Takako Irie

Takako Irie

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".
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    Tokyo, Japan
    Birthday
    2/7/1911
Sanjuro
Sanjuro
7.9
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
6.4
The Morning Sun Shines
The Morning Sun Shines
5.5
The Most Beautiful
The Most Beautiful
5.6
Judge of the Ashuras
Judge of the Ashuras
0
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
0
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
7
Matenro sôtohen
0
The Deserted City
The Deserted City
6.8
The Water Magician
The Water Magician
6.9
Tojuro's Love
Tojuro's Love
0
Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
0
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
0
White Heron
White Heron
0
Green Earth
Green Earth
0
Learn from Experience, Part One
Learn from Experience, Part One
6
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Learn from Experience, Part Two
6.2
人生とんぼ返り
人生とんぼ返り
0
Kagebōshi
Kagebōshi
0
続影法師
続影法師
0
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
0
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
0
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
8
Ghost of Saga Mansion
Ghost of Saga Mansion
7.5
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
8
Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi
Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi
8
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
7
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
7.1
Karisome no kuchibeni
Karisome no kuchibeni
0
Jean Valjean: Part One
Jean Valjean: Part One
0
Odoroki ikka
Odoroki ikka
0
Blue Sky Angel
Blue Sky Angel
0
The House of Hanging
The House of Hanging
6
Jean Valjean: Part Two
Jean Valjean: Part Two
0
Sincerity
Sincerity
5.4
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
0
Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival
Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival
0
壮士劇場
壮士劇場
0
Love Letter
Love Letter
6.8
The Snake Princess
0
Karayuki-san
Karayuki-san
0
A Woman's Sorrows
A Woman's Sorrows
6.7
Mother Never Dies
Mother Never Dies
6
Yukiko and Natsuyo
6
Behold This Mother
Behold This Mother
0
Lord Mito
Lord Mito
5.4
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
0
Wings of Victory
Wings of Victory
6.3
Omokage no machi
Omokage no machi
0
The Battle of Kawanakajima
The Battle of Kawanakajima
0
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
6.8
Great Bodhisattva Pass
Great Bodhisattva Pass
0
A Living Puppet
A Living Puppet
0
Tokyo March
Tokyo March
6
Four Marriages
Four Marriages
0
Metropolitan Symphony
Metropolitan Symphony
0
Dancers of Awa
Dancers of Awa
0
The Great White Tiger Platoon
6
Legend of the Cat Monster
Legend of the Cat Monster
0
Tsuki yori no shisha
Tsuki yori no shisha
0
Tales of a Drifter
0
Mother's Melody
Mother's Melody
0
The Roar of The Lion
The Roar of The Lion
0
Matashirō Fighting Journey
Matashirō Fighting Journey
0
Invitation to Happiness
Invitation to Happiness
0
Fighting Letter for 29 People
Fighting Letter for 29 People
0
Sky of Hope
Sky of Hope
0
Kuriyama Daizen
Kuriyama Daizen
0
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
0
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