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

  • Karayuki-san

    Karayuki-san

  • Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

  • The Most Beautiful

    The Most Beautiful

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

  • The House of Hanging

    The House of Hanging

  • Love Letter

    Love Letter

  • The Great White Tiger Platoon

    The Great White Tiger Platoon

  • The Deserted City

    The Deserted City

  • Fighting Letter for 29 People

    Fighting Letter for 29 People

  • Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

  • Maiko monogatari

    Maiko monogatari

  • Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

  • Sky of Hope

    Sky of Hope

  • The Water Magician

    The Water Magician

  • Tales of a Drifter

    Tales of a Drifter

  • Matashirō Fighting Journey

    Matashirō Fighting Journey

  • Four Marriages

    Four Marriages

  • The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

    The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

  • Odoroki ikka

    Odoroki ikka

  • Lord Mito

    Lord Mito

  • Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

  • Life Is like a Somersault

    Life Is like a Somersault

  • Kagebōshi

    Kagebōshi

  • Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

    Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

  • Mother Never Dies

    Mother Never Dies

  • Mother's Melody

    Mother's Melody

  • Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

    Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

  • Dancers of Awa

    Dancers of Awa

  • Ghost of Saga Mansion

    Ghost of Saga Mansion

  • The Battle of Kawanakajima

    The Battle of Kawanakajima

  • Legend of the Cat Monster

    Legend of the Cat Monster

  • Karisome no kuchibeni

    Karisome no kuchibeni

  • The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations

    The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations

  • Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

    Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

  • Green Earth

    Green Earth

  • Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

  • Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

    Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

  • Tojuro's Love

    Tojuro's Love

  • Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

    Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

  • Tsuki yori no shisha

    Tsuki yori no shisha

  • Omokage no machi

    Omokage no machi

  • Learn from Experience, Part One

    Learn from Experience, Part One

  • 壮士劇場

    壮士劇場

  • Great Bodhisattva Pass

    Great Bodhisattva Pass

  • The Roar of The Lion

    The Roar of The Lion

  • A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again

    A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again

  • Kuriyama Daizen

    Kuriyama Daizen

  • Jean Valjean: Part One

    Jean Valjean: Part One

  • Judge of the Ashuras

    Judge of the Ashuras

  • Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival

    Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival

  • Sincerity

    Sincerity

  • Jean Valjean: Part Two

    Jean Valjean: Part Two

  • White Heron

    White Heron

  • Tokyo March

    Tokyo March

  • Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

    Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

  • The Snake Princess

    The Snake Princess

  • Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

  • A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes

    A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes

  • A Woman's Sorrows

    A Woman's Sorrows

  • Invitation to Happiness

    Invitation to Happiness

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

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

  • The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

    The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

  • Metropolitan Symphony

    Metropolitan Symphony

  • Yukiko and Natsuyo

    Yukiko and Natsuyo

  • Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

    Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

  • Enoken’s Shrewd Period

    Enoken’s Shrewd Period

  • The Morning Sun Shines

    The Morning Sun Shines

  • A Living Puppet

    A Living Puppet

  • Matenro sôtohen

    Matenro sôtohen

  • Behold This Mother

    Behold This Mother

  • Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen

    Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen

  • Blue Sky Angel

    Blue Sky Angel