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Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Actress

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".

Born: February 7, 1911 in Tokyo, Japan

Died: January 12, 1995 (Age 83)

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Takako Irie  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
8.2
ActressMutsuta's wife1962
Movie
5.4
ActressNoriko Mizushima, dorm mother1944
Movie
5.8
ActressWorkwoman1930
Movie
6.4
ActressToyomi1937
Movie
6.6
ActressToyomi1937
Movie
6.5
Actress1937
Movie
7
Actress1975
Movie
6.3
ActressTatsu Fukamachi1983
Movie
7
ActressTaki no Shiraito1933
Movie
7
Actress1953
Movie
6.7
ActressTobiko Haseyama1939
Movie
6.5
Actress1957
Movie
7
Actress1942
Movie
Actress1942
Movie
6.7
ActressShino1984
Movie
6.4
Actress1954
Movie
6.9
Actress1954
Movie
ActressOhama1936
Movie
6.5
Actress1935
Movie
6.8
ActressOtoyo-no-kata1953
Movie
6
ActressChizu Igarashi1979
Movie
6.2
Actress1942
Movie
7
ActressChiyono - widow1941
Movie
4.9
Actress1940
Movie
5.6
ActressCourt Lady Fujinami1956
Movie
ActressHiroko Kumikawa1929
Movie
5.8
Actress1957
Movie
Actress1930
Movie
6.7
Actress1953
Movie
6.4
ActressSayuri1929
Movie
Actress1944
Movie
8.1
ActressReiko Yamada1929
Movie
Actress1954
Movie
Actress1937
Movie
Actress1956
Movie
Actress1947
Movie
Actress1957
Movie
6.2
Actress1936
Movie
6.9
ActressMakiko1942
Movie
4.6
Actress1941
Movie
Actress1956
Movie
Actress1951
Movie
Actress1929
Movie
7.7
Actress1938
Movie
7.8
Actress1937
Movie
Actress1941
Movie
Actress1942
Movie
Actress1946
Movie
Actress1931
Movie
Actress1931
Movie
ActressMichiko Nonoguchi, nurse1934
Movie
Actress1931
Movie
ActressShiho Hime1932
Movie
Actress千賀
Movie
ActressAkiko1934
Movie
Actress1949
Movie
Actress1950
Movie
7.5
Actress1939
Movie
Actress1951
Movie
Actress1947
Movie
Actress1937
Short Film
6
Actressgirl in the elevator1929
Movie
6.4
ActressAkiko Ryuzoji1983
Movie
7
ProductionProducer1933
Movie
ProductionProducer1932
Movie
ProductionProducer1934
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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