Ayako Wakao
Born
November 8, 1933 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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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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Known For
Izakaya Moheji 4
Kihara Shino [New customer]
2015
Izakaya Moheji 2
Kihara Shino [New customer]
2013
Ohisama
Yoko Sudo (present day) · (156 episodes)
2011
Spring Snow
2005
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yoshiko Tokugawa · (49 episodes)
1998
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest · (1 episode)
1996
The Tale of Genji
1991
Takeda Shingen
(50 episodes)
1988
Takeda Shingen
Oi Fujin · (50 episodes)
1988
Princess from the Moon
Tayoshime
1987
Tokimeki no Gogo
1985
ときめきの午後
(1 episode)
1985
Onna no Katei
1977
Onna no Natsu
1975
女の夏
(1 episode)
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Genroku Taiheiki
Someko · (52 episodes)
1975
Onna no Kyūka
1974
女の家庭
(1 episode)
1974
愛と愛
(1 episode)
1972
Shin Heike Monogatari
Tokiwa Gozen · (52 episodes)
1972
幻の殺意
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Yūko
1971
Spartan Education
1970
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Umeno
1970
Blood End
Otsuta
1969
Thousand Cranes
Mrs. Ota
1969
One Day at Summer's End
Mariko Nozaki
1968
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
The Time of Reckoning
1968
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wakasa
1968
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae
1967
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
Two Wives
1967
Shroud of Snow
Taeko Sayama
1967
Shojo jutai
Aiko Takano
1966
Red Angel
Nurse Sakura Nishi
1966
Wild Geese
Otama
1966
The Freezing Point
Natsue
1966
The Virgin Witness
Chiei, Nun
1966
Irezumi
Otsuya
1966
While Yet a Wife
1965
Strange Triangle
1965
Seisaku's Wife
Okane
1965
I'll Cry Alone
1965
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Nami kage
Hinachiyo
1965
The Forest of No Escape
1965
Modae
1964
Manji
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
1964
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Yodogimi
1964
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
A Public Benefactor
Mitsuko Fukumura
1964
Love and Greed
Namiko Kawashiro
1964
Hot Spring Doctress
Isao Shiozuki
1964
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Yodogimi
1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Tamae
1963
She Came For Love
Toshiko Ikuta
1963
Bury Me Deep
Mrs. Senzu
1963
The Third Will
Fumino Hamada
1963
Girls Born in August
1963
An Actor's Revenge
Namiji
1963
Elegant Beast
Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
1962
The Great Wall
Chiang-nu
1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Satsuko
1962
A Night to Remember
1962
Red Love, Green Love
Yukiko Oda
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Closing Time
Kimiko Matsuno
1962
Stolen Pleasure
Masuko
1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko Kirihara
1962
Their Legacy
1962
A Wife Confesses
Ayako Takigawa
1961
The Radiant Prince
Aoi no ue
1961
A Geisha's Diary
Koen
1961
A Design for Dying
1961
Triangle Moods
Mariko Naoe
1961
A Lustful Man
Yuugiridayuu
1961
Les Mesdemoiselles
Kasumi Fujisawa
1961
Marriageable Age
1961
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Tayori
1961
The Ginza Three Boys
Chikami Akiyama
1961
The False Student
Mutsuko Takagi
1960
The Priest and the Beauty
Kiyohime
1960
Victory and Defeat
Shizuko Abe
1960
Bonchi
Ponta
1960
Afraid to Die
Yoshie Koizumi
1960
The Rockabilly Lady
Mie Yashiro
1960
A Woman's Testament
1960
Enchanted Princess
Princess Kinuta / Okuro
1959
Floating Weeds
Kayo
1959
Ripe and Marriageable
Shinobu Takaniwa
1959
Beauty the Enemy
Keiko Yoshino
1959
Jirocho Fuji
Okiku
1959
The Cast-Off
1959
The Gaijin
1959
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko Nonomiya
1959
Goodbye, Hello
Kazuko Aota
1959
Musume no boken
1958
The Ladder of Success
1958
A Grain of Wheat
Numata Ichiko
1958
The Judo Champ
1958
Love River
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
1958
Firefly Light
Oryo
1958
Mother
Miss Mochizuki
1958
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Tokyo Eyes
1958
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yûko Ono
1957
The Betrothed
1957
Evening Calm
1957
Love of the Princess
Kazunomiya
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Yuri Mamiya
1956
Bridge of Japan
Ochise
1956
Tears
1956
Cascading White Threads
1956
Punishment Room
Akiko Aochi
1956
Street of Shame
Yasumi
1956
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
The Phantom Horse
Yuki Shiraishi
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Yumiko Kiryû
1955
Farewell Song
1955
The Messenger from the Moon
Yoko Kotani
1954
Asakusa at Night
Namie Takashima
1954
A Certain Woman
Aiko, Yoko's sister
1954
Maiko monogatari
1954
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
続々十代の性典
1953
A Geisha
Eiko
1953
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Sakiko Takashima
1953
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
母子鶴
Eiko
1952
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Setsuko Minami
1952