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".

Filmografi

Sanjuro1962 · Mutsuta's wifeLove Letter1953 · Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago1955 · Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975 · SelfThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time1983 · Tatsu FukamachiHaha shirayuki1956 · Yoidore nitōryū1954 · The Rust Cleaner Sings1955 · Doku bara1949 · Akōgishi1954 · Tekka bugyō1954 · Tsumakoi kuroda bushi1954 · Three Mothers1949 · Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki1953 · Madam with a Ribbon1939 · Doburoku no Tatsu1949 · Female Prisoner #361947 · Haha no hitomi1953 · Koshimoto gyōjōki1956 · Dekoboko taikōki1953 · Great Bodhisattva Pass1935 · Shachō hisho1953 · Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu · Karayuki-san1937 ·