About

Known credits:
72
Birthday:
1911-02-07
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Takako Irie

Overview

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

Acting
1998 Legend of the Cat Monster Actor Akiko Ryuzoji N/A
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1984 The Deserted City Actor Shino 59
Average
1983 The Little Girl Who Conquered Time Actor Tatsu Fukamachi 59
Average
1979 The House of Hanging Actor Chizu Igarashi 58
Average
1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Actor 59
Average
1962 Sanjuro Actor Mutsuta's wife 70
Good
1957 Lord Mito Actor 59
Average
1957 Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp Actor 59
Average
1957 Fighting Letter for 29 People Actor N/A
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1956 Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin Actor N/A
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1956 Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi Actor Court Lady Fujinami 59
Average
1956 Matashirō Fighting Journey Actor N/A
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1955 The Roar of The Lion Actor N/A
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1954 The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing Actor 59
Average
1954 The Great White Tiger Platoon Actor 59
Average
1954 Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko Actor N/A
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1954 Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki Actor 59
Average
1953 Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace Actor 58
Average
1953 Love Letter Actor 59
Average
1953 Ghost of Saga Mansion Actor Otoyo-no-kata 59
Average
1951 Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival Actor N/A
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1951 Tales of a Drifter Actor N/A
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1951 Judge of the Ashuras Actor N/A
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1950 Blue Sky Angel Actor N/A
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1950 Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu Actor N/A
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1950 Kagebōshi Actor 千賀 N/A
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1949 Odoroki ikka Actor N/A
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1947 Invitation to Happiness Actor N/A
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1947 壮士劇場 Actor N/A
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1947 Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu Actor N/A
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1946 Life Is like a Somersault Actor N/A
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1944 Four Marriages Actor N/A
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1944 The Most Beautiful Actor Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother 58
Average
1942 Omokage no machi Actor N/A
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1942 Wings of Victory Actor 58
Average
1942 Mother Never Dies Actor 59
Average
1942 Green Earth Actor N/A
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1942 Sky of Hope Actor Makiko N/A
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1941 The Battle of Kawanakajima Actor Chiyono - widow N/A
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1941 White Heron Actor N/A
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1941 Yukiko and Natsuyo Actor Yukiko N/A
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1941 Dancers of Awa Actor N/A
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1940 The Snake Princess Actor N/A
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1939 Sincerity Actor Tobiko Haseyama 58
Average
1939 Enoken’s Shrewd Period Actor N/A
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1938 Tojuro's Love Actor N/A
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1937 Learn from Experience, Part Two Actor Toyomi 59
Average
1937 Learn from Experience, Part One Actor Toyomi 59
Average
1937 A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again Actor N/A
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1937 Karayuki-san Actor N/A
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1937 Mother's Melody Actor N/A
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1937 A Woman's Sorrows Actor 59
Average
1936 Kuriyama Daizen Actor N/A
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1936 Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 Actor Ohama N/A
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1935 Great Bodhisattva Pass Actor N/A
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1934 Karisome no kuchibeni Actor Akiko N/A
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1934 Tsuki yori no shisha Actor Michiko Nonoguchi, nurse N/A
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1933 The Water Magician Actor Taki no Shiraito 59
Average
1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia Actor Shiho Hime N/A
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1931 Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen Actor N/A
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1931 Jean Valjean: Part Two Actor N/A
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1931 Jean Valjean: Part One Actor N/A
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1930 Behold This Mother Actor N/A
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1930 Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown Actor Workwoman 59
Average
1929 Matenro sôtohen Actor N/A
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1929 Tokyo March Actor 早百合 58
Average
1929 A Living Puppet Actor Hiroko Kumikawa N/A
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1929 The Morning Sun Shines Actor girl in the elevator 58
Average
1929 Metropolitan Symphony Actor Reiko Yamada N/A
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Production
1934 Karisome no kuchibeni Production Producer N/A
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1933 The Water Magician Production Producer 59
Average
1932 The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia Production Producer N/A
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