Takako Irie
Acting
Born: February 7, 1911 · Tokyo, Japan
Died: January 12, 1995 (aged 83)
Highest Rated
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
Photos (1)
Movies (73)
Sanjuro
Mutsuta's wife
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Tatsu Fukamachi
Haha no hitomi
1953
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
1954
Jean Valjean: Part One
1931
Love Letter
1953
The Most Beautiful
Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Tsuki yori no shisha
Michiko Nonoguchi, nurse
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
1957
Four Marriages
1944
Dekoboko taikōki
1953
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
1953
The House of Hanging
Chizu Igarashi
Three Mothers
1949
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
Shachō hisho
1953
Wings of Victory
1942
Lord Mito
1957
The Water Magician
Taki no Shiraito
Legend of the Cat Monster
Akiko Ryuzoji
Mother Never Dies
1942
Green Earth
1942
Sky of Hope
Makiko
Political Theater
1947
The Deserted City
Shino
Learn from Experience, Part One
Toyomi
Doburoku no Tatsu
1949
Maiko monogatari
1954
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Chiyono - widow
Great Bodhisattva Pass
1935
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Toyomi
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
1953
Kagebōshi
千賀
A Woman's Sorrows
1937
Tojuro's Love
1938
Kuriyama Daizen
1936
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
Metropolitan Symphony
Reiko Yamada
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
1939
Jean Valjean: Part Two
1931
Ghost of Saga Mansion
Otoyo-no-kata
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
Court Lady Fujinami
White Heron
1941
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
Dancers of Awa
1941
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937
Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
1954
Odoroki ikka
1949
A Living Puppet
Hiroko Kumikawa
Blue Sky Angel
1950
Life Is like a Somersault
1946
Karisome no kuchibeni
Akiko
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Mother's Melody
1937
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
Shirobara wa sakedo
1937
Sincerity
Tobiko Haseyama
Tokyo March
早百合
Tsumakoi kuroda bushi
1954
Karayuki-san
1937
Omokage no machi
1942
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
Behold This Mother
1930
The Roar of The Lion
1955
The Morning Sun Shines
girl in the elevator
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
Hana no nagadosu
1954
