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".
Movie | Legend of the Cat Monster | Akiko Ryuzoji | 1998-08-16 |
Movie | The Deserted City | Shino | 1984-01-02 |
Movie | The Little Girl Who Conquered Time | Tatsu Fukamachi | 1983-07-16 |
Movie | The House of Hanging | Chizu Igarashi | 1979-05-26 |
Movie | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | 1975-05-24 | |
Movie | Sanjuro | Mutsuta's wife | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | Lord Mito | 1957-08-11 | |
Movie | Fighting Letter for 29 People | 1957-06-04 | |
Movie | Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp | 1957-06-18 | |
Movie | Matashirō Fighting Journey | 1956-01-09 | |
Movie | Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin | 1956-08-14 | |
Movie | Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi | Court Lady Fujinami | 1956-07-19 |
Movie | The Roar of The Lion | 1955-11-08 | |
Movie | The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing | 1954-12-29 | |
Movie | Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki | 1954-03-13 | |
Movie | Ghost of Saga Mansion | Otoyo-no-kata | 1953-09-03 |
Movie | Love Letter | 1953-12-13 | |
Movie | Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace | 1953-12-29 | |
Movie | Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival | 1951-10-12 | |
Movie | Kagebōshi | 千賀 | 1950-01-03 |
Movie | Blue Sky Angel | 1950-05-20 | |
Movie | Odoroki ikka | 1949-12-13 | |
Movie | 壮士劇場 | 1947-05-06 | |
Movie | Invitation to Happiness | 1947-10-30 | |
Movie | 人生とんぼ返り | 1946-06-27 | |
Movie | The Most Beautiful | Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother | 1944-04-13 |
Movie | Four Marriages | 1944-09-28 | |
Movie | Sky of Hope | Makiko | 1942-01-14 |
Movie | Omokage no machi | 1942-11-13 | |
Movie | Green Earth | 1942-04-01 | |
Movie | Mother Never Dies | 1942-09-24 | |
Movie | Wings of Victory | 1942-10-15 | |
Movie | Dancers of Awa | 1941-05-21 | |
Movie | The Battle of Kawanakajima | Chiyono - widow | 1941-11-30 |
Movie | Yukiko and Natsuyo | Yukiko | 1941-08-14 |
Movie | The Snake Princess | 1940-04-03 | |
Movie | Sincerity | Tobiko Haseyama | 1939-09-10 |
Movie | A Woman's Sorrows | 1937-01-21 | |
Movie | Mother's Melody | 1937-03-03 | |
Movie | Learn from Experience, Part One | Toyomi | 1937-10-01 |
Movie | Learn from Experience, Part Two | Toyomi | 1937-12-18 |
Movie | Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 | Ohama | 1936-04-14 |
Movie | Kuriyama Daizen | 1936-11-12 | |
Movie | Great Bodhisattva Pass | 1935-11-15 | |
Movie | Karisome no kuchibeni | Akiko | 1934-11-22 |
Movie | The Water Magician | Taki no Shiraito | 1933-06-01 |
Movie | Behold This Mother | 1930-05-09 | |
Movie | Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown | Workwoman | 1930-03-14 |
Movie | Tokyo March | Sayuri | 1929-01-01 |
Movie | Metropolitan Symphony | Reiko Yamada | 1929-01-02 |
Movie | A Living Puppet | Hiroko Kumikawa | 1929-04-19 |
Movie | The Morning Sun Shines | girl in the elevator | 1929-04-12 |