A Japanese actress closely associated with the work of director Mikio Naruse, Takemine starred in such films as Lightning (1952), Floating Clouds (1955), Flowing (1956), Fuefukigawa (1960), When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960), Happiness of Us Alone (1961), Yearning (1964) and My Son! My Son! (1979) among many others.