Sanae Takasugi (高杉 早苗, Takasugi Sanae, 8 October 1918 – 26 November 1995) was a Japanese film and television actress. She starred in over 80 films, directed by notable filmmakers like Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Keisuke Kinoshita.
Sanae Takasugi
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Sanae Takasugi in 1937
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| Born | Hiroko Shimizu (1918-10-08)8 October 1918 |
| Died | 26 November 1995(1995-11-26) (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1934–1979 |
| Spouse(s) | Ichikawa Danshirō III (1938–1958) |
Born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Takasugi graduated at Rissho High School and first performed in a dance hall, before joining the Shochiku film studios in 1934.[1] She made her screen debut the same year in Yasujirō Shimazu's Our Neighbor, Miss Yae, and had her first starring role in Kōjirō Sasaki's Yama no yūyake.[1] She married kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshirō III in 1938,[1] and retired from acting until her return in 1948 in Kenji Mizoguchi's Women of the Night.[2] After her husband's death in 1958, she retired once more[1] before returning to the screen again in the late 1960s, appearing in small roles in films by Kaneto Shindō and Keisuke Kinoshita,[3] and on television. She received a Golden Glory Award at the Japanese Movie Critics Awards in 1994[4] and died the following year at the age of 77.
She mothered three children: the kabuki actors Ichikawa Ennosuke III and Ichikawa Danshirō IV, and actress Yasuko Ichikawa. She is the grandmother of actors Ichikawa Ennosuke IV and Teruyuki Kagawa.