Hideko Takamine
March 27, 1924 - December 28, 2010
March 27, 1924 - December 28, 2010
Venerable Japanese actress Hideko Takamine, who starred in classic films such as Keisuke Kinoshita's Twenty-four Eyes and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, has died at the age of 86. Her death, from lung cancer on December 28th, was announced on New Year's Eve.
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