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Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Known for: Acting

Born 07/02/1911
Died 1995-01-12
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan

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".

Filmography

Sanjuro Film ★ 7,9

Sanjuro

Mutsuta's wife

1962

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Film ★ 6,8

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Tatsu Fukamachi

1983

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing Film ★ 7,1

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

1954

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Film ★ 7,2

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Self

1975

Film ★ 7,0

Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

Workwoman

1930

The Most Beautiful Film ★ 5,6

The Most Beautiful

Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother

1944

Film

Tales of a Drifter

1951

Jean Valjean: Part One Film ★ 7,0

Jean Valjean: Part One

1931

Tsuki yori no shisha Film

Tsuki yori no shisha

Michiko Nonoguchi, nurse

1934

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp Film ★ 7,0

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

1957

Love Letter Film ★ 6,8

Love Letter

1953

Four Marriages Film ★ 8,0

Four Marriages

1944

The House of Hanging Film ★ 6,2

The House of Hanging

Chizu Igarashi

1979

The Water Magician Film ★ 7,3

The Water Magician

Taki no Shiraito

1933

Fighting Letter for 29 People Film

Fighting Letter for 29 People

1957

Legend of the Cat Monster Film ★ 5,0

Legend of the Cat Monster

Akiko Ryuzoji

1983

Three Mothers Film

Three Mothers

1949

Kagebōshi Film

Kagebōshi

千賀

1950

Wings of Victory Film ★ 6,8

Wings of Victory

1942

Jean Valjean: Part Two Film

Jean Valjean: Part Two

1931

Film

Doku bara

1949

Tokyo March Film ★ 6,1

Tokyo March

早百合

1929

Matashirō Fighting Journey Film

Matashirō Fighting Journey

1956

Great Bodhisattva Pass Film ★ 10,0

Great Bodhisattva Pass

1935

Lord Mito Film ★ 5,4

Lord Mito

1957

Film

Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

Ohama

1936

Learn from Experience, Part One Film ★ 6,7

Learn from Experience, Part One

Toyomi

1937

A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again Film

A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again

1937

Film

Female Prisoner #36

1947

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu Film

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

1950

Enoken’s Shrewd Period Film ★ 9,0

Enoken’s Shrewd Period

1939

Judge of the Ashuras Film ★ 10,0

Judge of the Ashuras

1951

Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki Film ★ 9,0

Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

1954

Dancers of Awa Film ★ 7,0

Dancers of Awa

1941

Kuriyama Daizen Film

Kuriyama Daizen

1936

The Deserted City Film ★ 7,1

The Deserted City

Shino

1984

Doburoku no Tatsu Film

Doburoku no Tatsu

1949

Green Earth Film

Green Earth

1942

A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again Film ★ 10,0

A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again

1937

Film

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider

1956

Mother Never Dies Film ★ 6,2

Mother Never Dies

1942

Learn from Experience, Part Two Film ★ 6,3

Learn from Experience, Part Two

Toyomi

1937

The Battle of Kawanakajima Film ★ 7,0

The Battle of Kawanakajima

Chiyono - widow

1941

The Great White Tiger Platoon Film ★ 6,0

The Great White Tiger Platoon

1954

Film

Hakata Dontaku

1947

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace Film ★ 8,0

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

1953

Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko Film

Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

1954

Invitation to Happiness Film ★ 10,0

Invitation to Happiness

1947

Shachō hisho Film

Shachō hisho

1953

Tojuro's Love Film ★ 7,0

Tojuro's Love

1938

Life Is like a Somersault Film ★ 7,0

Life Is like a Somersault

1946

Odoroki ikka Film

Odoroki ikka

1949

Tsumakoi kuroda bushi Film

Tsumakoi kuroda bushi

1954

Film ★ 6,0

Yukiko and Natsuyo

Yukiko

1941

Maiko monogatari Film

Maiko monogatari

1954

Behold This Mother Film ★ 9,0

Behold This Mother

1930

A Woman's Sorrows Film ★ 6,7

A Woman's Sorrows

1937

Film

Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu

Blue Sky Angel Film ★ 8,0

Blue Sky Angel

1950

Sky of Hope Film ★ 8,0

Sky of Hope

Makiko

1942

A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes Film

A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes

1937

White Heron Film ★ 9,0

White Heron

1941

Shirobara wa sakedo Film

Shirobara wa sakedo

1937

Film

Madam with a Ribbon

1939

Political Theater Film

Political Theater

1947

The Roar of The Lion Film

The Roar of The Lion

1955

Omokage no machi Film ★ 8,0

Omokage no machi

1942

Sincerity Film ★ 6,0

Sincerity

Tobiko Haseyama

1939

Film

Family Diary Part II

1938

Ghost of Saga Mansion Film ★ 7,7

Ghost of Saga Mansion

Otoyo-no-kata

1953

Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival Film

Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival

1951

The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations Film ★ 8,0

The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations

Court Lady Fujinami

1956

The Morning Sun Shines Film ★ 5,8

The Morning Sun Shines

girl in the elevator

1929

Mother's Melody Film

Mother's Melody

1937

Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu Film

Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

1947

Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen Film ★ 7,0

Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen

1931

Film ★ 8,0

The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia

Shiho Hime

1932

Karayuki-san Film

Karayuki-san

1937

A Living Puppet Film ★ 10,0

A Living Puppet

Hiroko Kumikawa

1929

Metropolitan Symphony Film ★ 10,0

Metropolitan Symphony

Reiko Yamada

1929

Karisome no kuchibeni Film ★ 7,0

Karisome no kuchibeni

Akiko

1934

Film ★ 8,0

The Snake Princess

1940

Film

Matenro sôtohen

1929

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki Film

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki

1953

Dekoboko taikōki Film

Dekoboko taikōki

1953

Haha no hitomi Film

Haha no hitomi

1953