Takako Irie
Biography
Takako Irie (入江 たか子 Irie Takako, 7 February 1911 – 12 January 1995) was a Japanese film actress. Born in Tokyo into the aristocratic Higashibōjō family (her birth name was Hideko Higashibōjō (東坊城 英子 Higashibōjō Hideko)), she graduated from Bunka Gakuin before debuting as an actress at Nikkatsu in 1927. She became a major star, even starting her own production company, Irie Productions, in 1932. One of Kenji Mizoguchi's silent film masterpieces, The Water Magician, was produced at that company with Irie starring. She appeared in many advertisements, as well as on fans and other commercial goods. Irie was also the subject of a folding screen painting by Nihonga artist Nakamura Daizaburō, which appeared in the 1930 Teiten (Imperial Exhibition), and which is today in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art; toy dolls were also produced based on this image.
In the postwar period, Irie became known as a "ghost cat actress" (bakeneko joyū) for appearing in a series of kaidan (ghost story) movies. One of her late memorable roles was in Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, where she plays Mutsuta's wife, the lady who warns Sanjuro (Toshirō Mifune) that "the best sword stays in its scabbard".
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-02-07
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Images
Cast
Sanjuro
1962
8.00
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983
6.60
The Morning Sun Shines
1929
5.50
The Most Beautiful
1944
5.59
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
0.00
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1930
7.00
Matenro sôtohen
1929
0.00
The Deserted City
1984
6.80
The Water Magician
1933
7.20
Tojuro's Love
1938
0.00
White Heron
1941
0.00
Green Earth
1942
0.00
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937
6.00
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
6.20
Life Is like a Somersault
1946
0.00
Kagebōshi
1950
0.00
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
0.00
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
0.00
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
1939
0.00
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
7.50
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
1953
8.00
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
8.00
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
1957
7.00
Karisome no kuchibeni
1934
0.00
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
1954
7.10
Jean Valjean: Part One
1931
0.00
Odoroki ikka
1949
0.00
Blue Sky Angel
1950
0.00
The House of Hanging
1979
6.00
Jean Valjean: Part Two
1931
0.00
Sincerity
1939
5.40
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951
0.00
壮士劇場
1947
0.00
Love Letter
1953
6.80
The Snake Princess
1940
0.00
Karayuki-san
1937
0.00
A Woman's Sorrows
1937
6.70
Mother Never Dies
1942
6.00
Yukiko and Natsuyo
1941
6.00
Behold This Mother
1930
0.00
Lord Mito
1957
5.40
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936
0.00
Wings of Victory
1942
6.30
Omokage no machi
1942
0.00
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
0.00
Great Bodhisattva Pass
1935
0.00
A Living Puppet
1929
0.00
Tokyo March
1929
6.00
Four Marriages
1944
0.00
Metropolitan Symphony
1929
0.00
Dancers of Awa
1941
0.00
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
6.00
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
0.00
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934
0.00
Tales of a Drifter
1951
0.00
Mother's Melody
1937
0.00
The Roar of The Lion
1955
0.00
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956
0.00
Invitation to Happiness
1947
0.00
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
0.00
Sky of Hope
1942
0.00
Kuriyama Daizen
1936
0.00
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
0.00
Maiko monogatari
1954
0.00