OBITUARY

Hideko Takamine dies at 86; one of Japan’s leading screen actresses

A child star in the 1930s, Hideko Takamine went on to perform in more than 300 films. During the post-World War II era, she played a variety of contemporary women who captured the tenor of the times.

By Dennis McLellan

Los Angeles Times

January 5, 2011

Hideko Takamine, a child star in Japan in the 1930s who became one of her country’s leading screen actresses during the post- World War II era, in which she played a variety of contemporary women who captured the tenor of the times, has died. She was 86.

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