Ginko Mine
| Ginko Mine | |
|---|---|
 Ginko Mine.jpg Japanese actress photo album before World War 2 | |
| Born | Natsu Baba July 21, 1909 Motosu, Gifu, Japan |
| 💀Died | January 27, 1993 (aged 83) Toyohashi, Aichi, JapanJanuary 27, 1993 (aged 83) |
| 💼 Occupation | Actress |
| 📆 Years active | 1930-1933 |
Ginko Mine (峰 吟子, July 21, 1909 – January 27, 1993.[1]) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Natsuyo Baba (at birth: Natsu Baba[2]). She was affectionately known by the nickname "Minegin."[2]
Early Life and Career
Ginko Mine was born on July 21, 1909, in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture. After graduating from Motosu Girls' High School, she became a dancer and worked at a dance hall in Kobe.[2] There, she met Roy Tanaka, a Japanese-American businessman and manager of the Osaka branch of Paramount Pictures.[1] The two married, and in 1930, at the recommendation of film director Minoru Murata, she joined Nikkatsu Uzumasa Studio[2]. She made her film debut in Mihatenu Yume[2] and gained attention for her roles in Ginza Serenāde and Kono Taiyō, becoming popular as a vamp actress. In 1931, she starred in Rebyū no odoriko, earning significant popularity and being dubbed the "Queen of Eroticism."[2]
In 1932, due to the Nikkatsu labor dispute, she left the studio but returned in December. She appeared in Furansu Oseyo in 1933, but when her husband was transferred to Manchuria, she resigned from Nikkatsu in August to accompany him[2]. While in Manchuria, she stepped away from the public eye to focus on her family. However, in 1937, her husband died after falling from a train near the Tanna Tunnel[1], and she returned to work at a dance hall in Shinkyō to support herself[1]. She later remarried to a military doctor[1] and, after the war, lived in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture[1][2]. Ginko Mine died on January 27, 1993[1], at the age of 83.
A surviving 35mm film reel of her work in Tengoku sono higaeri (11 minutes, 672 feet) is archived at the National Film Archive of Japan[3]
Select Filmography
- Mihatenu Yume (1930) – Directed by Kyōchō Tōbōjō
- Tengoku Sono Higaeri (1930) – Directed by Tomu Uchida
- Ginza Serenāde (1930) – Directed by Yūkō Nagakura
- Kono Taiyō (1930) – Directed by Minoru Murata
- Shin Tōkyō Kōshinkyoku (1930) – Directed by Yūkō Nagakura
- Misutā Nippon (1931) – Directed by Minoru Murata
- Ren’ai Seisan Chō (1931) – Directed by Seiichi Ina
- Revū no Odoriko (1931) – Directed by Shigeru Kito
- Shikamo Karera wa Yuku (1931) – Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
- Kokoro no Jitsugetsu (1931) – Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka
- Kiri no Hoteru (1932) – Directed by Genjirō Saegusa
- 1932-nen no Haha (1932) – Directed by Minoru Murata
- Chōwakizashi Fūkei (1933) – Directed by Minoru Inuzuka
- Sōkyū no Mon (1933) – Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto
- Furansu Oseyo (1933) – Directed by Kunio Watanabe[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Kanō, Ichirō (December 1, 2003). "Mine Ginko: The Star Who Shined a Shining Light for a Moment". 映画論叢 [Film Review Anthology] (in 日本語) (7th ed.). Japan: Juhanasha. pp. 23–29. ISBN 978-4434038556.CS1 maint: Date and year (link) Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Yoshida, Chieo (December 31, 1980). Nihon eiga haiyū zenshū joyū-hen [Complete Japanese Film Actors: Actresses Edition] (in 日本語). Japan: Kinema Junposha. pp. 657–658.CS1 maint: Date and year (link) Search this book on
- ↑ Tengoku sono higaeri, National Film Archive of Japan, viewed on November 27, 2020.
- ↑ "峰吟子(Mine Ginko)". Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
Further reading
- Masago Ōwada, Mine Ginko sono shōgai to jidai [Mine Ginko: Her Life and Times] (Fūbaisha, 2023), ISBN 9784833154376 Search this book on ..
External links
- Ginko Mine - Japanese Movie Database
- Ginko Mine - Bunkacho Japanese Movie Database
- Ginko Mine - KINENOTE
- Ginko Mine - Nikkatsu Database
- Ginko Mine at IMDb
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