt's factory needs an infusion of funds.8/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineYôko TsukasaEitarô OzawaA child is killed in a hit and run. The mother plots her revenge by posing as a maid in the house of the murderer.7/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineKamatari FujiwaraDaijirô NatsukawaOkoma, a young lady working as a conductor with a bus company in Kofu Yamanashi, has an idea for her bus that could avert the dwindling number of passengers.6/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineMitsuko MiuraKyôko KagawaPoor, pathetic mother Ose has four children, three daughters and a son, by four different men.6/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineKeiji SadaAkiko TamuraThree criminals planning to rob a house are continually delayed by the families antics.7/10
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsKinuyo TanakaHideko TakamineKen UeharaSetsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a drinking habit. She's always been in love with Hiroshi, but he left for France years ago without proposing. Now he is back and Mariko (Setsuko's sister) tries to reunite them, although secretly she loves him too.7/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineMasao WakaharaChikage AwashimaA naive stripper falls for an artist engaged to the daughter of a controversial female politician.6/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineShûji SanoChishû RyûA girl who had left her home village for life in Tokyo returns to her home years later, and evokes a scandal when the locals discover that she's a stripper.6/10
- DirectorHeinosuke GoshoStarsKinuyo TanakaKen UeharaHideko TakamineWhere Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.7/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineToshirô MifuneKeiju KobayashiA young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop.She arranges a loan when her rigid family won't help and then her husband becomes jealous of the loan officer.6/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineKeiji SadaTeiji TakahashiA widow life is left in turmoil when her childhood lover returns to town, left between the decision whether to go with him and start a new life in tokyo or settle down with her kindly brother-in-law, amidst a growing scandal that could tatter her family name.7/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsMieko TakamineHideko TakamineKeiko KishiA student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.7/10
- DirectorKajirô YamamotoStarsHideko TakamineChieko TakehisaKamatari FujiwaraIne Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale.6/10
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsYûji HoriChizuko NogamiHideko TakamineA young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so that she may help his company by granting 1.5 million yen. Teruko decides to borrow money from a greedy bar owner who lends her money on certain conditions and photographs her without her consent. A love traingle forms between Koroku, Ranko, and Teruko. Things complicate when Koroku marries Teruko and Tsugawa threatens them for the money causing many twists and turns.7/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsTomisaburô WakayamaHideko TakamineKen TanakaA man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.8/10
- DirectorShirô ToyodaStarsHideko TakamineHiroshi AkutagawaJûkichi UnoA lowly divorcee is tricked into becoming the mistress of a despised moneylender but soon falls in love with a student.7/10
- DirectorYoshitarô NomuraStarsMinoru ÔkiTakahiro TamuraSeiji MiyaguchiTwo cops on stakeout wait for a murderer.7/10
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineTakahiro TamuraKôshirô MatsumotoA young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan.7/10
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsTokihiko OkadaEmiko YagumoHideo SugawaraA married Tokyo man faces unemployment after standing up for an older colleague.8/10
One of the earliest Surving Hideko Takamine movie from when she was an child actress, playing on of the three kids of an insurance salesman. - DirectorKajirô YamamotoStarsHideko TakamineMusei TokugawaNijiko KiyokawaMasako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much publicized essay ends up causing the family problems and their chronic money troubles threaten Masako's further education.6/10
Another Early Takamine movie from when she was a teenager, playing the eldest daughter of a poor family of five with a talent of writing good essays. - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineYôko TsukasaYuriko HoshiDrama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.6/10
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineChikage AwashimaMasayuki MoriThe real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family frequents.7/10
- DirectorSatoshi KonKô MatsuoStarsMiyoko ShôjiShôzô ÎzukaMami KoyamaA TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.10/10
This movie is a Takamine movie and not at the same time, Satoshi Kon has done a great job in paying homage to one of the best actresses of golden age of japanese cinema and preserve their legacy in this brilliant masterpiece.