
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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