Takako Irie
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1911-02-07
- Died
- 1995-01-12
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Такако Ириэ
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".
Known For
Movies (76)
Sanjuro
1962
as Mutsuta's wife
The Most Beautiful
1944
as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983
as Tatsu Fukamachi
Love Letter
1953
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
1957
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937
as Toyomi
Four Marriages
1944
Sky of Hope
1942
as Makiko
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
as Self
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
1953
The Morning Sun Shines
1929
as girl in the elevator
Wings of Victory
1942
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1930
as Workwoman
The Snake Princess
1940
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
The House of Hanging
1979
as Chizu Igarashi
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
as Chiyono - widow
Green Earth
1942
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
1954
The Deserted City
1984
as Shino
Dancers of Awa
1941
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
Tokyo March
1929
as 早百合
The Roar of The Lion
1955
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
Odoroki ikka
1949
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934
as Michiko Nonoguchi, nurse
The Water Magician
1933
as Taki no Shiraito
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956
as Court Lady Fujinami
Kagebōshi
1950
as 千賀
Mother Never Dies
1942
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
Mother's Melody
1937
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936
as Ohama
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
as Akiko Ryuzoji
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937
Omokage no machi
1942
Great Bodhisattva Pass
1935
Blue Sky Angel
1950
White Heron
1941
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
as Otoyo-no-kata
Maiko monogatari
1954
A Woman's Sorrows
1937
Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
1954
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
as Toyomi
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1932
as Shiho Hime
Life Is like a Somersault
1946
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956
Kuriyama Daizen
1936
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Lord Mito
1957
Tales of a Drifter
1951
Karisome no kuchibeni
1934
as Akiko
A Living Puppet
1929
as Hiroko Kumikawa
Matenro sôtohen
1929
Karayuki-san
1937
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
1939
Metropolitan Symphony
1929
as Reiko Yamada
Tojuro's Love
1938
Jean Valjean: Part One
1931
Sincerity
1939
as Tobiko Haseyama
Jean Valjean: Part Two
1931
Behold This Mother
1930
Yukiko and Natsuyo
1941
as Yukiko
壮士劇場
1947
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
Madam with a Ribbon
1939
Family Diary Part II
1938
Tsumakoi kuroda bushi
1954
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
Shirobara wa sakedo
1937
About Takako Irie
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 advertisem… With 76 credits spanning from 1929 to 1984, Takako Irie has appeared in 76 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Takako Irie Movies
- Sanjuro (1962) — as Mutsuta's wife
- The Most Beautiful (1944) — as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) — as Tatsu Fukamachi
- Love Letter (1953)
- Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp (1957)
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