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Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Actor, Producer

Born February 7, 1911 in Tokyo, Japan

Died January 12, 1995

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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".

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Type

Year

The Deserted City Poster

The Deserted City Feature Film1984Shino

Reibyo densetsu Poster

Reibyo densetsu TV Movie1983Akiko Ryuzoji

The Little Girl Who Conquered Time Poster

The Little Girl Who Conquered Time Feature Film1983Tatsu Fukamachi

The House of Hanging Poster

The House of Hanging Feature Film1979Chizuru

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Poster

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Documentary1975Self

Sanjuro Feature Film1962Mutsuta's wife

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp Poster

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp Feature Film1957

Lord Mito 1 Poster

Lord Mito 1 Feature Film1957

Nijukyu-nin no kenka-jô Poster

Nijukyu-nin no kenka-jô Feature Film1957

Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi Poster

Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi Feature Film1956Court Lady Fujinami

Matashiro's Fighting Journey Poster

Matashiro's Fighting Journey Feature Film1956

Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin Feature Film1956

The Rust Cleaner Sings Feature Film1955

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago Feature Film1955

Akôgishi Feature Film1954

Date sôdô: Haha goten Feature Film1954

Hana no Byakkotai Poster

Hana no Byakkotai Feature Film1954Kajijo

Hana no nagadosu Poster

Hana no nagadosu Feature Film1954Okaji

Kaibyô Okazaki sôdô Poster

Kaibyô Okazaki sôdô Feature Film1954

Maiko monogatari Poster

Maiko monogatari Feature Film1954

Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko Poster

Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko Feature Film1954

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing Poster

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing Feature Film1954

Tsumakoi kuroda bushi Feature Film1954

Yoidore ni tôryû Feature Film1954

Dekoboko taikôki Feature Film1953

Ghost of Saga Mansion Poster

Ghost of Saga Mansion Feature Film1953

Haha no hitomi Feature Film1953

Kaibyô Arima goten Poster

Kaibyô Arima goten Feature Film1953

Love Letter Poster

Love Letter Feature Film1953

Shachô hisho Feature Film1953

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki Feature Film1953

Ashura hangan Poster

Ashura hangan Feature Film1951

Gokuraku rokkasen Feature Film1951

Karuma Tengu at the Fire Festival Poster

Karuma Tengu at the Fire Festival Feature Film1951

Kujaku no sono Poster

Kujaku no sono Feature Film1951

Tengu no yasu Feature Film1951

Aishû no minato: Yakuza blues Feature Film1950

Aizenkô Feature Film1950

Haha no shirabe Feature Film1950

Nikutai no bôfû Feature Film1950

Shinsô gonin onna Feature Film1950

The Blue Sky Angel Poster

The Blue Sky Angel Feature Film1950Michiko Iguchi

Tôkyô no heroine Poster

Tôkyô no heroine Feature Film1950

Zoku kagebôshi: Ryûko aiutsutsu Feature Film1950

A Surprised Family Poster

A Surprised Family Feature Film1949

Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu Feature Film1948

Dare ka yume naki: Kôhen Poster

Dare ka yume naki: Kôhen Feature Film1947Shimizu Matsue

Dare ka yume naki: Zenpen Poster

Dare ka yume naki: Zenpen Feature Film1947Shimizu Matsue

Joshu 36 ban Feature Film1947

Kôfuku eno shôtai Poster

Kôfuku eno shôtai Feature Film1947

Political Theater Poster

Political Theater Feature Film1947

Jinsei tonbo gaeri Poster

Jinsei tonbo gaeri Feature Film1946

Toho Show Boat Feature Film1946

The Most Beautiful Poster

The Most Beautiful Feature Film1944Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

Yottsu no kekkon Poster

Yottsu no kekkon Feature Film1944Yoriko

Susume dokuritsuki Poster

Susume dokuritsuki Feature Film1943

Kibô no aozora Poster

Kibô no aozora Feature Film1942Makiko

Midori no daichi Poster

Midori no daichi Feature Film1942Sonoko Izawa

Minami kara kaetta hito Feature Film1942

Mother Never Dies Poster

Mother Never Dies Feature Film1942Sadayo

Omokage no machi Poster

Omokage no machi Feature Film1942

Shiroi hekiga Feature Film1942

Tsubasa no gaika Poster

Tsubasa no gaika Feature Film1942

Awa no odoriko Poster

Awa no odoriko Feature Film1941

Shirasagi Poster

Shirasagi Feature Film1941

The Battle of Kawanakajima Poster

The Battle of Kawanakajima Feature Film1941Chiyono - widow

Yukiko and Natsuyo Feature Film1941

Zoku Hebihimesama Poster

Zoku Hebihimesama Feature Film1940Kotohime

Chushingura (Go) Feature Film1939Riku Oishi, Kuranosuke's Wife

Chushingura (Zen) Feature Film1939Riku Oishi, Kuranosuke's Wife

Ribbon o musubu fujin Feature Film1939

Sincerity Poster

Sincerity Feature Film1939Tobiko Haseyama

The Loves of a Kabuki Actor Poster

The Loves of a Kabuki Actor Feature Film1938

A Husband's Chastity: Fall Once Again Feature Film1937

A Woman's Sorrows Poster

A Woman's Sorrows Feature Film1937Hiroko

Haha no kyoku I Poster

Haha no kyoku I Feature Film1937Kaoru Fujinami

Haha no kyoku II Feature Film1937Kaoru Fujinami

Kafuku zempen Poster

Kafuku zempen Feature Film1937Toyomi

Karayuki san Poster

Karayuki san Feature Film1937Oyuki

Learn from Experience, Part II Poster

Learn from Experience, Part II Feature Film1937Toyomi

Otto no teiso - haru kitareba Poster

Otto no teiso - haru kitareba Feature Film1937

Shirobara wa sakedo Poster

Shirobara wa sakedo Feature Film1937Atsuko

Striking at the North China Skies Feature Film1937Guest Appearance

Daibosatsu tôge: Suzuka-yama no maki - Mibu Shimabara no maki Feature Film1936Ohama

Hakui no kajin Feature Film1936Kyoko Marikouji

Kuriyama daizen Poster

Kuriyama daizen Feature Film1936

Daibosatsu tôge: dai-ippen - Kôgen itto-ryû no maki Poster

Daibosatsu tôge: dai-ippen - Kôgen itto-ryû no maki Feature Film1935

Harusugata musume dôchû Feature Film1935Takako Irie, Shizuko's friend

Jinpu-ren Feature Film1934Okachi

Karisome no kuchibeni Poster

Karisome no kuchibeni Feature Film1934Akiko, wife of Ogata

Tsuki yori no shisha Poster

Tsuki yori no shisha Feature Film1934Michiko Nonoguchi, nurse

Harutsugedori Feature Film1933

Hikari tsumi to tomoni Feature Film1933

Sêishungaî Feature Film1933

Suma no adanami Feature Film1933

Taki no shiraito Poster

Taki no shiraito Feature Film1933Taki no Shiraito

Asakusa Elegy Feature Film1932

Kokoro no toka Feature Film1932

The Dawn of Mongolia Feature Film1932Shiho Hime

Gonin no yukaina aibô Feature Film1931Taa-chan

Janbarujan: kohen Poster

Janbarujan: kohen Feature Film1931

Janbarujan: Zenpen Poster

Janbarujan: Zenpen Feature Film1931

Kagayakû wareraga yukutê Feature Film1931

Kokoro no hitsuki retsujitsuhen Feature Film1931

Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen Poster

Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen Feature Film1931

Misu nippon Feature Film1931Miss Nippon

Behold This, Mother Poster

Behold This, Mother Feature Film1930

Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato Poster

Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato Feature Film1930Workwoman

Ginza Serenade Feature Film1930

Haha Feature Film1930

Kakeî Feature Film1930

Kono taiyô - Dai ippen Feature Film1930Tamie Minaawa

Kono taiyô - Dai sampen Feature Film1930Tamie Minaawa

Kono taiyô - dainihen Tamie no maki Feature Film1930Tamie Minaawa

Kuroî kekkon Feature Film1930

Nikkatsu on Parade Documentary1930

Ai no fûkei Feature Film1929

Asahi wa kagayaku Poster

Asahi wa kagayaku Short Film1929

Eikan Feature Film1929

Fûsendamâ Feature Film1929

Ikeru ningyô Poster

Ikeru ningyô Feature Film1929Hiroko Kumikawa

Karatachi no hana Feature Film1929

Kumo no ôza Feature Film1929

Kyôen onna sâmazamâ Feature Film1929

Matenro sôtohen Feature Film1929

Nikkatsu kôshinkyoku: Undô hen Feature Film1929

Suki Moshin Feature Film1929

Tokai kokyogaku Poster

Tokai kokyogaku Feature Film1929Reiko

Tokkyu sambyaku-ri Feature Film1929Sayuriko

Tôkyô kôshinkyoku Poster

Tôkyô kôshinkyoku Feature Film1929Sayuriko Fujimoto

Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ni-bu Gendai hen Feature Film1928Teruko Miura

Gekijô Feature Film1928

Gekiryû - Kôhen Feature Film1928

Gekiryû zenpen Feature Film1928

Haha izuko Feature Film1928

Kindai Cleopatra Feature Film1928

Shôchikubaî Feature Film1928

Yowamushi ryôhô Feature Film1928

Kechinbo Choja Feature Film1927

Producer

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Taki no shiraito Poster

Taki no shiraito Feature Film1933

The Dawn of Mongolia Feature Film1932

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