Mieko Takamine — Actor (21)
Elegy of the North (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
挽歌
director: Heinosuke Gosho actor: Yoshiko Kuga / Masayuki Mori
other title: Élégie du Nord / 挽歌
​Reiko, a young woman with a physical disability, begins a clandestine affair with the married architect Katsuragi, but also becomes dangerously obsessed with his unfaithful wife, Akiko.
Rebellion Reward (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
反逆の報酬
other title: 反逆の報酬
The film tells about drug trafficking from Vietnam to Tokyo and Okinawa. Tetsuya Watari plays a photographer who uses his camera as a blackmail weapon. He is on the trail of a narcotics smuggler (Mikio Narita) and his beautiful contact (Haruko Wanibuchi). Watari meets a former gangster (Yujiro Ishihara) who is seeking revenge against Narita, his former partner. Watari and Ishihara become allies and hijack the dope shipment. But Narita threatens the life of Haruko, who turns out to be Ishihara's sister, and demands the dope in return for the girl.
Appassionata (1984) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
序の舞
director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Yūko Natori / Morio Kazama
other title: 序の舞
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
Bright Sea (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
光る海
other title: 光る海 / La Mer étincelante
On the day of college graduation, Mieko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) stood on stage as the valedictorian for the Department of English. During her university years she made sure that she would always come out on top, and she did. With a victorious graduation behind her, she plans out the next chapter of her life: become a successful novelist and go out with a classmate she's been secretly eyeing for the past couple of years.
Queen Bee (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女王蜂
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Keiko Kishi
other title: 女王蜂
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.
An Ocean to Cross (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
天平の甍
director: Kei Kumai actor: Katsuo Nakamura / Masaaki Daimon
other title: Un océan à traverser / 天平の甍
Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.
Castle of Flames (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
炎の城
director: Tai Katō actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Denjirō Ōkōchi
other title: 炎の城
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds to be mysterious circumstances, and his mother's married to his uncle, whose ruthless ambition is causing turmoil in the kingdom. Not knowing who to trust, Masato feigns madness, vowing to get to the truth, even though his act causes distress to the girl he loves, who's waited for him all these years. The ghost of his father turns up now and then to show him the way. Meanwhile a peasant revolt is brewing... It all ends tragically.
Dancing Girl (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
舞姫
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Mieko Takamine / So Yamamura
other title: La Danseuse / La bailarina
The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the family.
Once More (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
今ひとたびの
other title: 今ひとたびの
A romance with political overtones about the relationship of a sheltered bourgeois woman and a doctor who devotes himself to caring for the poor. Over a ten-year period - from 1936 through the war - they find each other and are separated again by the events of those tumultuous days.
Here Because of You (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
君たちがいて僕がいた
other title: 君たちがいて僕がいた
An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing up in modern times, students often look to Mr. Yabuki for advice and guidance. But when Mr. Yabuki’s career is threatened as a result of a false accusation from the school’s PTA, the students band together to stand up for their beloved teacher and help him to save his good reputation and job.