Ayako Wakao
Known for Acting · 147 credits
- Born
- 1933-11-08 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Аяко Вакао · آیاکو واکائو
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (11)
Movies (136)
Street of Shame
1956
as Yasumi
Princess from the Moon
1987
as Tayoshime
Floating Weeds
1959
as Kayo
Irezumi
1966
as Otsuya
Spring Snow
2005
Red Angel
1966
as Nurse Sakura Nishi
A Geisha
1953
as Eiko
Manji
1964
as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
as Tamae
An Actor's Revenge
1963
as Namiji
Bridge of Japan
1956
as Ochise
Afraid to Die
1960
as Yoshie Koizumi
A Night to Remember
1962
The Great Wall
1962
as Chiang-nu
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
as Umeno
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
as Satoko Kirihara
Elegant Beast
1962
as Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
Stolen Pleasure
1962
as Masuko
A Design for Dying
1961
A Wife Confesses
1961
as Ayako Takigawa
Freezing Point
1966
as Natsue
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
as Yûko Ono
Love and Greed
1964
as Namiko Kawashiro
Strange Triangle
1965
A Lustful Man
1961
as Yuugiridayuu
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
Bonchi
1960
as Ponta
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
as Kae
The Phantom Horse
1955
as Yuki Shiraishi
The Virgin Witness
1966
as Chiei, Nun
Mother
1958
as Miss Mochizuki
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
as Kyoko Nonomiya
A Certain Woman
1954
as Aiko, Yoko's sister
One Day at Summer's End
1968
as Mariko Nozaki
Seisaku's Wife
1965
as Okane
Goodbye, Hello
1959
as Kazuko Aota
The Cast-Off
1959
as Takako Sanada
Firefly Light
1958
as Oryo
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
as Yūko
Nami kage
1965
as Hinachiyo
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960
as Kiyohime
The Third Will
1963
as Fumino Hamada
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
The False Student
1960
as Mutsuko Takagi
Closing Time
1962
as Kimiko Matsuno
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
as Self
The Radiant Prince
1961
as Aoi no ue
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
as Satsuko
While Yet a Wife
1965
The Ladder of Success
1958
母子鶴
1952
as Eiko
Triangle Moods
1961
as Mariko Naoe
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
as Yodogimi
She Came For Love
1963
as Toshiko Ikuta
A Geisha's Diary
1961
as Koen
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
as Yodogimi
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Two Wives
1967
Thousand Cranes
1969
as Mrs. Ota
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
as Yuri Mamiya
Their Legacy
1962
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968
as Wakasa
Punishment Room
1956
as Akiko Aochi
Musume no boken
1958
Tears
1956
The Ginza Three Boys
1961
as Chikami Akiyama
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
as Setsuko Minami
The Gaijin
1959
Love River
1958
I'll Cry Alone
1965
Beauty the Enemy
1959
as Keiko Yoshino
The Rockabilly Lady
1960
as Mie Yashiro
The Messenger from the Moon
1954
as Yoko Kotani
Victory and Defeat
1960
as Shizuko Abe
Spartan Education
1970
A Woman's Testament
1960
Modae
1964
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
Les Mesdemoiselles
1961
as Kasumi Fujisawa
Jirocho Fuji
1959
as Okiku
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Blood End
1969
as Otsuta
Girls Born in August
1963
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
Wild Geese
1966
as Otama
The Betrothed
1957
Onna no Kyūka
1974
Marriageable Age
1961
Shojo jutai
1966
as Aiko Takano
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
A Public Benefactor
1964
as Mitsuko Fukumura
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
Tokyo Eyes
1958
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
as Yumiko Kiryû
Ripe and Marriageable
1959
as Shinobu Takaniwa
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Evening Calm
1957
Farewell Song
1955
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
Shroud of Snow
1967
as Taeko Sayama
Asakusa at Night
1954
as Namie Takashima
Victory or Defeat
1954
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
as Tayori
Maiko monogatari
1954
Enchanted Princess
1959
as Princess Kinuta / Okuro
The Time of Reckoning
1968
Bury Me Deep
1963
as Mrs. Senzu
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
Hot Spring Doctress
1964
as Isao Shiozuki
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953
as Sakiko Takashima
Red Love, Green Love
1962
as Yukiko Oda
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Onna no Natsu
1975
About Ayako Wakao
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 K… With 147 credits spanning from 1952 to 2015, Ayako Wakao has appeared in 136 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ayako Wakao Movies
- Street of Shame (1956) — as Yasumi
- Princess from the Moon (1987) — as Tayoshime
- Floating Weeds (1959) — as Kayo
- Irezumi (1966) — as Otsuya
- Spring Snow (2005)
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