Ayako Wakao
Acting
Born: November 8, 1933 (age 92) · Tokyo, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
Ayako Wakao (若尾文子, born November 8, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress who was one of the country's biggest stars of the 20th century. Wakao began her career contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group. She has gone on to appear in over 100 feature films, plus numerous television movies and series. She was a favorite actress of director Yasuzo Masumura, starring in 20 of his films. In addition to her many collaborations with Masumura, she was a favorite of Kon Ichikawa, having starred or co-starred in seven of the director's works. She appeared in Kenji Mizoguchi's A Geisha and Street of Shame. She also appeared in Yasujirō Ozu's Floating Weeds. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ayako Wakao, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Floating Weeds
1959
Street of Shame
1956
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Red Angel
1966
A Geisha
1953
Irezumi
1966
Manji
1964
A Wife Confesses
1961
Princess from the Moon
1987
Seisaku's Wife
1965
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
Photos (7)
Movies (162)
My Son's Revolt
1958
Red Angel
Nurse Sakura Nishi
One Day at Summer's End
Mariko Nozaki
Street of Shame
Yasumi
Floating Weeds
Kayo
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
明石夕子
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
Irezumi
Otsuya
Escape from Temptation
1957
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954
Tsuma koso waga inochi
1957
Princess from the Moon
Tayoshime
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yuko Ono
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Satsuko
Her Secret
1952
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Umeno
Strange Triangle
1965
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
Punishment Room
Akiko Aochi
Various Flowers
1959
Ginga no miyako
1957
Freezing Point
Natsue
A Night to Remember
1962
Manji
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
I Love You
1956
Firefly Light
Oryo
Zoku ginga no miyako
1957
Shichinin no ani imōto
1955
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
An Actor's Revenge
Namiji
A Woman's Testament
1960
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
1958
Hanayome no tameiki
1956
The Great Wall
Meng Jiangnü
Two Wives
1967
Where Might is Right
1955
A Geisha
Eiko
The Bride Carries On
1956
Inhibited Love
1955
Bara no kōdōkan
1956
Spring Snow
2005
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko Kirihara
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
Midori no nakama
1954
Seisaku's Wife
Okane
Shroud of Snow
Taeko Sayama
Yearning
1954
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
Machi no kotengu
1952
She Came For Love
Toshiko Ikuta
Asashio yushio
1956
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
Elegant Beast
Yukie Mitani
Outlaw
1953
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
1952
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Tamae
Closing Time
Kimiko Matsuno
The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko Nonomiya
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
The Radiant Prince
Aoi no ue
The Cast-Off
Takako Sanada
Bridge of Japan
Ochise
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Yumiko Kiryû
Victory and Defeat
Shizuko Abe
A Wife Confesses
Ayako Takigawa
A Design for Dying
Rinko Tsugawa
A Certain Woman
Aiko, Yoko's sister
A Geisha's Diary
Koen
Modae
1964
Afraid to Die
Yoshie Koizumi
Anchin and Kiyohime
Kiyohime
A Lustful Man
Yuugiridayuu
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
1952
The Forest of No Escape
1965
Spartan Education
1970
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Yodogimi
Ripe and Marriageable
Shinobu Takaniwa
Bury Me Deep
Mrs. Senzu
Love and Greed
Namiko Kawashiro
Marriageable Age
1961
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Okore Sanpei
1953
Red Love, Green Love
Yukiko Oda
Mother
Miss Mochizuki
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wakasa
The Ladder of Success
1958
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
Love of the Princess
Kazunomiya
I'll Cry Alone
1965
Thousand Cranes
Mrs. Ota
The False Student
Mutsuko Takagi
Goodbye, Hello
Kazuko Aota
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Tayori
Izakaya Moheji 4
Kihara Shino [New customer]
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
The Ginza Three Boys
Chikami Akiyama
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
Blood End
Otsuta
A Public Benefactor
Mitsuko Fukumura
Bonchi
Ponta
Stolen Pleasure
Masuko
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Victory or Defeat
1954
Beauty the Enemy
Keiko Yoshino
Nagasaki no yoru
1955
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
The Time of Reckoning
Machiko Yonekura
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
Enchanted Princess
Princess Kinuta / Okuro
A Nice Guy
1960
Love River
1958
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
Les Mesdemoiselles
Kasumi Fujisawa
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Nami kage
Hinachiyo
Bojô no kawa
1957
Girls Born in August
1963
Jirocho Fuji
Okiku
Izakaya Moheji 2
Kihara Shino [New customer]
Night Trap
Aiko Manabe
Cascading White Threads
1956
The Third Will
Fumino Hamada
The Phantom Horse
Yuki Shiraishi
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956
Asakusa at Night
Namie Takashima
Onna no Katei
1977
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
While Yet a Wife
1965
The Messenger from the Moon
Yoko Kotani
The Betrothed
1957
The Judo Champ
1958
The Virgin Witness
Chiei, Nun
Onna no Natsu
1975
Tears
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Yuri Mamiya
The Rockabilly Lady
Mie Yashiro
Escape from the City of Death
Setsuko Minami
Their Legacy
1962
Triangle Moods
Mariko Naoe
Wild Geese
Otama
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Sakiko Takashima
Farewell Song
1955
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Shojo jutai
Aiko Takano
Musume no boken
1958
The Gaijin
1959
Maiko monogatari
1954
Onna no Kyūka
1974
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Hahakozuru
Eiko
Hot Spring Doctress
Isao Shiozuki
A Grain of Wheat
Numata Ichiko
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
Farewell, Innocence
Mizosawa Reiko
TV Shows (8)
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest · 1 eps
Ohisama
Yoko Sudo (present day) · 156 eps
Takeda Shingen
Oi Fujin · 50 eps
Genroku Taiheiki
Someko · 52 eps
Shin Heike Monogatari
Tokiwa Gozen · 52 eps
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yoshiko Tokugawa · 49 eps
The Tale of Genji
2 eps
愛と愛
1 eps
