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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Deserted City
Character:Shino
Release Date:02/01/1984
Legend of the Cat Monster
Character:Akiko Ryuzoji
Release Date:30/08/1983
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Character:Tatsu Fukamachi
Release Date:16/07/1983
The House of Hanging
Character:Chizu Igarashi
Release Date:26/05/1979
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Character:Self
Release Date:24/05/1975
Sanjuro
Character:Mutsuta's wife
Release Date:01/01/1962
Lord Mito
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Release Date:11/08/1957
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
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Release Date:18/06/1957
Fighting Letter for 29 People
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Release Date:04/06/1957
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
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Release Date:14/08/1956
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
Character:Court Lady Fujinami
Release Date:19/07/1956
Matashirō Fighting Journey
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Release Date:09/01/1956
The Roar of The Lion
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Release Date:08/11/1955
The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
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Release Date:29/12/1954
The Great White Tiger Platoon
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Release Date:25/08/1954
Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
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Release Date:28/07/1954
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
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Release Date:13/03/1954
Maiko monogatari
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Release Date:03/03/1954
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
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Release Date:29/12/1953
Love Letter
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Release Date:13/12/1953
Ghost of Saga Mansion
Character:Otoyo-no-kata
Release Date:03/09/1953
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
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Release Date:12/10/1951
Tales of a Drifter
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Release Date:10/08/1951
Judge of the Ashuras
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Release Date:15/02/1951
Blue Sky Angel
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Release Date:20/05/1950
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
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Release Date:08/01/1950
Kagebōshi
Character:千賀
Release Date:03/01/1950
Odoroki ikka
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Release Date:13/12/1949
Invitation to Happiness
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Release Date:30/10/1947
壮士劇場
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Release Date:06/05/1947
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
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Release Date:04/03/1947
Life Is like a Somersault
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Release Date:27/06/1946
Four Marriages
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Release Date:28/09/1944
The Most Beautiful
Character:Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
Release Date:13/04/1944
Omokage no machi
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Release Date:13/11/1942
Wings of Victory
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Release Date:14/10/1942
Mother Never Dies
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Release Date:24/09/1942
Green Earth
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Release Date:01/04/1942
Sky of Hope
Character:Makiko
Release Date:14/01/1942
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Character:Chiyono - widow
Release Date:30/11/1941
White Heron
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Release Date:09/09/1941
Yukiko and Natsuyo
Character:Yukiko
Release Date:14/08/1941
Dancers of Awa
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Release Date:21/05/1941
The Snake Princess
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Release Date:03/04/1940
Sincerity
Character:Tobiko Haseyama
Release Date:10/09/1939
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
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Release Date:11/01/1939
Tojuro's Love
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Release Date:01/05/1938
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Character:Toyomi
Release Date:18/12/1937
Learn from Experience, Part One
Character:Toyomi
Release Date:01/10/1937
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
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Release Date:01/05/1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
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Release Date:01/04/1937
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
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Release Date:01/04/1937
Karayuki-san
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Release Date:11/03/1937
Mother's Melody
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Release Date:03/03/1937
A Woman's Sorrows
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Release Date:21/01/1937
Kuriyama Daizen
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Release Date:12/11/1936
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
Character:Ohama
Release Date:14/04/1936
Great Bodhisattva Pass
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Release Date:15/11/1935
Karisome no kuchibeni
Character:Akiko
Release Date:22/11/1934
Tsuki yori no shisha
Character:Michiko Nonoguchi, nurse
Release Date:29/03/1934
The Water Magician
Character:Taki no Shiraito
Release Date:01/06/1933
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
Character:Shiho Hime
Release Date:29/09/1932
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
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Release Date:30/10/1931
Jean Valjean: Part Two
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Release Date:25/02/1931
Jean Valjean: Part One
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Release Date:17/02/1931
Behold This Mother
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Release Date:09/05/1930
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
Character:Workwoman
Release Date:14/03/1930
Matenro sôtohen
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Release Date:17/10/1929
Tokyo March
Character:早百合
Release Date:31/05/1929
A Living Puppet
Character:Hiroko Kumikawa
Release Date:19/04/1929
The Morning Sun Shines
Character:girl in the elevator
Release Date:12/04/1929
Metropolitan Symphony
Character:Reiko Yamada
Release Date:02/01/1929
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