Ayako Wakao

Birthday: 1933-11-08
Birthplace: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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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.

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Credits

Year Title Character
2015-06-08 Izakaya Moheji 4 Kihara Shino [New customer]
2013-08-05 Izakaya Moheji 2 Kihara Shino [New customer]
2005-10-09 Spring Snow
1991-12-27 The Tale of Genji
1987-09-26 Princess from the Moon Tayoshime
1985-07-07 Tokimeki no Gogo
1983-10-22 Meiso chizu Ayako Teranishi
1977-04-10 Onna no Katei
1975-06-29 Onna no Natsu
1975-05-24 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1974-07-28 Onna no Kyūka
1971-04-15 幻の殺意
1971-01-15 Tora-san's Shattered Romance Yūko
1970-08-12 Spartan Education
1970-01-15 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo Umeno
1969-11-15 Blood End Otsuta
1969-04-19 Thousand Cranes Mrs. Ota
1968-11-30 One Day at Summer's End Mariko Nozaki
1968-10-30 The House of Wooden Blocks
1968-06-29 The Time of Reckoning
1968-05-18 The Saga of Tanegashima Wakasa
1967-10-28 The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka Kae
1967-06-09 When the Cookie Crumbles
1967-04-15 Two Wives
1967-01-14 Shroud of Snow Taeko Sayama
1966-10-29 Shojo jutai Aiko Takano
1966-10-01 Red Angel Nurse Sakura Nishi
1966-05-21 Wild Geese Otama
1966-03-26 The Freezing Point Natsue
1966-01-29 The Virgin Witness Chiei, Nun
1966-01-15 Irezumi Otsuya
1965-10-02 While Yet a Wife
1965-07-31 Strange Triangle
1965-06-25 Seisaku's Wife Okane
1965-04-17 I'll Cry Alone
1965-02-20 The Story of a Blind Woman
1965-01-31 Nami kage Hinachiyo
1965-01-23 The Forest of No Escape
1964-10-03 Modae
1964-07-25 Manji Mitsuko Tokumitsu
1964-07-10 Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege Yodogimi
1964-06-11 The Frolic of the Beasts
1964-04-04 A Public Benefactor Mitsuko Fukumura
1964-02-24 Love and Greed Namiko Kawashiro
1964-01-09 Hot Spring Doctress Isao Shiozuki
1963-12-28 Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection Yodogimi
1963-10-05 Bamboo Doll of Echizen Tamae
1963-08-28 She Came For Love Toshiko Ikuta
1963-06-08 Bury Me Deep Mrs. Senzu
1963-03-31 The Third Will Fumino Hamada
1963-02-19 Girls Born in August
1963-01-13 An Actor's Revenge Namiji
1962-12-26 Elegant Beast Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
1962-11-01 The Great Wall Chiang-nu
1962-10-20 Diary of a Mad Old Man Satsuko
1962-09-30 A Night to Remember
1962-06-17 Red Love, Green Love Yukiko Oda
1962-05-12 Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962-04-18 Closing Time Kimiko Matsuno
1962-03-14 Stolen Pleasure Masuko
1962-01-21 The Temple of Wild Geese Satoko Kirihara
1962-01-03 Their Legacy
1961-10-29 A Wife Confesses Ayako Takigawa
1961-10-14 The Radiant Prince Aoi no ue
1961-07-28 A Geisha's Diary Koen
1961-06-28 A Design for Dying
1961-05-24 Triangle Moods Mariko Naoe
1961-03-21 A Lustful Man Yuugiridayuu
1961-02-15 Les Mesdemoiselles Kasumi Fujisawa
1961-01-14 Marriageable Age
1961-01-03 Vagabonds from Badgerville Tayori
1961-01-03 The Ginza Three Boys Chikami Akiyama
1960-10-08 The False Student Mutsuko Takagi
1960-08-09 The Priest and the Beauty Kiyohime
1960-04-27 Victory and Defeat Shizuko Abe
1960-04-14 Bonchi Ponta
1960-03-22 Afraid to Die Yoshie Koizumi
1960-03-08 The Rockabilly Lady Mie Yashiro
1960-01-14 A Woman's Testament
1959-12-27 Enchanted Princess Princess Kinuta / Okuro
1959-11-17 Floating Weeds Kayo
1959-09-17 Ripe and Marriageable Shinobu Takaniwa
1959-08-12 Beauty the Enemy Keiko Yoshino
1959-06-03 Jirocho Fuji Okiku
1959-05-13 The Cast-Off
1959-05-01 The Gaijin
1959-03-11 Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959-02-11 The Most Valuable Wife Kyoko Nonomiya
1959-01-03 Goodbye, Hello Kazuko Aota
1958-11-01 Musume no boken
1958-09-14 A Grain of Wheat Numata Ichiko
1958-08-12 The Judo Champ
1958-04-22 Love River
1958-04-01 The Ladder of Success
1958-04-01 The Loyal 47 Ronin Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
1958-03-18 Firefly Light Oryo
1958-03-05 Mother Miss Mochizuki
1958-01-03 Tokyo Eyes
1957-10-08 The Blue Sky Maiden Yûko Ono
1957-05-28 The Betrothed
1957-04-01 Evening Calm
1957-03-19 Love of the Princess Kazunomiya
1957-01-15 Daiei Studio is Bustling
1956-10-16 Tsukigata Hanpeita Yuri Mamiya
1956-10-01 Bridge of Japan Ochise
1956-09-26 Tears
1956-07-12 滝の白糸
1956-06-28 Punishment Room Akiko Aochi
1956-03-18 Street of Shame Yasumi
1956-02-19 A Rainbow at Every Turn
1955-07-20 The Phantom Horse Yuki Shiraishi
1955-04-23 A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love Yumiko Kiryû
1955-01-15 Farewell Song
1954-09-22 The Messenger from the Moon Yoko Kotani
1954-07-14 Asakusa at Night Namie Takashima
1954-03-13 A Certain Woman Aiko, Yoko's sister
1953-12-29 Jūdai no yūwaku
1953-09-22 続々十代の性典
1953-08-12 A Geisha Eiko
1953-05-15 Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953-04-05 Lady Chatterley of Japan Sakiko Takashima
1953-02-05 Jûdai no seiten
1952-07-03 母子鶴 Eiko
1952-05-22 Shi no machi wo nogarete Setsuko Minami