Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 07, 1911
Died
Jan 12, 1995
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
97 titles
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
Filmography
The Deserted City
Shino
Legend of the Cat Monster
Akiko Ryuzoji
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Tatsu Fukamachi
The House of Hanging
Chizu Igarashi
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
Sanjuro
Mutsuta's wife
Lord Mito
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
Fighting Letter for 29 People
Haha shirayuki
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
Court Lady Fujinami
Koshimoto gyōjōki
Matashirō Fighting Journey
The Roar of The Lion
Nagasaki no yoru
The Rust Cleaner Sings
Hana no nijū hachinin shū
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
Date sōdō: Haha goten
Akōgishi
The Great White Tiger Platoon
Tekka bugyō
Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
Maiko monogatari
Hana no nagadosu
Yoidore nitōryū
Tsumakoi kuroda bushi
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
Love Letter
Ghost of Saga Mansion
Otoyo-no-kata
Dekoboko taikōki
Shachō hisho
Haha no hitomi
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
Tales of a Drifter
Judge of the Ashuras
Blue Sky Angel
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Kagebōshi
千賀
Odoroki ikka
Doburoku no Tatsu
Doku bara
Three Mothers
Hakata Dontaku
Invitation to Happiness
Female Prisoner #36