Takako Irie

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: Acting
Birthday: 1911-02-07
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As: Такако Ириэ

Movies List of Takako Irie

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Sanjuro

1962 Movie
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The Most Beautiful

1944 Movie
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Judge of the Ashuras

1951 Movie
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Matenro sôtohen

1929 Movie
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The Deserted City

1984 Movie
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The Water Magician

1933 Movie
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Tojuro's Love

1938 Movie
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White Heron

1941 Movie
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Green Earth

1942 Movie
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人生とんぼ返り

1946 Movie
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Kagebōshi

1950 Movie
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続影法師

1950 Movie
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Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

1947 Movie
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Ghost of Saga Mansion

1953 Movie
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Karisome no kuchibeni

1934 Movie
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Odoroki ikka

1949 Movie
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Blue Sky Angel

1950 Movie
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The House of Hanging

1979 Movie
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Sincerity

1939 Movie
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壮士劇場

1947 Movie
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Love Letter

1953 Movie
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The Snake Princess

1940 Movie
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Karayuki-san

1937 Movie
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A Woman's Sorrows

1937 Movie
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Mother Never Dies

1942 Movie
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Yukiko and Natsuyo

1941 Movie
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Behold This Mother

1930 Movie
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Lord Mito

1957 Movie
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Wings of Victory

1942 Movie
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Omokage no machi

1942 Movie
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A Living Puppet

1929 Movie
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Tokyo March

1929 Movie
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Four Marriages

1944 Movie
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Metropolitan Symphony

1929 Movie
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Dancers of Awa

1941 Movie
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Tsuki yori no shisha

1934 Movie
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Tales of a Drifter

1951 Movie
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Mother's Melody

1937 Movie
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The Roar of The Lion

1955 Movie
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Sky of Hope

1942 Movie
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Kuriyama Daizen

1936 Movie