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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-02-07

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

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

Sanjuro

Sanjuro

In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Love Letter

Love Letter

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi.

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Kazuko Yoshiyama is a third-year junior-high-school student. One day, while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has the power to travel through time.

Haha shirayuki

Haha shirayuki

A child who was taken in and raised by a woman from a once-impoverished traveling theater troupe grows up to be a beautiful young woman and performs in a dance recital. Her biological mother, who suddenly appears, is the wife of a wealthy man.

Three Mothers

Three Mothers

Movie about biological mothers, foster mothers, and stepmothers.

The Rust Cleaner Sings

The Rust Cleaner Sings

A passionate young man takes on a corrupt boss, determined to save innocent teachers and numerous orphans.

Doku bara

Doku bara

A Daiei erotic film depicting the five passionate love affairs of a voluptuous married woman, driven by her beauty.

Tsumakoi kuroda bushi

Tsumakoi kuroda bushi

Madam with a Ribbon

Madam with a Ribbon

Akōgishi

Akōgishi

Dekoboko taikōki

Dekoboko taikōki

Koshimoto gyōjōki

Koshimoto gyōjōki

Three young women who dream of a life of luxury find themselves drawn into a family feud within the Date clan as maids. There, they protect the young lord and play a major role in taking on the villains.

Yoidore nitōryū

Yoidore nitōryū