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".
Known For
Credits
- 1983 · Legend of the Cat Monster as Akiko Ryuzoji
- 1983 · The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as Tatsu Fukamachi
- 1979 · The House of Hanging as Chizu Igarashi
- 1975 · Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director as Self
- 1962 · Sanjuro as Mutsuta's wife
- 1957 · Shiranui zukin as
- 1957 · Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp as
- 1956 · Haha shirayuki as
- 1956 · Koshimoto gyōjōki as
- 1955 · Nagasaki no yoru as
- 1955 · The Rust Cleaner Sings as
- 1955 · Hana no nijū hachinin shū as
- 1955 · Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago as
- 1954 · The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing as
- 1954 · Date sōdō: Haha goten as
- 1954 · Akōgishi as
- 1954 · Tekka bugyō as
- 1954 · Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki as
- 1954 · Hana no nagadosu as
- 1954 · Yoidore nitōryū as
- 1954 · Tsumakoi kuroda bushi as
- 1953 · Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace as
- 1953 · Love Letter as
- 1953 · Dekoboko taikōki as
- 1953 · Shachō hisho as
- 1953 · Haha no hitomi as
- 1953 · Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki as
- 1951 · Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival as
- 1951 · Tales of a Drifter as
- 1951 · Judge of the Ashuras as
- 1949 · Doburoku no Tatsu as
- 1949 · Doku bara as
- 1949 · Three Mothers as
- 1947 · Hakata Dontaku as
- 1947 · Female Prisoner #36 as
- 1944 · The Most Beautiful as Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
- 1942 · Wings of Victory as
- 1939 · Madam with a Ribbon as
- 1939 · Sincerity as Tobiko Haseyama
- 1937 · Learn from Experience, Part One as Toyomi
- 1937 · A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again as
- 1936 · Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 as Ohama
- 1935 · Great Bodhisattva Pass as
- Future · Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu as
- 1984 · The Deserted City as Shino
- 1957 · Lord Mito as
- 1957 · Fighting Letter for 29 People as
- 1956 · Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider as
- 1956 · The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations as Court Lady Fujinami
- 1956 · Matashirō Fighting Journey as
- 1955 · The Roar of The Lion as
- 1954 · The Great White Tiger Platoon as
- 1954 · Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko as
- 1954 · Maiko monogatari as
- 1953 · Ghost of Saga Mansion as Otoyo-no-kata
- 1950 · Blue Sky Angel as
- 1950 · Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu as
- 1950 · Kagebōshi as 千賀
- 1949 · Odoroki ikka as
- 1947 · Invitation to Happiness as
- 1947 · Political Theater as
- 1947 · Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu as
- 1946 · Life Is like a Somersault as
- 1944 · Four Marriages as
- 1942 · Omokage no machi as
- 1942 · Mother Never Dies as
- 1942 · Green Earth as
- 1942 · Sky of Hope as Makiko
- 1941 · The Battle of Kawanakajima as Chiyono - widow
- 1941 · White Heron as
- 1941 · Yukiko and Natsuyo as Yukiko
- 1941 · Dancers of Awa as
- 1940 · The Snake Princess as
- 1939 · Enoken’s Shrewd Period as
- 1938 · Family Diary Part II as
- 1938 · Tojuro's Love as
- 1937 · Learn from Experience, Part Two as Toyomi
- 1937 · Shirobara wa sakedo as
- 1937 · A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again as
- 1937 · A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes as
- 1937 · Karayuki-san as
- 1937 · Mother's Melody as
- 1937 · A Woman's Sorrows as
- 1936 · Kuriyama Daizen as
- 1934 · Karisome no kuchibeni as Akiko
- 1934 · Tsuki yori no shisha as Michiko Nonoguchi, nurse
- 1933 · The Water Magician as Taki no Shiraito
- 1932 · The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia as Shiho Hime
- 1931 · Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen as
- 1931 · Jean Valjean: Part Two as
- 1931 · Jean Valjean: Part One as
- 1930 · Behold This Mother as
- 1930 · Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown as Workwoman
- 1929 · Matenro sôtohen as
- 1929 · Tokyo March as 早百合
- 1929 · A Living Puppet as Hiroko Kumikawa
- 1929 · The Morning Sun Shines as girl in the elevator
- 1929 · Metropolitan Symphony as Reiko Yamada