Takako Irie

also known as 入江たか子, Такако Ириэ

Born: Feb 07, 1911, Tokyo, Japan

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".

Real Name	Takako Irie
Nick Name	入江たか子, Такако Ириэ
Date of Birth	Feb 07, 1911
Place of Birth	Tokyo, Japan
Age	83
Death Day	1995-01-12

POPULAR MOVIES

The Deserted City

The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

The House of Hanging

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Sanjuro

Lord Mito

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

The Great White Tiger Platoon

Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

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