Ayako Wakao
Acting
Born: November 8, 1933 (age 92) · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ayako Wakao (若尾 文子, Wakao Ayako, 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 (145)
One Day at Summer's End
Mariko Nozaki
Thousand Cranes
Mrs. Ota
Floating Weeds
Kayo
Irezumi
Otsuya
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Umeno
Red Angel
Nurse Sakura Nishi
Spring Snow
2005
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Satsuko
Street of Shame
Yasumi
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko Kirihara
Okore Sanpei
1953
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
A Lustful Man
Yuugiridayuu
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Yodogimi
Bonchi
Ponta
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
Goodbye, Hello
Kazuko Aota
A Geisha's Diary
Koen
Hahakozuru
Eiko
Manji
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
A Woman's Testament
1960
A Geisha
Eiko
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
1952
Two Wives
1967
Outlaw
1953
Princess from the Moon
Tayoshime
A Wife Confesses
Ayako Takigawa
Machi no kotengu
1952
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yûko Ono
An Actor's Revenge
Namiji
Elegant Beast
Yukie Mitani
The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko Nonomiya
The Betrothed
1957
Their Legacy
1962
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
Strange Triangle
1965
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae
Asakusa at Night
Namie Takashima
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
The Great Wall
Chiang-nu
Love and Greed
Namiko Kawashiro
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
Enchanted Princess
Princess Kinuta / Okuro
The Third Will
Fumino Hamada
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
The Phantom Horse
Yuki Shiraishi
Spartan Education
1970
Freezing Point
Natsue
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
A Public Benefactor
Mitsuko Fukumura
A Nice Guy
1960
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Yūko
Victory or Defeat
1954
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Tamae
Beauty the Enemy
Keiko Yoshino
A Night to Remember
1962
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
The Forest of No Escape
1965
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Sakiko Takashima
Punishment Room
Akiko Aochi
Onna no Natsu
1975
Izakaya Moheji 4
Kihara Shino [New customer]
Anchin and Kiyohime
Kiyohime
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
While Yet a Wife
1965
Nami kage
Hinachiyo
She Came For Love
Toshiko Ikuta
Bridge of Japan
Ochise
Tokyo Eyes
1958
The Radiant Prince
Aoi no ue
Firefly Light
Oryo
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Yodogimi
Stolen Pleasure
Masuko
Afraid to Die
Yoshie Koizumi
Blood End
Otsuta
Modae
1964
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Yumiko Kiryû
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
The Ladder of Success
1958
Jirocho Fuji
Okiku
Maiko monogatari
1954
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Shroud of Snow
Taeko Sayama
Seisaku's Wife
Okane
Les Mesdemoiselles
Kasumi Fujisawa
The False Student
Mutsuko Takagi
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wakasa
Various Flowers
1959
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
The Cast-Off
Takako Sanada
Marriageable Age
1961
A Grain of Wheat
Numata Ichiko
Love of the Princess
Kazunomiya
The Time of Reckoning
Machiko Yonekura
Girls Born in August
1963
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
A Certain Woman
Aiko, Yoko's sister
Izakaya Moheji 2
Kihara Shino [New customer]
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
Jūdai no seiten
1953
The Ginza Three Boys
Chikami Akiyama
Cascading White Threads
1956
Red Love, Green Love
Yukiko Oda
Bojô no kawa
1957
The Virgin Witness
Chiei, Nun
A Design for Dying
Rinko Tsugawa
Closing Time
Kimiko Matsuno
Ripe and Marriageable
Shinobu Takaniwa
Wild Geese
Otama
I'll Cry Alone
1965
Onna no Kyūka
1974
Musume no boken
1958
Love River
1958
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Tayori
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
Asashio yushio
1956
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
The Messenger from the Moon
Yoko Kotani
Triangle Moods
Mariko Naoe
Victory and Defeat
Shizuko Abe
Night Trap
Aiko Manabe
Bury Me Deep
Mrs. Senzu
Her Secret
1952
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Farewell, Innocence
Mizosawa Reiko
The Rockabilly Lady
Mie Yashiro
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
Shojo jutai
Aiko Takano
Hot Spring Doctress
Isao Shiozuki
Escape from the City of Death
Setsuko Minami
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956
The Gaijin
1959
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Yuri Mamiya
Tears
1956
The Judo Champ
1958
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Mother
Miss Mochizuki
Onna no Katei
1977
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
TV Shows (9)
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest · 1 eps
Takeda Shingen
50 eps
Takeda Shingen
Oi Fujin · 50 eps
The Tale of Genji
2 eps
Ohisama
Yoko Sudo (present day) · 156 eps
Shin Heike Monogatari
Tokiwa Gozen · 52 eps
Genroku Taiheiki
Someko · 52 eps
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yoshiko Tokugawa · 49 eps
愛と愛
1 eps
