Hideko Takamine, Lauded Japanese Actress, Dies at 86 (Published 2011)Hideko Takamine, Lauded Japanese Actress, Dies at 86 Hideko Takamine, a Japanese actress who over the course of nearly 200 films developed from an endearing child star into a powerful representative of the Japanese woman’s search for identity and autonomy in the years after World War II, died on Dec. 28 in Tokyo. She was 86. The cause was lung cancer, a spokesman said. Ms. Takamine, who often seem
Hideko Takamine dies at 86; one of Japan's leading screen actresses
Hideko Takamine obituary
