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Irie Takako was an actress and early Japanese film star. She was best known for her role as the tragic heroine in the 1933 film ''Taki no shiraito'', directed by [[Mizoguchi Kenji]], and started her own production company, Irie-puro, in 1932.

Irie Takako was an actress and early Japanese film star. She was best known for her role as the tragic heroine in the 1933 film ''Taki no shiraito'', directed by [[Mizoguchi Kenji]], and started her own production company, Irie-puro, in 1932.

Born in Tokyo the daughter of [[kazoku|Viscount]] [[Higashibojo|Higashibôjô]], her real name was Higashibôjô Hideko.<ref name=kotobank>"Irie Takako." ''Nihon Jinmei Daijiten''. Kodansha, 2009. Accessed 4 May 2011.</ref> She made her film debut at age 16 in the 1927 film ''Kechinbo Chôja'' produced by the studio Nikkatsu,<ref name=kotobank/> taking on the stagename Irie Takako from the beginning. She appeared in three films by Mizoguchi Kenji the following year, ''Tokai kôkyôgaku'' ("Metropolitan Symphony"), ''Asahi no kagayaku'' ("The Morning Sun Shines"), and ''Tôkyô kôshinkyoku'' ("Tokyo March").

Born in Tokyo the daughter of [[kazoku|Viscount]] [[Higashibojo|Higashibôjô]], her real name was Higashibôjô Hideko.<ref name=kotobank>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%85%A5%E6%B1%9F%E3%81%9F%E3%81%8B%E5%AD%90 Irie Takako]." ''Nihon Jinmei Daijiten''. Kodansha, 2009. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 4 May 2011.</ref> She made her film debut at age 16 in the 1927 film ''Kechinbo Chôja'' produced by the studio Nikkatsu,<ref name=kotobank/> taking on the stagename Irie Takako from the beginning. She appeared in three films by Mizoguchi Kenji the following year, ''Tokai kôkyôgaku'' ("Metropolitan Symphony"), ''Asahi no kagayaku'' ("The Morning Sun Shines"), and ''Tôkyô kôshinkyoku'' ("Tokyo March").

In 1930, at the age of 19, she served as the model for a [[byobu|folding screen]] painting by ''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Nakamura Daizaburo|Nakamura Daizaburô]] which was featured at the 1930 Teiten ("Imperial Exhibition"), and is now in the collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The painting depicts her in a scarlet ''[[furisode]]'' with a pastel green ''obi'' with gold leaf designs, white ''[[tabi]]'' and green ''[[zori|zôri]]'', lounging on a Western-style chaise. The painting became one of several works by Daizaburô to inspire dolls, and a number of the toys, complete with their own miniature chaise furniture, were produced in the early 1930s. She had met the painter when he served as an artistic director at the film studio.

In 1930, at the age of 19, she served as the model for a [[byobu|folding screen]] painting by ''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Nakamura Daizaburo|Nakamura Daizaburô]] which was featured at the 1930 Teiten ("Imperial Exhibition"), and is now in the collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The painting depicts her in a scarlet ''[[furisode]]'' with a pastel green ''obi'' with gold leaf designs, white ''[[tabi]]'' and green ''[[zori|zôri]]'', lounging on a Western-style chaise. The painting became one of several works by Daizaburô to inspire dolls, and a number of the toys, complete with their own miniature chaise furniture, were produced in the early 1930s. She had met the painter when he served as an artistic director at the film studio.