- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 7, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- January 12, 1995
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 b…
Filmography
movieThe Deserted City
1984 · Shino
movieLegend of the Cat Monster
1983 · Akiko Ryuzoji
movieThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983 · Tatsu Fukamachi
movieThe House of Hanging
1979 · Chizu Igarashi
movieKenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Self
movieSanjuro
1962 · Mutsuta's wife
movieLord Mito
1957
movieGhost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
1957
movieFighting Letter for 29 People
1957
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
movieNotebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
movieThe Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
1956 · Court Lady Fujinami
movieMatashirō Fighting Journey
1956
movieThe Roar of The Lion
1955
movieThe Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
1954
movieThe Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
movieNage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko
1954
movieTerrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
movieMaiko monogatari
1954
movieTsumakoi kuroda bushi
1954
movieGhost-Cat of Arima Palace
1953
movieLove Letter
1953
movieGhost of Saga Mansion
1953 · Otoyo-no-kata
movieKurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951
Tales of a Drifter
movieTales of a Drifter
1951
movieJudge of the Ashuras
1951
movieBlue Sky Angel
1950
movieZoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
movieKagebōshi
1950 · 千賀
movieOdoroki ikka
1949
movieInvitation to Happiness
1947
Female Prisoner #36
movieFemale Prisoner #36
1947
moviePolitical Theater
1947
movieKoyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
movieLife Is like a Somersault
1946
movieFour Marriages
1944
movieThe Most Beautiful
1944 · Noriko Mizushima, dorm mother
movieOmokage no machi
1942
movieWings of Victory
1942
movieMother Never Dies
1942
movieGreen Earth
1942
movieSky of Hope
1942 · Makiko
movieThe Battle of Kawanakajima
1941 · Chiyono - widow
movieWhite Heron
1941
Yukiko and Natsuyo
movieYukiko and Natsuyo
1941 · Yukiko
movieDancers of Awa
1941
The Snake Princess
movieThe Snake Princess
1940
Madam with a Ribbon
movieMadam with a Ribbon
1939
movieSincerity
1939 · Tobiko Haseyama
movieEnoken’s Shrewd Period
1939
Family Diary Part II
movieFamily Diary Part II
1938
movieTojuro's Love
1938
movieLearn from Experience, Part Two
1937 · Toyomi
movieLearn from Experience, Part One
1937 · Toyomi
movieShirobara wa sakedo
1937
movieA Husband's Chastity: Fall Again
1937
movieA Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
1937
movieA Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes
1937
movieKarayuki-san
1937
movieMother's Melody
1937
movieA Woman's Sorrows
1937
movieKuriyama Daizen
1936
Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
movieGreat Bodhisattva Pass 2
1936 · Ohama
movieGreat Bodhisattva Pass
1935
movieKarisome no kuchibeni
1934 · Akiko, Producer
movieTsuki yori no shisha
1934 · Michiko Nonoguchi, nurse
movieThe Water Magician
1933 · Taki no Shiraito, Producer
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
movieThe Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
1932 · Shiho Hime, Producer
movieKokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
movieJean Valjean: Part Two
1931
movieJean Valjean: Part One
1931
movieBehold This Mother
1930
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
movieYoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
1930 · Workwoman
Matenro sôtohen
movieMatenro sôtohen
1929
movieTokyo March
1929 · 早百合
movieA Living Puppet
1929 · Hiroko Kumikawa
movieThe Morning Sun Shines
1929 · girl in the elevator
movieMetropolitan Symphony
1929 · Reiko Yamada