Volume III: Biographies

TAKAGI, Taku *

Actress (1912)

Thanhouser Career Synopsis: Taku Takagi appeared in several 1912 Thanhouser releases and headed what Thanhouser designated as "a special Japanese stock company."

Biographical Notes: Tokuko Takagi, a Japanese lady known in the United States as Taku Takagi (possibly also as C. Taka; see biographical entry under this name), toured the United States, then returned to Japan to become that country's first toe dancer and achieved great popularity but died at a young age. Her biography, written by Mrs. Teruko Yoshitake, was published in 1985 by the Bungei Shunju company. The title of the work translates into English as Die Dancing; Tokuko Takagi, Queen of the Musicals.

Thanhouser Filmography:

1912: The Birth of the Lotus Blossom (9-13-1912), For the Mikado (10-18-1912), Miss Taqu of Tokio (11-19-1912)

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