Takako Irie

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-02-07

Day of death

1995-01-12 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

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".

Known For

  • Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

  • The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

    The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

  • The Morning Sun Shines

    The Morning Sun Shines

  • Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

    Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

  • Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

    Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

  • Matenro sôtohen

    Matenro sôtohen

  • Jean Valjean: Part Two

    Jean Valjean: Part Two

  • Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

    Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

  • Odoroki ikka

    Odoroki ikka

  • 壮士劇場

    壮士劇場

  • The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

  • Jean Valjean: Part One

    Jean Valjean: Part One

  • Karayuki-san

    Karayuki-san

  • The Deserted City

    The Deserted City

  • Karisome no kuchibeni

    Karisome no kuchibeni

  • Behold This Mother

    Behold This Mother

  • A Woman's Sorrows

    A Woman's Sorrows

  • White Heron

    White Heron

  • Dancers of Awa

    Dancers of Awa

  • The Snake Princess

    The Snake Princess

  • Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival

    Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival

  • A Living Puppet

    A Living Puppet

  • Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

    Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

  • Sincerity

    Sincerity

  • Four Marriages

    Four Marriages

  • Tales of a Drifter

    Tales of a Drifter

  • The Roar of The Lion

    The Roar of The Lion

  • Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen

    Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen

  • Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

    Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

  • Yukiko and Natsuyo

    Yukiko and Natsuyo

  • Matashirō Fighting Journey

    Matashirō Fighting Journey

  • The Water Magician

    The Water Magician

  • Life Is like a Somersault

    Life Is like a Somersault

  • Mother's Melody

    Mother's Melody

  • Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

    Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

  • Love Letter

    Love Letter

  • Tokyo March

    Tokyo March

  • Omokage no machi

    Omokage no machi

  • Tsuki yori no shisha

    Tsuki yori no shisha

  • Tojuro's Love

    Tojuro's Love

  • The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations

    The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations

  • Lord Mito

    Lord Mito

  • Mother Never Dies

    Mother Never Dies

  • Ghost of Saga Mansion

    Ghost of Saga Mansion

  • The Most Beautiful

    The Most Beautiful

  • A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes

    A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes

  • Great Bodhisattva Pass

    Great Bodhisattva Pass

  • Maiko monogatari

    Maiko monogatari

  • Metropolitan Symphony

    Metropolitan Symphony

  • Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

    Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

  • Kagebōshi

    Kagebōshi

  • Kuriyama Daizen

    Kuriyama Daizen

  • A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again

    A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again

  • A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again

    A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again

  • The Great White Tiger Platoon

    The Great White Tiger Platoon

  • Enoken’s Shrewd Period

    Enoken’s Shrewd Period

  • The House of Hanging

    The House of Hanging

  • Green Earth

    Green Earth

  • Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

  • Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

  • Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

  • The Battle of Kawanakajima

    The Battle of Kawanakajima

  • Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

  • Fighting Letter for 29 People

    Fighting Letter for 29 People

  • Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

  • Judge of the Ashuras

    Judge of the Ashuras

  • Invitation to Happiness

    Invitation to Happiness

  • Sky of Hope

    Sky of Hope

  • Learn from Experience, Part One

    Learn from Experience, Part One

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

  • Legend of the Cat Monster

    Legend of the Cat Monster

  • Blue Sky Angel

    Blue Sky Angel