Tokuko Takagi

Tokuko Takagi
Born Tokuko Nagai
永井徳子

(1891-02-15)February 15, 1891
Misakichō, Tokyo, Japan
Died March 30, 1919(1919-03-30) (aged 28)
Kaho District, Fukuoka, Japan
Occupation Actress, dancer
Years active 1911–1919
Spouse(s) Chimpei Takagi

Tokuko Takagi (高木 徳子 Takagi Tokuko, born Tokuko Nagai (永井 徳子 Nagai Tokuko), February 15, 1891  March 30, 1919) was a Japanese dancer and actress in early silent films. She was the first female Japanese performer to appear in a film professionally, she appeared in four shorts for the American-based Thanhouser Company between the years 1911 and 1914. After returning to Japan, she was Japan's first dancer to dance in toe shoes.

History

Tokuko Takagi was born in Misakichō, Tokyo in 1891. In 1906, she married Chimpei Takagi, 24, when she was 15. They both moved to America where she eventually acted in four early silent films. She returned to Japan in 1914, due to the outbreak of World War I. In 1915, she had her Japanese domestic dance debut in the Imperial Theatre. While she was on tour in 1919, she suddenly died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

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